St. John's Senior School Subject: English Form: 2 nd Teacher: Ms Hall, Ms Hull Term: Autumn 2016 Topic: Dramatic Monologues & BEGINNING Short Stories SKILLS My Polish Teacher s Tie (Dunmore) AR Quiz & Focus on characterisation and themes new book 1 5 th September Hotseating submission. Creative writing based on central Porphyria s Lover Dramatic monologue structure Pathetic fallacy 12 2 September Alternative interpretations Creative writing based on central character. 3 4 5 6 19 th September The Darkness Out There (Lively) Focus on characterisation and themes Hotseating Creative writing based on central 26 th September Unseen poetry analysis. 3 rd October Anil (Noor) Focus on characterisation and themes Hotseating Creative writing based on central 10 th October MINI - TEST 7 17 th October The 100% Perfect Girl (Murakami) Focus on characterisation and themes Hotseating Creative writing based on central
HALF-TERM 8 31 s October My Last Duchess (Browning) Research context Analysis of literary techniques Creative writing based on character of the Duchess. 9 7 th November Structuring literature essays. 10 14 th November Unseen poetry analysis. 11 21 st November When The Wasps Drowned (Wigfall) Focus on characterisation and themes Hotseating Creative writing based on central 12 28 th November Assessment essay Analyse how the poets create suspense and tension in PL and MLD. 13 5 th December Assessment essay Choose any two of the story stories studied and analyse how the writers use language to engage the reader. AR Quiz & new book submission.
St. John's Senior School Subject: English Form: 2 nd Teacher:Ms Hall, Ms Hull Term: Spring 2017 BEGINNING Topic: ANIMAL FARM SKILLS 1 2 nd January Introduce novel Explain revolution, satire, Tsar Nicholas, Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Communism, totalitarianism. Research task on George Orwell. 2 9 th January CHAPTERS 1 & 2 First impressions of Farmer Jones and the Animals. Rhetorical techniques in Old Major s speech. Compare and contrast Snowball and Napoleon. Explain the idea of Animalism. 3 16 th January CHAPTERS 3 & 4 The rise of the Pigs. Squealer s speech and propaganda. Analyse the Battle of the Cowshed impression of Boxer, Mollie and Benjamin. 4 23 rd January CHAPTERS 5 & 6 Napoleon s rise to power. The hierarchy of the farm and how the ideals of Animalism have changed. Give revision list for mini-test. 5 6 30 th January MINI-TEST 6 th February CHAPTERS 7 & 8 Decline of Animalism collapse of the Windmill, the executions, the re-writing of history. Explore concept of allegory. Hotseat the main characters after the Battle of the Windmill was the battle a victory; what does the future hold for the animals. AR quiz & new book title.
HALF - TERM 7 20 th February CHAPTERS 9 & 10 Focus on Boxer s demise; how Orwell creates an atmosphere of panic; friendship on the farm. The death of Animalism. How each of the Seven Commandments has been corrupted under Napoleon s rule. 8 27 th February 9 6 th March Explore key THEMES in the novel and produce a mind-map of these - should be full of detailed notes and images exploring how Orwell presents these themes. Create CHARACTER portraits for Napoleon, Snowball, Boxer, Benjamin and Squealer. Add as much detail as you can about each one. 10 13 th March Watch animated film version of the novel. Planning a Utopian society Commandments 11 20 th March Education Welfare Leadership 12 27 th March Extended essay writing.
St. John's Senior School Subject: English Form: 2 nd Teacher:Ms Hall, Ms Hull Term: Summer 2017 BEGINNING Topic: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM SKILLS Introduce play. ACT 1 SCENES 1 & 2 Exploration of characters of Lysander & Demetrius, Helena & Hermia contrasts 24 th April and similarities. 1 4 5 1 st May 8 th May 6 15 th May Explore characters of Mechanicals and Shakespeare s use of contrasts. Comparison of first two scenes characters, mood, language. ACT 2 SCENE 1 Explore the world of the Fairies. Comic strip summary of Acts 1 & 2. ACT 3 SCENES 1, 2 & 3 Explore character of Nick Bottom actions, dialogue, relationships. Bottom s diary entry explain events in the forest. Shakespearean insults. Exploration of how Shakespeare creates confusion amongst the Hotseat activities. ACT 4 SCENES 1 & 2 Exploration of how Shakespeare structures the play graph of how confusion and conflict rise and fall in Acts 1 4. How conflict is resolved in the play. ACT 5 Exploration of how Shakespeare creates comedy in the play characters, events, language, stagecraft. Drama task performance of the Mechanicals play. ISSUE REVISION LIST FOR END-OF-YEAR EXAMS. AR quiz.
HALF - TERM 7 22 nd May Visits Week 8 5 th June Explore THEMES across whole play Love, marriage, appearance and reality, order and disorder, dreams, imbalance, supernatural, beauty, parents and children. Produce THEMES mind-map. 9 12 th June END-OF-YEAR EXAMS 10 19 th June Write newspaper article for The Athens Times regarding the weddings of Theseus and Hippolyta, Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia. Set out as front page story. Use appropriate format for news article. 11 26 th June Watch film version of the play. 12 3 rd July Create ten-minute version of the play perform and video. Submission of new AR book title.