PE
ENGLISH
Achievements and standards
INFO
CURRICULUM PARENTS
Y7
OVERVIEW
Y8
OVERVIEW
Y9
OVERVIEW
Y10
OVERVIEW
Y11
OVERVIEW
Values
Careers
KS3 OVERVIEW
ENGLISH KS 3 Long Term Plan
English KS3 Long-term plan
Autumn 1 Y 7
1. Benchmark
assessment: The
Day that Changed
Me The Day That
Changed Me Bench
Mark Test (writing)
2. Crime and
Punishment
(reading) (This
includes an Autumn
exam).
3. Crime and detection
fiction.
SPAG should be integrated into
lessons or at least addressed
once a week. This can be based
on texts and tasks within the
relevant SOL. Resources from
Hodder and Doddle can also be
used. Students will also learn
and use the ‘word of the week’
and do fortnightly spelling tests
1
Autumn 2 Y 7
4. Come to
Icknield
Persuasive
Leaflet
(writing)
SPAG should be
integrated into lessons or
at least addressed once
a week. This can be
based on texts and tasks
within the relevant SOL.
Resources from Hodder
and Doddle can also be
used. Students will also
learn and use the ‘word
of the week’ and do
fortnightly spelling tests.
Spring 1 Y 7
5. The Tempest ‘How does
Shakespeare’s
presentation
of Caliban
affect the way
you feel about
him? Write
about
Shakespeare’s
use of direct
and direct
characterisati
on, language
and structural
techniques.’
SPAG should be
integrated into lessons or
at least addressed once
a week. This can be
based on texts and tasks
within the relevant SOL.
Resources from Hodder
and Doddle can also be
used. Students will also
learn and use the ‘word
of the week’ and do
fortnightly spelling tests
Spring 2 Y 7
5. Short Story –
Subha by Tagore
Explore the techniques
that Tagore uses to create
sympathy for the
character of Subha.
SPAG should be integrated
into lessons or at least
addressed once a week.
This can be based on texts
and tasks within the relevant
SOL. Resources from
Hodder and Doddle can also
be used. Students will also
learn and use the ‘word of
the week’ and do fortnightly
spelling tests
Summer 1 Y 7
Summer 2 Y 7
6. Character Study from one of
the selected novels. E.g.
‘How does Robert Louis
Stevenson present Long
John Silver as both a
villainous and a likeable
character? Write about how
Robert Louis Stevenson
presents Long John Silver in
this extract and how he is
presented in the novel as a
whole. Comment on
language and structural
techniques used by the
author.
SPAG should be integrated into lessons
or at least addressed once a week. This
can be based on texts and tasks within
the relevant SOL. Resources from
Hodder and Doddle can also be used.
Students will also learn and use the ‘word
of the week’ and do fortnightly spelling
tests
7. Summer Exam
8. Tich Miller
writing task
Create a short story
about a child being
bullied at school.
SPAG should be integrated
into lessons or at least
addressed once a week.
This can be based on texts
and tasks within the
relevant SOL. Resources
from Hodder and Doddle
can also be used. Students
will also learn and use the
‘word of the week’ and do
fortnightly spelling tests
ENGLISH KS 3 Long Term Plan
Autumn 1 Y 8
9. Animals (reading)
(Including Autumn
Exam)
Autumn 2 Y8
9.Organ Donation
(article – argue)
Write an article
for your school
newsletter
arguing for or
against organ
donation.
Spring 1 Y8
10. Shakespeare – Romeo
and Juliet
How does Shakespeare
present conflict in Act 3
Scene 1?
Spring 2 Y8
SPAG should be integrated into
lessons or at least addressed
once a week. This can be based
on texts and tasks within the
relevant SOL. Resources from
Hodder and Doddle can also be
used. Students will also learn and
use the ‘word of the week’ and do
fortnightly spelling tests
SPAG should be
integrated into
lessons or at least
addressed once a
week. This can be
based on texts and
tasks within the
relevant SOL.
Resources from
Hodder and Doddle
can also be used.
Students will also
learn and use the
‘word of the week’
and do fortnightly
spelling tests
SPAG should be integrated into
lessons or at least addressed
once a week. This can be
based on texts and tasks within
the relevant SOL. Resources
from Hodder and Doddle can
also be used. Students will also
learn and use the ‘word of the
week’ and do fortnightly
spelling tests
SPAG should be integrated into lessons or
at least addressed once a week. This can
be based on texts and tasks within the
relevant SOL. Resources from Hodder and
Doddle can also be used. Students will
also learn and use the ‘word of the week’
and do fortnightly spelling tests
11. Short Story – Explore how
Kipling builds tension in ‘A Matter
of Fact’.
BACK
2
Summer 1 Y8
12.Character
Study from one
of the selected
novels.
Summer 2 Y8
13. Summer
EXAM
14. Mid-Term
Break Writing task
SPAG should be
integrated into
lessons or at least
addressed once a
week. This can be
based on texts
and tasks within
the relevant SOL.
Resources from
Hodder and
Doddle can also
be used. Students
will also learn and
use the ‘word of
the week’ and do
fortnightly spelling
tests
SPAG should be
integrated into
lessons or at least
addressed once a
week. This can be
based on texts and
tasks within the
relevant SOL.
Resources from
Hodder and Doddle
can also be used.
Students will also
learn and use the
‘word of the week’
and do fortnightly
spelling tests
KS4 OVERVIEW
Year 9, 10 and 11
KS4 ENGLISH/LITERATURE SEPTEMBER 2015
3.1 Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel
• Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (19th Century Novel)
3.2 Modern texts and poetry
Students will study one from a choice of 12 set texts, which include post-1914 prose fiction and drama. Students should study the whole text.
• An Inspector Calls (Drama)
• Blood Brothers (Drama)
• Christmas Carol (Prose)
• Never Let Me Go (Prose)
3.2.2 Poetry
Students should study all 15 poems in their chosen cluster and be prepared to write about any of them in the examination
• Poetry (Power and Conflict and Relationships)
In preparing for the unseen poetry section of the examination students should experience a wide range of poetry in order to develop their ability to closely
analyse unseen poems. They should be able to analyse and compare key features such as their content, theme, structure and use of language.
• Unseen poetry
Language - Paper 1 exploration of creative reading and writing
•
Section A: Reading one literature fiction text
•
Section B: Writing - descriptive or narrative writing
Assessed - written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes, 80 marks and 50% of GCSE
Questions - Reading (40 marks) (25%)– one single text
1 short form question (1 x 4 marks)
2 longer form questions (2 x 8 marks)
1 extended question (1 x 20 marks)
Writing (40 marks) (25%)
1 extended writing question (24 marks for content, 16 marks for technical accuracy)
Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives
What is assessed –
Section A: Reading - one non-fiction text and one literary non-fiction text
Section B: Writing - writing to present a viewpoint
Assessed written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes, 80 marks and 50% of GCSE
Questions
Reading (40 marks) (25%) – two linked texts
1 short form question (1 x 4 marks)
2 longer form questions (1 x 8, 1 x 12 marks)
1 extended question (1 x 16 marks)
Writing (40 marks) (25%)
NEW KEY STAGE 4 Mapping - Year 9 (2015 – 2018)
Year 9
Autumn 1
Short stories
(Diamond
Necklace,
Resigned ,The
Gulf)
(Built in
Assessment)
Placement of
students
Autumn 2
A Christmas
Carol
OR
Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde
Spring 1
Pre-20th C Poetry
(Built in
Assessment)
(Built in
Assessment)
CHANGES
Poetry –
Relationships
/Conflict
(Built in
Assessment)
Spring 2
English Language
paper 1
Viewpoints and
Perspectives
(21st C non-fiction
and 19th C literary
non-fiction)
(Built in
Assessment)
CHANGES –
Shakespeare
– MAAN,
TEMPEST,
ROMEO AND
JULIET
(Built in
Assessment)
Summer 1
Blood Brothers
(Built in
assessment)
Summer 2
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
Tempest
(An introductory
lesson)
Mock GCSE EXAM
CHANGESDr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde/ A Christmas
Carol
(Built in Assessment)
Year 10
English Literature
English Literature
English Literature
Romeo and Juliet/
other
Shakespearean
text
(Built in
Assessment)
An Inspector Calls
Unseen Poetry
(Built in
Assessment)
English Language
paper 2
SECTION A
(Built in
Assessment)
English Literature
Poetry conflict and
Power /
Relationships
(Built in
Assessment)
(Built in
Assessment)
Speaking and
Listening (EN1)
Audio –visual
recording
Speaking and
Listening (EN1)
Audio-visual
recording
Changes –
Changes –
Changes –
Changes –
Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde continued
from Summer
term 2
Poetry –
Relationships/Co
nflicts
An Inspector
Calls
Shakespeare –
MAAN. Romeo and
Juliet, The tempest
(Built in
Assessment)
(Built in
Assessment)
(Built in
Assessment)
(Built in
Assessment)
English Language
paper 2
SECTION B
Writing to inform,
explain describe
(Built in Assessment)
Year 11
20152016
10
Never Let Me Go
(Built in
Assessment)
English Language
paper 1
paper 2
Revision
Of Literature and
Language
EXAMS
Writing to argue,
persuade advise
Revision/Assessment
AUTUMN 1
AUTUMN 2
SPRING 1
SPRING 2
SUMMER 1
SUMMER 2
Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde
Romeo and
Juliet/
Other
Shakespearean
text.
English Language
paper 2
Section A
(Built in
Assessment)
Poetry
An Inspector Calls
(Built in
Assessment)
English Language
Speaking and
Listening (EN1)
Audio-visual
recording
Speaking and
Listening (EN1)
Audio –visual
recording
Unseen Poetry
and
English Language
paper 1
Or
A Christmas Carol
11
English Language
revision
MOCK
EXAMINATION
Unseen Poetry
and
Relationships or
Conflict and
power revision-
(Assessment)
(Built in
Assessment)
*Placement of
students
Never Let Me Go
English Language
revision
(Built in
Assessment)
MOCK
EXAMINATION
Relationships or
Conflict and
power revision(Assessment)
Conflicts and Power/
Relationships
(Built in
Assessment)
paper 2
Writing to argue,
persuade advise
Revision/Assessment
BACK
paper 2
SECTION B
Writing to inform,
explain describe
(Built in Assessment)
Revision
Of Literature and
Language
EXAM
VALUES AND CAREERS
Achievements and standards
CAREERS
Careers Advice in English
Where can English take you?
Anywhere you want to go in life you will need English; whether it be to read, write or
communicate; you may even be required to think and question. So where can English take
you? The answer is EVERYWHERE. But let’s take a look at what Neil the Icknield Bee has to
tell us.
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