St. John's Senior School
Form: 2nd
Term: Autumn 2016
Subject: English
Teacher: Ms Hall, Ms Hull
WEEK
1
2
WEEK
BEGINNING
5th September
12th September
Topic: Dramatic Monologues &
Short Stories
‘My Polish Teacher’s Tie’ (Dunmore)
 Focus on characterisation and themes
 Hotseating
 Creative writing based on central
characters.
‘Porphyria’s Lover’
 Dramatic monologue structure
 Pathetic fallacy
 Alternative interpretations
 Creative writing based on central
character.

3
4
19th September
26th September
5
3rd October
th
6
7
10 October
17th October
AR Quiz &
new book
submission.
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
‘The Darkness Out There’ (Lively)
Focus on characterisation and themes
 Hotseating
 Creative writing based on central
characters.
Unseen poetry analysis.

SKILLS
‘Anil’ (Noor)
Focus on characterisation and themes
 Hotseating
 Creative writing based on central
characters.
MINI - TEST
‘The 100% Perfect Girl’ (Murakami)
 Focus on characterisation and themes
 Hotseating
 Creative writing based on central
characters.
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
HALF-TERM
8
‘My Last Duchess’ (Browning)
 Research context
 Analysis of literary techniques
Creative writing based on character of the
Duchess.
31s October

SPaG textbook
work.
9
7th November
Structuring literature essays.
SPaG textbook
work.
10
14th November
Unseen poetry analysis.
SPaG textbook
work.
11
12
13
21st November
28th November
5th December
‘When The Wasps Drowned’ (Wigfall)
 Focus on characterisation and themes
 Hotseating
 Creative writing based on central
characters.

Assessment essay
Analyse how the poets create suspense
and tension in ‘PL’ and ‘MLD’.
Assessment essay
 Choose any two of the story stories
studied and analyse how the writers use
language to engage the reader.
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
AR Quiz &
new book
submission.
SPaG textbook
work.
St. John's Senior School
Form: 2nd
Term: Spring 2017
Subject: English
Teacher:Ms Hall, Ms Hull
WEEK
WEEK
BEGINNING
Topic: ‘ANIMAL FARM’
Introduce novel
Explain ‘revolution’, ‘satire’, Tsar Nicholas,
Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Communism,
totalitarianism.
 Research task on George Orwell.

1
2nd January

2
3
4
5
6
9th 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.
16th January
23rd January
30th January
6th February
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’.

CHAPTERS 5 & 6
 Napoleon’s rise to power.
The hierarchy of the farm and how the ideals
of Animalism have changed.
SKILLS
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
Give revision
list for mini-test.
SPaG textbook
work.
MINI-TEST WEEK
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.
SPaG textbook
work.
HALF - TERM
7
20th 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.
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.
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
8
27th February
9
6th March
10
13th March
Watch animated film version of the novel.
SPaG textbook
work.
11
20th March
Planning a Utopian society
 Commandments
 Education
 Welfare
 Leadership
SPaG textbook
work.
12
27th March
Extended essay writing.
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
St. John's Senior School
Subject: English
Teacher:Ms Hall, Ms Hull
WEEK
1
4
5
6
WEEK
BEGINNING
24th April
1st May
8th May
15th May
Form: 2nd
Term: Summer 2017
Topic: ‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’
Introduce play.
ACT 1 SCENES 1 & 2
 Exploration of characters of Lysander &
Demetrius, Helena & Hermia – contrasts
and similarities.
 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 characters.
 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.
SKILLS
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
AR quiz.
SPaG textbook
work.
SPaG textbook
work.
HALF - TERM
7
22nd May
8
5th June
9
12th June
Visits Week
Explore THEMES across whole play
 Love, marriage, appearance and reality,
order and disorder, dreams, imbalance,
supernatural, beauty, parents and
children.
 Produce THEMES mind-map.
SPaG textbook
work.
END-OF-YEAR EXAMS
10
19th 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
26th June
Watch film version of the play.
SPaG textbook
work.
Create ten-minute version of the play – perform
and video.
Submission of
new AR book
title.
SPaG textbook
work.
12
3rd July
SPaG textbook
work.