Termly overview for the Secondary curriculum: Term 1
Hub: Canterbury
Subject: English
Week/Year
group
Key stage 3 (Years 7,8 and 9)
10/11
1
S+L1 - Using techniques to engage
listeners’ interest
Chapter 1-Bugs / Set Poetry: When We Two Parted, Love’s Philosophy, Porphyria’s Lover
2
S+L1 - Using techniques to engage
listeners’ interest
Chapter 1-Bugs /Set Poetry: Sonnet 29, Neutral Tones, The Farmer’s Bride
3
RAF2 – Developing active reading
strategies
Chapter 1-Bugs /Set Poetry; Walking Away, Letters From Yorkshire, Eden Rock
4
RAF2 – Developing active reading
strategies
Chapter 1-Bugs /Set Poetry: Follower, Mother, Any Distance, Before You Were Mine
5
WAF1 – Generating ideas, planning
and drafting
Chapter 1-Bugs /Set Poetry: Winter Swans, Singh Song!, Climbing My Grandfather
6
WAF1 – Generating ideas, planning
and drafting
Chapter 1-Bugs /Poetry Exam techniques
7
WAF1 – Generating ideas, planning
and drafting
Chapter 1-Bugs /Poetry Exam practice
Termly overview for the Secondary curriculum: Term 2
Hub: Canterbury
Subject: English
Week/Year
group
Key stage 3 (Years 7,8 and 9)
10/11
1
S+L3 - Developing speaking skills in
formal and informal situations
Chapter 2 – Fight for Freedom/ Christmas Carol, Stave 1
2
S+L3 – Developing speaking skills in
formal and informal situations
Chapter 2 – Fight for Freedom/ Christmas Carol, Stave 2
3
RAF5 – Analysing how writers use
language to shape meaning
Chapter 2 – Fight for Freedom/ Christmas Carol, Stave 3
4
RAF5 – Analysing how writers use
language to shape meaning
Chapter 2 – Fight for Freedom/ Christmas Carol, Stave 4
5
WAF2 – Writing to suit your reader and Chapter 2 – Fight for Freedom/ Christmas Carol, Stave 5
purpose
6
WAF2 – Writing to suit your reader and Chapter 2 – Fight for Freedom/ Christmas Carol, Exam techniques
purpose
7
WAF2 – Writing to suit your reader and Chapter 2 – Fight for Freedom/ Christmas Carol, Exam practice
purpose
Termly overview for the Secondary curriculum: Term 3
Hub: Canterbury
Subject: English
Week/Year
group
Key stage 3 (Years 7,8 and 9)
10/11
1
S+L5 - Drama, role-play and
performance
Chapter 3 – Trapped/An Inspector Calls, Act 1
2
S+L5 – Drama, role-play and
performance
Chapter 3 – Trapped/An Inspector Calls, Act 2
3
RAF6 – Understanding and responding
to ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in texts
RAF6 – Understanding and responding
to ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in texts
WAF7 – Improving vocabulary for
precision and impact
Chapter 3 – Trapped/An Inspector Calls, Act 3
WAF8 – Reviewing Spelling
Chapter 3 – Trapped/An Inspector Calls, Exam practice
4
5
6
Chapter 3 – Trapped/An Inspector Calls, Characters and Themes
Chapter 3 – Trapped/An Inspector Calls, Exam techniques
Termly overview for the Secondary curriculum: Term 4
Hub: Canterbury
Subject: English
Week/Year
group
Key stage 3 (Years 7,8 and 9)
10/11
1
S+L2 - Listening and responding
Chapter 4 – All in the Mind/Macbeth, Act 1
2
S+L2 – Listening and responding
Chapter 4 – All in the Mind/Macbeth, Act 2
3
RAF3 – Using inference and deduction
Chapter 4 – All in the Mind/Macbeth, Act 3
4
RAF3 – Using inference and deduction
Chapter 4 – All in the Mind/Macbeth, Act 4
5
WAF4 – Using paragraphs and
cohesive devices to develop and
connect ideas
WAF4 – Using paragraphs and
cohesive devices to develop and
connect ideas
Chapter 4 – All in the Mind/Macbeth, Act 5
6
Chapter 4 – All in the Mind/Macbeth, Characters and Themes
Termly overview for the Secondary curriculum: Term 5
Hub: Canterbury
Subject: English
Week/Year
group
1
2
3
4
5
6
Key stage 3 (Years 7,8 and 9)
S+L5 - Drama, role-play and
performance
S+L5 – Drama, role-play and
performance
RAF6 – Understanding and responding
to ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in texts
RAF6 – Understanding and responding
to ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in texts
WAF7 – Improving vocabulary for
precision and impact
WAF8 – Reviewing Spelling
10/11
Chapter 5 – Town and Country/Macbeth, Characters and themes
(Year 11s exam prep)
Chapter 5 – Town and Country/Macbeth, Exam Techniques
(Year 11s exam prep)
Chapter 5 – Town and Country/Macbeth, Exam practice
(Year 11s exam prep)
Chapter 5 – Town and Country/Literature catch up and revision
(Year 11s exam prep)
Chapter 5 – Town and Country/ Literature catch up and revision
(Year 11s exam prep)
Chapter 5 – Town and Country/ Literature catch up and revision
(Year 11s exam prep)
Termly overview for the Secondary curriculum: Term 6
Hub: Canterbury
Subject: English
Week/Year
group
Key stage 3 (Years 7,8 and 9)
10
1
S+L3 - Developing speaking skills in
formal and informal situations
Chapter 6 - Now is the Time to Understand/Unseen Poetry
2
S+L3 – Developing speaking skills in
formal and informal situations
Chapter 6 - Now is the Time to Understand/Unseen Poetry
3
RAF5 – Analysing how writers use
language to shape meaning
Chapter 6 - Now is the Time to Understand/Unseen Poetry
4
RAF5 – Analysing how writers use
language to shape meaning
Chapter 6 - Now is the Time to Understand/Unseen Poetry
5
WAF2 – Writing to suit your reader and Chapter 6 - Now is the Time to Understand/ Unseen Poetry
purpose
6
WAF2 – Writing to suit your reader and Chapter 6 - Now is the Time to Understand/ Literature paper 1 practice
purpose
7
WAF2 – Writing to suit your reader and Chapter 6 - Now is the Time to Understand/ Literature paper 2 practice
purpose