ENGLISH
Description
of learning
Year 7
Autumn term:
Topic-School; Texts-Jane Eyre Matilda Poem ‘The School Boy’ Poem
‘Timothy Winters’; Skills-Character/Formal letter/Leaflet/Comparative poetry
task/Account of first day at school
Topic-Shakespeare; Texts-A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Skills-Themes
(extended assessment task)/Diary entries (character)/Context (mind
map)/descriptive
Spring term:
Topic-Class reader; Texts-Holes or Boy in the Striped pyjamas; SkillsCharacter and theme/Informal letter/Lively article/Descriptive
Topic-Crime; Texts-Sherlock Holmes/Harriet the Spy/Pre-1914 non-fiction
(Jack the Ripper newspaper)/Contemporary non-fiction (local newspaper)
Skills-Context/Character/theme
Summer term:
Topic-Animals; Texts-Poetry anthology; SkillsComparative/Speech/discussion/Creative writing (writing own poem)
Topic-Other Worlds; Texts-‘1984’, ‘The Hunger Games’; SkillsContext/Comparative/Character/theme/Mini essays/comprehension
Narrative writing (create own dystopian story)/Diary/Leaflet (propaganda
leaflet)
Year 8
Autumn term
Topic-Class reader; Texts-Her Benny; Skills-Character and theme/Informal
letters/diaries/Context-Character/theme mini essay style responses
Topic- Nature; Texts- Frankenstein/Jaws (book and movie)/Ted Hughes
poetry
Leaflets; Skills- Comparative mini essay/Review linked to media
(Jaws)/Descriptive writing/Analysing and creating leaflets
Spring term
Topic- Conflict; Texts- Henry V (Harfleur speech)/Charge of the Light Brigade
Dulce, Armitage and Carson modern war poetry; Skills- Character
Context (research and create Wikipedia style web page about battle of
Agincourt)/Comparative poetry mini essay/Speech writing/Informal letter home
Topic- Drama; Texts- Our Day Out; Skills- Context/Character/theme/Diaries
Letters/Narrative account
Summer term
Topic-Heroines; Texts- Little Women/Duffy- The World’s Wife/Pre -1914 nonfiction women’s etiquette; Skills- Character/Theme/Context/Letter
writing/Lively article (top female role model/Non-fiction comprehension and
comparison activity
Topic- Short Stories; Texts- Lamb to the Slaughter/Your Shoes; SkillsCharacter/theme /Create narrative monologue (response to Your
Shoes)/Speaking and listening response to Lamb to the Slaughter
Year 9
Autumn term
Topic-Class reader; Texts-To Kill a Mockingbird/Of Mice and Men
Skills- Context, theme, character/Response to extract style question (lit paper
style)
Formal report (court case or death of Lennie)/Informal letter/Diary/Descriptive
(setting in either novel)
Topic- Shakespeare; Texts- Macbeth; Skills-Context, character, theme/Formal
and informal letters/Lively article linked to superstition, the real Macbeth,
satirical)/
Response to extract question
Spring term
Topic- Shakespeare; Texts- Macbeth; Skills-Context, character, theme/Formal
and informal letters/Lively article linked to superstition, the real Macbeth,
satirical)/
Response to extract question
Topic-Travel Writing; Texts- The Canterbury Tales/The Hobbit/Whitsun
Weddings
Bill Bryson non-fiction/Louis Theroux/Boorman Macgregor; Skills- Context
Character/theme/Descriptive/narrative writing/Comparative pieces on nonfiction travel writing
Summer term
Topic- Human interest; Texts-Some poetry from existing scheme; SkillsContext/
Character/relationships/Comparative mini essays/Narrative piece GCSE stylea time you fell out with somebody
Topic-Non-fiction; Texts-A variety of non-fiction texts; Skills- Reading
skills/Letters
Leaflets/Reviews/Reports/Articles/speeches
GCSE
English Language (http://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/english/englishgcse/)
English Literature (http://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/english/englishliterature-gcse/)
Year 10
Autumn term
Set 1a and 1b To Kill a Mockingbird/Set 2-5 Of Mice and Men
Romeo and Juliet and poetry
Spring term
Romeo and Juliet and poetry
Descriptive and Narrative writing. Preparation for English Language mock
Summer term
Spoken Language
Literature drama text to be started
Year 11
Autumn term
Set 1a,1b and 2- A View from the Bridge/Set 3,4 and 5- Blood Brothers
Prose study of either Lord of the Flies or A Christmas Carol
Preparation for mock
Spring term
Detailed feedback from mock and continuation of prose study
Unseen poetry preparation and revisiting Of Mice and Men or To Kill a
Mockingbird
Focused Language exam preparation
A level (http://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/english/english-literature-gce-aas/)
Year 12
Autumn term
Larkin and Abse poetry:
Death (full assignment)/Character (mini assignment)/Idealised world vs reality
Past/looking back/memories (full assignment)/Relationship and love (mini
assignment
Place/identity (full assignment)/Happiness/sadness (mini assignment)/Society
HT1a
Course suitability assessment task (AO1 & AO2 Formal Assessment)
Reading Log (ongoing)
Context research handout/presentation (AO4)
Extended response to character from ‘Wuthering Heights’. (AO1 & AO2)
Folder Check and half-termly review
Outsiders (Extended paragraph AO3)
Gender Roles (Extended AO4)
Place and Landscape (Extended paragraph AO2)
The Gothic (Extended paragraph AO1-AO4)
First Draft of coursework (Formal assessment written/oral feedback)
Spring term
Feedback lessons from Mock exams
Broken Glass: Historical and social context (research and presentation)/Read
and annotate play/Themes/characters/links to historical context/1 full
assignment and 2 mini assignments/Read and annotate
play/Themes/characters/links to historical context/1 full assignment
HT2a
Second draft of coursework (Formal assessment written/oral feedback)
Final draft of coursework
Summer term
Revision sessions: Revise themes/poems for Larkin/Abse (timed assignment
in class)
Revise themes/poems for Larkin and Abse
A Room with a View: Historical/social context (research and
presentation)/Read and annotate novel/Themes/characters/context/1 mini
assignment
Year 13
Autumn term
Chaucer- The Canterbury Tales:
Read poem, discussing character, themes and context/Focus on language
and structure
Mini assignment on context/Full assignment on character/Relate ideas to
possible coursework questions
Kate Chopin- The Awakening:
Read novel, discussing character, themes and context/Focus on language
and structure
Mini assignment on character linking to Canterbury Tales/Full assignment on
gender linking to The Canterbury Tales/Relate ideas to possible coursework
questions
Biographical/Historical/Social/Literary context
Nursery rhymes: IntroductionThe Lamb/The Tyger
Children: Infant Joy/Infant Sorrow
Relationships: Little Boy Lost/Little Boy Found/The Blossom/The Sick Rose
Social problems: Chimney Sweeper/The Little Black Boy/The Little Vagabond
Nature: The Echoing Green/London
Religion: Holy Thursday/The Divine Image/The Garden of Love/A Poison Tree
Spring term
Complete reading and analysis of The Awakening if necessary/Re-visit A
Room with a View, focusing on important quotes/extracts that could be linked
to The Canterbury Tales and The Awakening/Mini assignment on
representation of women linked to The Canterbury Tales and The
Awakening/Relate ideas to possible coursework questions
First draft of coursework/ Feedback from first draft/Re-drafting and re-marking
process/Final draft
Measure for Measure and the Duchess of Malfi
Various and specific themes, characters and context studied in preparation for
LT4 examination