Key Stage 4 Learning Journey Year 9 ENGLISH 2012 –2013
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Half Term
Half Term
Study of play: Romeo and
Juliet with linked writing
tasks.
Study of play: Romeo and
Juliet with linked writing
tasks.
Study of Edexcel
Anthology Section B (
Literature)
Study of Edexcel
Anthology Section B
(Literature)
Focus on:
Characters
Themes
Morals
Playwright’s intentions
Focus on:
Characters
Themes
Morals
Playwright’s intentions
Study of poems
“Out, Out –“
Electricity Comes to
Cocoa Bottom
Speaking and Listening
Pair work assignment
Literature exam skills.
War and conflict - study
the presentation of war
in literary texts
Disabled
Refugee Blues
The Last Night (from
Charlotte Gray)
Speaking and Listening
Group with assignment
Half Term
Study the features of
short story narrative
Veronica
The Necklace
King Schahriar and his
brother
Half Term
Focus on use of metaphor
in the poem and
treatment of theme of
courage in the story
An Unknown Girl
A Hero
Speaking and Listening
Individual Talk
Writing to inform,
explain, describe
Assessment Objectives
AO1 AO2 AO3
Assessment
How is the theme of ‘fate’
important in the play?
Speaking and Listening:
Paired roleplay – Romeo
and Tybalt try to work
out their feud before the
fight.
AO1 AO2 AO3
How does the character
of Romeo change
throughout the play?
Speaking and Listening:
Dragon’s Den
AO1 AO2
How does the writer of
Veronica create sympathy
for the characters?
Imagine you are a WW2
refugee who is on the run
from the Nazis, write a
letter back to your loved
ones describing life on
the run.
AO1 AO2 AO3
Write a letter to a
teenage magazine
describing an experience
when you felt brave or
proud.
Language Mock Paper 1
Reading and Writing
Speaking and Listening :
An informative speech
entitled ‘Who is your
hero or inspiration’.
Summer Term
Half Term
Half Term
Study of Edexcel
Anthology Section A
(Non fiction) with linked
writing tasks
Study of Edexcel
Anthology Section A
(Non fiction) with linked
writing tasks
Non Fiction – Study
personal narratives
From Touching the Void
From Taking on the
World
From A Game of Polo
with a Headless Goat
Dilemmas and dramas –
Study of reportage and
media
Your Guide to Beach
Safety
Explorers, or boys
messing about? Either
way taxpayer gets the
rescue bill
Climate Change – The
Facts
Climate Change webpage
– Greenpeace UK
Discuss biographical and
autobiographical writing
From Chinese Cinderella
From The Explorer’s
Daughter
From A Passage to Africa
AO1 AO2
How do the writer’s of
‘Touching the Void’ use
dual narrative to present
conflicting viewpoints?
Write an argumentative
speech about the pros
and cons of extreme
sports.
Practice analysing unseen
media texts.
AO1 AO2
Language Mock Paper 2
Reading and Writing
Key Stage 4 Learning Journey Year 9 ENGLISH 2013 - 2014
Autumn Term
Half Term
Half Term
Study of novel: Of Mice
and Men
Study of novel: Of Mice
and Men
Focus on:
Characters
Themes
Morals
Writer’s intentions
Speaking and Listening
Pair work assignment
Spring Term
Half Term
Half Term
Summer Term
Half Term
Half Term
Study of Edexcel
Anthology Section C
(Poetry)
Study of Edexcel
Anthology Section C
(Poetry)
Revision of Romeo and
Juliet and Of Mice and
Men
Focus on:
Characters
Themes
Morals
Writer’s intentions
Practise analysing unseen
non-fiction texts :
Autobiography
Travel Writing
Reportage
Media articles
Letters
Diaries
Presentation of war:
War Photographer
A Mother in a Refugee
Camp
Writing to explore,
imagine, entertain
Versions of love:
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Sonnet 116
My Last Duchess
Focus on:
Themes
Characters
Morals
Author’s intentions
Writing to analyse,
review, comment
Childhood and memories:
If
Half Past Two
Hide and Seek
Once Upon a Time
Piano
Poem at Thirty Nine
Writing to argue,
persuade, advise
Life and death:
Do not go gentle into that
good night
Remember
Prayer before birth
Outlooks on the world:
Telephone Conversation
The Tyger
Practice analysing unseen
poetry.
Revision of writing
triplets
Revision of anthology
texts from sections A and
B.
Speaking and Listening:
Group assignment
Assessment Objectives
AO1 AO2 AO3
Assessment
How is the theme of
‘friendship’ important to
the novel?
Speaking and Listening:
In a late night
conversation George and
Slim discuss the
difficulties of life on the
road.
AO1 AO2
Literature Mock Paper 1
Write a newspaper article
analysing societies
changing treatment of
disabled people.
AO1 AO2
Language Mock Exam
paper
Write a short story using
the opening, ‘All around
me there were people
screaming and running…’
AO1 AO2 AO3
How does the poet
present the theme of
death in ‘Do not go gentle
into that good night’ and
one other poem?
Speaking and Listening:
Group debate: What is a
hero?
AO1 AO2
Literature Mock paper 2
AO1 AO2 AO3
Mock papers
Reading and Writing