KS3 English Department Curriculum Map for Year 7
Term
Focus
AUTUMN 1
AUTUMN 2
Introduction to Poetry
Theme Park:
Pre/post 1900
Developing writing
and group skills
(British poets) –
avoid war poetry
Examples:
Wordsworth
Tennyson
Milton
Blake
Dragon Book of
Verse/Anthology
Group work skills
Persuasive writing
-Letters
-Advertisements
-Speeches
SPRING 1
Shakespeare,
plays/performance
The Tempest
Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
SPRING 2
Gothic Writing
Explore the key
features of gothic
writing.
There must be a focus
on pre 1900 short
stories and novels.
Woman in Black
Red Room
The Bodysnatchers
In groups pupils
develop their own
theme park idea
working towards a
non- fiction reading
piece.
Reading
SHOVE IT
Assessment Ability to structure
Task
paragraphs in an
educated mannerPEA Paragraphs.
Writer’s craft.
Advert/leaflet analysis
Explore a
character/theme.
Writer’s craft
Assessed in the final
week of half term.
LEVELLED TASK
Writing
Pupils create their
Assessment own poems.
Task
Assessed throughout
whole half term.
Assessed in the final
week of the half term.
LEVELLED TASK
Writing
Review Writing
Assessed throughout
whole half term.
Assessed throughout
whole half term.
Assessed in final week
of half term.
LEVELLED TASK
Assessed throughout
whole half term.
Create a leaflet for
your theme park.
Assessed in the final
week of half term.
LEVELLED TASK
Gothic Descriptive
writing task –
developing a setting.
SUMMER 1
Non Fiction
Reading and
writing.
Writing:
-Articles (magazine
and newspaper)
-Reviews
-Touching the Void
Reading
-Locate and retrieve
-Impressions
-View point and
attitude
-Persuade and
encourage
45 minute exam
Unseen text with
three GCSE style
questions.
SUMMER 2
Novel
Holes
Loser
Time Machine
Goodnight Mr Tom
The Chrysalids
Coraline
Framed
Explore
character/theme.
Assessed during
exam week.
LEVELLED TASK
Create various pieces
of non-fiction writing.
Assessed
throughout whole
half term.
Writing
Diary entries
Create the next
chapter in the style
of the writer.
Assessed throughout
whole half term.
Assessed in the final
three weeks of the
half term.
LEVELLED TASK