Subject : English
Key staff (Name & role)
Laura Ampofo, Director of English, Associate Asst. Principal
Mike Conaghan, Asst. Principal
Georgia Gillies (from January 2016)
Richard Hill, Acting i/c KS3
Jenine Sterling
Connie Wessels, Head of Y8
Debra White, Acting i/c KS4
Overview
Purpose of curriculum
Skills delivered
Coverage
C1 Read a variety of fiction and
non-fiction texts to include: whole
books, short stories, poems, plays,
pre-1914 literature, contemporary
literature, seminal world
literature, a Shakespeare play,
graphic novels, letters, diaries,
autobiographies, reports,
newspaper articles, websites
C2 At least two authors in depth
each year
C3 Write, both in and out of role,
for a variety of purposes and
audiences to include: expository
and narrative essays, stories,
scripts, poetry, other imaginative
writing, notes and polished scripts,
a range of non-narrative forms,
personal and formal letters
C4 Use spoken language in a
variety of contexts to include:
short speeches and presentations,
formal debates, structured
discussions, play scripts and poetry
Subject specific knowledge and
understanding
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SK1 Learn new vocabulary
SK2 Purpose, audience and context
SK3 Use of figurative language,
grammar, text structure and
organisational or audio and/or
visual features to present ideas,
meanings and attitudes
SK4 Poetic conventions
SK5 Setting, plot, characterisation
and their effects
SK6 Dramatic conventions
SK7 The differences between
spoken and written English
SK8 The differences between
standard English and other varieties
Subject specific skills
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R1 Infer and deduce
R2 Refer to evidence to
illustrate responses
R3 Make critical
comparisons across texts
R4 Apply knowledge of
vocabulary, grammar and
text structure to analyse
texts
W1 Summarise and
organise material
W2 Support ideas and
arguments with factual
detail
W3 Select appropriate
form for audience and
purpose
W4 Apply knowledge of
vocabulary, grammar and
text structure in own
writing
W5 Transfer what is
learned from source or
stimulus texts to own
writing
W6 Draw on literary
devices in own writing
W7 Draw on rhetorical
devices in own writing
W8 Plan, draft, edit,
proofread
Curriculum concepts
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SL1 Use standard English
confidently in a range of
contexts
SL2 Discuss reading,
writing and spoken
language, using precise
terminology fluently and
confidently
SL3 Express own ideas
fluently and confidently,
developing a personal
voice
GI Getting information and ideas –
to include, for example: research
skills; research context; research
material for inclusion in own texts;
research local area
CO Collaboration – to include, for
example: collaborative writing;
collaborative anthologies or blogs;
Socratic seminars; story sharing;
home and away groups; role play
and drama; debate and discussion;
mysteries and problem-solving
CR Creativity – to include, for
example: role play; imaginative
writing; treasure hunts;
storyboarding; dramatic or visual
interpretations/representations
QU Questioning – to include, for
example: hot-seating; predictions;
students set one another questions;
jeopardy; interviewing; Socratic
seminars; 5Ws; mysteries; debate
and discussion
NU Numeracy – to include, for
example: timelines and dates;
tension graphs; statement ranking;
diamond 9
NT Use of new technologies – to
include for example: Blogger;
Internet research; Glogster or
Pinterest; Youtube; U-stream;
Aurasma
ES Español – to include, for
example: Spanish literature;
themed stimulus material;
experiences of Spanish speakers;
grammar rules
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Year 7
SL4 Listen attentively in
order to summarise or
build on what is said by
others
SL5 Use intonation, tone,
volume and action to add
impact to what is said
Module 1 - Autumn Terms 1 and 2: New Beginnings
● The Arrival by Shaun Tan (graphic novel)
● One group guided reading text from: Little Soldier, In the Sea there are
crocodiles /Refugee Boy / The Unforgotten Coat / The Other Side of the
Truth / Night Flight / Christophe’s Story / Boy Overboard
● Poetry: Poetry from other cultures
Module 2 - Spring Terms 1 and 2: The World At War
● Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
● Poetry: Introduction to First World War poets - Owen, Sassoon
● Non-fiction: Letters, diaries, autobiography extracts and trench journals
Module 3 - Summer Terms 1 and 2: Heroes and Villains
● Drama: Macbeth
● Media: Up
Year 8
Module 1 - Autumn Terms 1 and 2: Journeys
● The development of English literature: Beowulf to Canterbury Tales
● Story structures and plots
● The Novel : Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
Module 2 - Spring Terms 1 and 2: Conflict
● War and conflict
● Contrast 20th century attitudes with patriotic poetry
● Different perspectives on conflict and its effects
● Anthology of extracts/poems
● Class reader: Oranges in No Man’s Land / Noughts and Crosses / Between
Shades of Grey / The Crucible / Across the Barricades / Under the
Persimmon Tree / Blood Brothers
● Journalism and autobiography
● Conflict between science and religion
Module 3 - Summer Terms 1 and 2: Relationships
● Different types of love
● Introduction to Romance
● Shakespeare and love - sonnets, conversations between Shakespeare’s
couples (Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Antony and
Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, Othello)
● Range of love of poetry
Year 9
Module 1 - Autumn Terms 1 and 2: Renaissance England
● John Agard - Checking Out Me History for critical perspective and link to
Black History Month; Harlem Renaissance
● Shakespeare Hamlet ; Marlowe; Metaphysical poets
Module 2 - Spring Terms 1 and 2: Radicalism and the Gothic
● Frankenstein (novel extracts and/or play script)
● Wollstonecraft and feminism
● Anthology of prose extracts - Austen, Bronte, Dickens, Eliot
● Romantic poets
● To include Enlightenment Period - link to Science Week
● Romantics - influence of Ancient Greece to link to Pi Day
Module 3 - Summer Terms 1 and 2: Revisions and Retellings
● Dystopian fiction - 1984, Hunger Games
● Terror Kid
● Inequality - Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mocking Bird
● Post-colonial literature - Wide Sargasso Sea, Mr Pip
● Travel writing, Journalism - reviews, debates etc.
● Carol Ann Duffy poetry
● Rhetoric and autobiography - Civil Rights
GCSE
Exam board
AQA
Different routes
Link to specifications
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gc
se/english-language-4705/spec-at-a-glance
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gc
se/english-literature-9715/spec-at-a-glance
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