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1 Key Stage 3 Year 7 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Discovering yourself Telling stories: Fiction, Fact and Blurred Lines Nightmares Memories and events. Continue Millions. Mysteries, crime and BBC School Report. Drama Room 13. ghost stories. Post 1914 novel: Millions Ballad Poetry. Myths and storytelling traditions. Baseline Writing Reading Reading Writing and S&L Reading To write imaginative and thoughtful texts. To deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from a text. To produce texts which are appropriate to task, reader and purpose. To organise and present whole texts effectively. To explain and comment on writers purposes and viewpoints. To identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, literary features. Reviewing people of different faiths. Reviewing people of different faiths. Identification of what is right and wrong in society. A range of topical news issues. Evaluating traditions and poems from different cultures. Students working in groups to promote tolerance. Poetry by Heart House competition. BBC School Report Day. Author visit Andy Mulligan.

2 Key Stage 3 Year 8 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 The Island Tough Times World War I Crazy in Love The Classics Variety of writing types and variety of reading on island themes. First World War Project: Prose, poetry, non fiction. First world war project prose, poetry, nonfiction. Shakespeare A Midsummer Night s Dream. Post 1914 novel choice: Holes Animal Farm Pre 1914 author study: Charles Dickens. Writing. Reading. Writing. Reading. Speaking and listening. Writing. To produce texts which are appropriate to task, reader and purpose. To deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts. To produce imaginative, interesting and thoughtful texts. To relate texts to their social, cultural and historical traditions. Create and sustain different roles and scenarios, adapting techniques in a range of dramatic activities to explore texts, ideas and issues. To select appropriate and effective vocabulary. Moral decision making. Evaluating political and societal systems. Poetry by Heart House Competition. Trip to the Globe Theatre to see a Shakespeare play. Author visit Andy Mulligan. Discussing British History and values and how they influence society today. Discussing British History and values and how they influence society today.

3 Key Stage 3 Year 9 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Curious incidents Growing up Musical language Heroes and Villains Going to Extremes Retail Therapy Post 1914 fiction: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time. Post 1914 drama: Blood Brothers. English heritage poetry. Pre 1914 fiction. Print and television advertising. Writing To produce imaginative, interesting and thoughtful texts. promoting tolerance of perceived difference. Reading To explain and comment on writers use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level. Evaluating social inequality in British Society. Cross curricular links with poem/song writing. Writing To identify and comment on writers viewpoints, and the overall effect of the text on the reader. Poetry by Heart House Competition. Poetry written in term 3 will be used as song lyrics in music lessons. Theatre trip to see The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time. Victorian ghost stories Interpreting evidence. Reading To produce texts which are appropriate to task, reader and purpose. Shakespeare Study : Romeo and Juliet or The Merchant of Venice. Writing/reading To relate texts to their social, cultural and historical traditions. Speaking and listening Talk in purposeful and imaginative ways to explore ideas and feelings, adapting and varying structure and vocabulary according to purpose, listeners, and content. SMSC/British: Discussion and analysis of stereotypes in modern media and promoting tolerance.

4 Controlled Assessment Key Stage 4 Year 10 Specification AQA Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Of Mice and Men Spoken Language Study Creative Writing Creative Writing Shakespeare and literary heritage (poetry) Creative writing 1: Creative writing 2: Compare the ways writers present writers present ideas Use the title of a film Use a colour as the communities. about the good and as the basis for a inspiration for a piece Compare the ways feelings of love and/or bad in people. piece of writing. of writing. hate are presented. and/or And writers present emotions in writers present ideas Produce a piece of Informative: characters relationships. about society. writing inspired by a Compare the ways writers present heroes genre of film. Young iconoclasts. A and/or villains. writers present website wishes to place(s). Either can be used for publish iconoclastic Completion Date : 29 June igcse pieces of writing writers present Assignment 2: about modern life End of June: Y10 mock exam fortnight strong feelings Imaginative, produced by young Reading tests. and/or attitudes. Descriptive and/or people. Controlled assessment catch up. Narrative. Completion date: 28 November Explore some of the different public attitudes towards non standard spoken language. Explore some of the ways people adapt their spoken language when at work. users of digital media re create some aspects of face to face communication. Explore the characteristic features of spoken language used by different members of your family. Spoken language in school/college. Some schools are trying to ban students from using slang in school. Explore some of the Best one will go in the folder. Completion 28 March Writing Creatively. Will be used for igcse Assignment 1: informative, analytical and/or argumentative. Completed 25 April Creative Writing. Interpretation of Texts.

5 promoting tolerance of perceived difference. issues and attitudes surrounding these attempts. Analyse some short extracts from transcripts of people communicating using digital media. Explore the features that show these written communications are close to spoken language and the attitudes that different people have to the effects of these new hybrid languages. Completion 12 February Development of creative thought. Development of creative thought. Analysis and Evaluation of Language promoting tolerance of perceived difference. Discussion and analysis of stereotypes in modern media and promoting tolerance.

6 Theatre Trips.

7 AQA group Key Stage 4 Year 11 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Lord of the Flies Opportunity for new language controlled assessment. Poetry Anthology and Unseen. Revise for Of Mice and Men and Lord of the Flies. Exam Language Preparation. writers present decisions. Heroes and villains: sympathy for and/or dislike of a character is created in the text you have studied. Explore different parts of a text to show the development of an idea or theme. writers create differences between characters and write about the importance of these differences. End of December: Mock Exam Fortnight Lord of the Flies mock question. Poetry mock question? Language Analysis. Unit 1 Language Exam Preparation Exam Skills. Exam Skills. Literature Exam Preparation. Exam Skills. Completion 28 November Evaluating political and societal systems. Evaluating traditions and poems from different cultures. Evaluating traditions and poems from different cultures. Evaluating traditions and poems from different cultures. Evaluating traditions and poems from different cultures.

8 igcse groups Lord of the Flies and build basic skills. igcse coursework and Speaking and Listening preparation. Poetry anthology and unseen. igcse exam prep Literature exam preparation. Literature exam preparation. Theatre Trips. igcse Mock Exam TBC.

9 Key Stage 5 Year 12 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Poetry Tennyson The Picture of Dorian Gray. Poetry Tennyson. Complete Tennyson and wider reading poetry. Preparation for Q1 Exam. Revision exam. Prose for coursework. End of December: Mock exam fortnight. Complete prose transformational piece Drama text Doll s House. Complete Doll s Hous e and A Woman of No Importance. Complete coursework folder. Wider reading Master Georgie. Chaucer The Wife of Bath. Enduring Love. English Literature Masterclass to explore Oscar Wilde and Reading Prison.

10 Key Stage 5 Year 13 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Shakespeare Study Shakespeare Study Antony Coursework Coursework Revision exam Antony and Cleopatra Wider reading post 1914 prose, and exam unseen. and Cleopatra Wider reading modern poetry and exam unseen. Wider reading restoration drama The Country Wife and exam unseen. Exam unseen. Final revision. End of December: Mock exam fortnight Literary tradition and writer who has played a significant role in British Literary tradition and writer who has played a significant role in British Literary tradition and writer who has played a significant role in British Literary tradition and writer who has played a significant role in British Literary tradition and writer who has played a significant role in British A2 Love Through the Ages conference at the University of London, Institute of Education. Theatre visit to the Globe Theatre to see Othello.

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