TOPIC AOs LEVELS/GRADES SMSC LITERACY ASSESSMENTS This half term sees the English. Language paper 1 reading and writing and Guilt and

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1 CURRICULUM MAP SUBJECT: English Year A U T U M N TOPIC AOs LEVELS/GRADES SMSC LITERACY ASSESSMENTS This half term sees the English Grade 8 The chief theme is that Revelations, guilt and Assessment1: completion of the An Language: of showing respect for conscience, power, An Inspector Calls AO1: identify and 1.1 Critical reading and Inspector Calls (Modern others and ambition, actions, exam style question. interpret explicit comprehension Fiction ) Theme of understanding the consequences, social and implicit In relation to a range of Language paper 1 consequences for others responsibility, Parents and Children, information and, to achieve grade reading and writing of our actions. The play Capitalism, Capitalist, and Guilt and ideas select and 8, candidates will be questions Conscience. An synthesise able to: deals with forms of Socialism, Socialist, 7 evidence from summarise and deception, particularly deadly sins, upper class, Inspector Calls: Theme different critically evaluate with self-deception. Priestley middle class, working of The Individual and AO2: Explain, detailed and perceptive also raises ideas more class, arrogance, Society The Big comment on and understanding common in Eastern pompous, cruel, naïve, Question within this analyse how understand and traditions concerning spoilt, omnipresent. unit is Where does our writers use respond with insight to how Time operates and language and explicit and implicit responsibility for others how our moral choices Writing Styles: structure to meanings and begin? How far can or affect our own other or achieve effects viewpoints Descriptive writing, should we try to predict future lives. and influence analyse and critically narrative writing, the impact of what we readers, using evaluate, with insight, How do the opposing diary, Explanation, do? relevant subject detailed aspects of social views of Birling Analysis, and terminology to language, grammar and and the Inspector This is part of Literature Evaluation. support their structure impact on everyman? Paper 2. Intervoven views substantiate their What is conscience and with these is AO3: Compare understanding and how important is it to Language work based writers ideas and opinions with act on it? on Language Paper 1 perspectives, as illuminating references What are acceptable well as how these to and con Fiction paper which is values of society? are conveyed, make convincing and work 50% of the overall across two or apt links and language mark, and also more comparisons within and From the British Values named poems: Poppies, AO4: Evaluate between perspective, students London, Checking out critically and can think more deeply support this with about the opposing Me History and My Last social viewpoints of

2 Duchess which link with the which are being studied from the Paper 2 Literature. appropriate textual references AO5: Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of AO6: Candidates must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. (This requirement must constitute 20% of the marks for each specification as a whole.) AO7: Demonstrate presentation skills in a formal setting Writing To achieve grade 8, candidates will be able to: communicate with impact and influence produce ambitious, accomplished and effectively-structured use a wide range of well-selected sentence types and structures and precise vocabulary to enhance impact spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately so that writing is virtually error-free Grade 5 Critical reading and comprehension In relation to a range of, to achieve grade 5, candidates will be able to: summarise and evaluate with accuracy and clear understanding understand and make valid responses to explicit and implicit meanings and viewpoints Birling and the Inspector, rather than (for Literature exam purposes) simply noting them as aspects of their characters. The idea of the American Dream could be used as a more graspable contrast with the Inspector/Priestley s socialist viewpoint than British conservatism/capitalism. British Values: Democracy, Individual Liberty, The Rule of Law, Mutual Respect, Tolerance and respect for opinions and diversity.

3 AO8: Listen and respond appropriately to spoken language, including to questions and feedback on presentations AO9: Use spoken Standard English effectively in speeches and presentations. English Literature: AO1: Read, understand and respond to. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations. AO2: Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject analyse and evaluate relevant aspects of language, grammar and structure support their understanding and opinions with apt references to, informed by their wider reading make credible links and comparisons between Writing To achieve grade 5, candidates will be able to: communicate effectively, sustaining the reader s interest produce coherent, well-structured and purposeful vary sentence types and structures and use vocabulary appropriate to purpose and effect spell, punctuate and use grammar accurately with occasional errors Grade 2 Critical reading and comprehension In relation to a range of, to achieve grade

4 terminology where appropriate. AO3: Show understanding of the relationships between and the con in which they were written. AO4: Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. 2, candidates will be able to: describe and summarise with some accuracy and understanding respond in a straightforward way to most explicit information and viewpoints make some relevant comments about language and structure support their comments and opinions with some general references make straightforward links between Grade 2 Writing To achieve grade 2, candidates will be able to: communicate simply with some clarity for the reader produce with basic structures and some awareness of purpose show some control over sentence type and structure and use familiar vocabulary to some effect

5 spell, punctuate and use grammar with limited accuracy English Literature Grade 8 In relation to a range of, to achieve grade 8, candidates will be able to: sustain a convincing, informed personal response to explicit and implicit meanings of sustain a perceptive critical analysis of the ways in which writers use language, form and structure use judicious and wellintegrated textual references to develop personal responses show perceptive understanding of how con shape and responses to make illuminating comparisons between Grade 5 In relation to a range of, to achieve grade

6 5, candidates will be able to: develop a generally coherent and engaged response to explicit and implicit meanings of develop a clear understanding of the ways in which writers use language, form and structure use apt textual references to support responses use understanding of con to inform responses to make credible comparisons between Grade 2 In relation to a range of, to achieve grade 2, candidates will: make straightforward comments about explicit meanings of describe straightforward aspects of language, form or structure make general references to obvious details of

7 The second half of the Autumn term the start of Lord of The Flies (19 th Century novel Paper 2 modern fiction Literature) Theme of Civilisation v Nature Poems to be covered Bayonet Charge, Exposure, Lord of the Flies: The aim here is to engage in consideration of how different effects can be achieved through different ways of starting a story and how these reflect upon the viewpoint which is being established. Exploration of the connotations of language as well as looking for patterns in vocabulary and its meanings. Continued exploration of the connotations of language as well as looking for patterns in vocabulary and its meanings. Moving on to analyse in depth Lord of the Flies, show awareness that are related to con make basic links between As Above As Above Students will focus on why war can impact a country and look at the moral issues around choosing not to fight and whether that makes a person less of a citizen of that country, How far does our responsibility to ourselves impact on our responsibility to others? Are humans born with morals or do we learn them from society? Is nature savage or is it human nature? How do humans impact on the natural world? British Values: Democracy, Individual Liberty, The Rule of Law, Mutual Respect, Tolerance and respect for opinions and diversity Ambiguity, Ambivalence, Society, Syntax, Imagery, Viewpoint, Consolidation, Sense of place, allegory Connotations, Friendship, loyalty, the individual, society, guilt, conscience, revelations, power and ambition, barbarism, savagery, civilisation, Writing Styles: Descriptive writing, narrative writing, persuasive writing, articles, reports, diaries, analytical, comparative.

8 focusing on themes, language, sense of place, Structure Eg. Explore the connotations of the pattern that emerges. On the basis of the above, how far do you agree that the children descend into savagery? Or do you agree that their actions arise from the knowledge that they act in such a way because they can? Comparing and contrasting the novel. S P R I N G Students will carry on their focus of Lord of The Flies until February half term please see above. Macbeth: Introduce the Big Question. Contemporary focus: care homes and the criminal justice system. Tragic gun accidents in US: whose responsibility? Cross- compare real life and fiction: Mayhew s Victorian account of pickpockets with extract As Above As Above Lord of the Flies exam question As Above As Above Main focuses are on understanding what drives individuals to put themselves at odds with society and on the consequences, both to those individuals and others, of such actions. British Values: Democracy, Individual Liberty, The Rule of Law, Friendship, loyalty, the Individual, society, guilt, conscience, ambition, bravery, treason, traitor, betrayal, witchcraft, evil. Writing Styles: Descriptive writing, narrative writing, persuasive writing, articles, reports, diaries, analytical, comparative. PiXl Curve Language Papers 1 and 2 Macbeth Exam question

9 from Oliver Twist. Start research task 1: how witchcraft was viewed in Jacobean Britain. Unseen fiction and nonfiction. Study of two anthology poems: The Charge of the Light Brigade and Exposure. There is an obvious contract here between the agonizing wait for battle and being in the thick of battle. Descriptive writing. This must be based on an image. Intensive coverage of main text Macbeth. From start to Act2 Scene 2 inclusive. Primary focus plot and character. The following are essential: Duncan s goodness and credulity, Macbeth and Banquo s contrasting reactions to the prophecy, the dynamics of the Macbeths relationship. Intensive coverage of main text Macbeth. From Act 2 Scene 3 to Act 4 Scene 1 inclusive. Mutual Respect, Tolerance and respect for opinions and diversity

10 Essential: cause and consequences of murder of Banquo and growing apart of the Macbeths. For the narrative, focus on perspective, linked to first and third person. Writing inspired by hallucination: what Macbeth sees and how he is seen by others. Key stimulus scenes, both or just the second, are the dagger scene and the appearance of Banquo s ghost. Intensive coverage of main text Macbeth. From Act 4 Scene 2 to end. Essential: M s death: bravery, desperation, or both? Can the Macbeths be reduced to just this dead butcher and his fiendlike queen? Return to The Big Question. Find bang-up-to-datematerial that raises issues of responsibility. Focus on short key scene between M and Banquo after M has gained the crown (Act 3 Scene 1).

11 Look at exam-style Unseen Prose Fiction: unlinked. Study of two anthology poems: Remains and Ozymandias. The first is about guilt and nightmares, the second about the transience of power. S U M M E R Continuation of Macbeth from Spring. Revision of skills for Language papers 1 and 2. Speaking and Listening tasks As Above As Above Main focuses are on understanding what drives individuals to put themselves at odds with society and on the consequences, both to those individuals and others, of such actions. Writing Styles: Descriptive writing, narrative writing, persuasive writing, articles, reports, diaries, analytical, comparative. Trial Exams: Language Paper 1 Language Paper 2 Literature Paper 2 British Values: Democracy, Individual Liberty, The Rule of Law, Mutual Respect, Tolerance and respect for opinions and diversity