2014-2015 Year 9 Curriculum These documents show the schemes of work we use to guide our teaching. Teachers will use their professional judgment to tailor schemes to the needs of their classes. Consequently there will be variation of content and timings between teachers and classes. Let s Think in English Shakespeare Drama by major playwright Fiction by major author pre-1914 Fiction by major author post-1914 The lessons are largely oral, based on reading, open-ended questioning and structured group discussion. They systematically develop students skills of inference, deduction and analysis, increasing their confidence, understanding and ability to express their ideas. Follow scheme supplied by UCL KS3 whole text: Much Ado about Nothing Unit 2 Ghosts, Lesson 4 Explain and comment on writers use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level Masterclass 10: Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1 Levels 6-7 LIC Shakespeare Unit 3 Storytelling Unit 6 Comedy and repetition Unit 9 Dialogue Unit 12 Sonnets The Crucible, Miller Unit 2 Ghosts Lessons 5 & 6 Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts Masterclass 10: Great Expectations Levels 6-7 Masterclass 11: The War of the Worlds Levels 6-7 Explain and comment on writers use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level Masterclass 11: The Tell-Tale Heart Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1 Levels 6-7 Masterclass 12: The Tell-Tale Heart Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1 Levels 6-7 19th C. Short Stories (Aim for two eg. Hardy and Conan Doyle) LIC Pre-1914 Unit 6 Wuthering Heights Unit 11 Novel Starters H.G.Wells: War of the Worlds p. 35 Conan Doyle: The Engineer's Thumb p.54 Dickens: Great Expectations p.41 Bradbury: The House Began to Die p.31 Rendell: The Clinging Woman p.51 Class novels Animal Farm, Orwell My Family and Other Animals, Durrell 1
Poetry pre-1914 Poetry post-1914 Contemp. fiction/drama/ poetry Multi-cultural fiction/drama/ poetry Non-fiction, nonliterary texts and a. Literary nonfiction The Machine-Gunners, Westall Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, Doyle Ruby in the Smoke, Pullman Silverfin, Higson Slake s Limbo, Holman Stormbreaker, Horowitz Witch Child, Rees To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck Face, Zephaniah Unit 4 War - Owen Lessons 9 & 10 Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts Masterclass 11: Mending Wall Robert Frost Levels 6-7 Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical traditions Masterclass 10: Shakespeare s Sonnet 130 Petrach s Sonnet 24: To Laura in Death Levels 6-7 Masterclass 11: Shakespeare s Sonnet 130 Petrach s Sonnet 24: To Laura in Death, Only this cigarette is ended Levels 6-7 Masterclass 12: Shakespeare s Sonnet 130 Petrach s Sonnet 24: To Laura in Death Only this cigarette is ended Levels 6-7 LIC Pre-14 Unit 3 Travelling Companions (Chaucer) Unit 9 Dramatic Choices instead of unit on sonnets? Masterclass 10: Dulce et Decorum Est Levels 6-7 Seamus Heaney p.106 Thom Gunn and Louis MacNeice p. 108 Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts Masterclass 12: A Cream Cracker Under the Settee Levels 6-7 Masterclass 12: The Woman in Black Levels 6-7 Comp to 14 Heaney p106, Tom Gunn + Louis MacNeice p108 Poetry: Diff. Cultures and Traditions Unit 11 I remember Unit 12 Migration Unit 13 Weird tales Unit 14 The one Unit 15 Man Friday Unit 4 War, Lesson 11 Unit 6 Island Life, Lesson 15 Masterclass 11: Touching the Void Levels 6-7 Masterclass 10: Touching the Void Levels 6-7 Autobiography p.117 Letters Comp. p. 138 + 143 Autobiography p51 2
Non-fiction, nonliterary and b. Print and ICTbased info. and ref. texts Non-fiction, nonliterary and c. Media and moving image Diaries p68 Travel writing p74 Unit 1 Extreme Sports Lessons 1, 2 & 3 Unit 3 Make Poverty History Lessons 7 & 8 Unit 7 Urban Myths Lessons 16 & 17 Unit 8 Travel: Cambodia Lessons 18,19 & 20 Unit 9 Unusual Pets Lessons 21 & 22 Unit 10 Survival Lessons 23, 24 & 25 Masterclass 10: Japanese Man releases hundreds of worms in train Levels 6-7 Masterclass 12: Volcanoes Levels 6-7 Masterclass 11: Nonsense dressed up as neuroscience Levels 6-7 Newspaper Report: Guardian p.117 Newspaper Articles p57 Polemical Writing p62 Information Texts p85 Leaflets p97 Unit 5 Sharks, Lessons 12, 13 & 14 LIC Media Unit 3 Newspaper Report Unit 6 TV Advertising and Comedy Unit 9 Shakespeare in Action Macbeth Unit 11 Ways of Selling Grammar in Context Speeches p. 91 Moving Image film education materials (SGR & MAB) link screenplay with DVD of novel? See year 9 Media Scheme (ZEN) Private reading Suggest authors/genres to extend reading experience See separate Year 9 sheet re: developing reading skills Reading Challenge Scheme see team room for book boxes Book boxes Yr 9 Genres Book Box Yr 9 General Book Box Yr 9 Challenge Book Box Yr 9 Horowitz Book Box Yr 9 Blue Book Box Yr 9 Green Book Box Yr 9 Red Book Box Yr 9 Fast Track Classics Book Box Non-Fiction Yr 9 Eyewitness Book Box 3
imagine, explore, entertain inform, explain, describe persuade, argue, advise analyse, review, comment Form KAL Technical accuracy: grammar Smart Skills Builder: Writing to imagine, explore and entertain Lessons 1&2 The War of the Worlds Lesson 3 The Speckled band Lesson 4 Holes Lesson 5 A Walk in the Woods Lesson 6 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Lessons 7&8 Sonnets by Shakespeare and Petrach LIC Language to imagine, explore, entertain Unit 3 Shakespeare's imaginary forces Unit 6 Razor sharp arguments Unit 9 Other people's lives See schemes for novels Smart Skills Builder Writing to inform explain and describe Lesson 9 Hugo Humphries and Hello Hugo's mum and dad Lesson 10 The Living Rainforest Lesson 11 Yeti Lesson 12 About my mobile Lesson 13 County Police Department Lesson 14 Co-ops and Robbers & Witness Statement Lesson 15 Structuring an Informative Text LIC Language to inform, explain, describe Unit 3 Skool rules Unit 6 SATisfactory progress Unit 9 The mists of time See schemes for novels Smart Skills Builder Writing to argue, persuade and advise Lesson 16 Patent Pocket Pencil Case Lesson 17 Wristbands: Fashion fad or Powerful Symbol Lesson 18 Time for a new Reality Lesson 19 Thailand.. where the wonderful is every day Lesson 20 We shall fight on the beaches Lesson 21 How to foil a UFO abduction Masterclass 12: I Have a Dream.. Levels 6-7 LIC Language to persuade, argue, advise Unit 3 The Big Build Unit 6 Books are Best Unit 9 Health matters Unit 11 I have a dream See schemes for novels. Smart Skills Builder Writing to analyse review and comment Lesson 22 Magic to the Ears! Lesson 23 The Big Day Out at The Premier League Dream Park LIC Language to analyse review, comment Unit 3 Writing about writing Unit 6 What's new Unit 9 In the commentary box Unit 11 In the news See schemes for novels. Writing Narratives p106 Writing Letters p 109 Writing reports p 112 Writing leaflets p 117 The Languages Book Chapter 10 Speech and Writing Grammar in Context - first section as appropriate or return to sections in Grammar Matters 4
Technical accuracy: spelling Smart Skills Builder Writing Lesson 24 Spelling Review Spelling Matters may be revisited. Wordshark may be appropriate for weak spellers Oral work is often an integral part of tasks in the text books, and the schemes of work based on the novels. A formal presentation/talk to the class should also be included. Oral Work Citizenship ICT Smart skills Builder: Speaking and Listening Levels 4-6 Question Time: Lesson 14: Reading between the lines Lesson 15: Open or closed? Lesson 16: Ice-block kid I Have a Dream Lesson 17:Persuasive speeches Lesson 18: School Democracy Lesson 19: You re fired! Drama Teens Lesson 20: Characterisation Lesson 21: Creating a sketch Lesson 22: Evaluating a piece of drama Think about topical political, spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues, problems and events by analysing information and its sources, including ICT-based sources This requirement builds on En2. Justify orally and in writing a personal opinion about such issues, problems or events This requirement builds on En1and En3 Try to ensure that at least one piece of work is planned where aspects of ICT can be best used - a collaborative effort or a piece which requires some specialist layout e.g. a letter, brochure, leaflet, report Revisit structure of a web page 5