English Curriculum

Year 7

Topics Covered

Description

Narrative: Fairytales

  Poetry: Ballads

AT1- Discussion of character and character types, narrative structure, settings, social and historical contexts, genre and convention; reading aloud.

AT2- Reading for pleasure; tracing narrative structure; identifying genre and convention; identifying character types and stereotypes; research into the social and historical context of fairytales and authors; analysis of Shrek as an unconventional fairytale.

AT3- Character profiles; monologues based on inverted stereotypes and conventions; producing own fairytales using conventions of the genre.

AT1- Discussion and performance poetry; mock trial based on a balled; discussion of form and convention.

AT2- Reading for pleasure; identifying form and convention in literary and non literary ballads; identifying the use of poetic devices; using quotation to support ideas.

AT3- Empathetic writing; letter writing; prosecution speeches; writing own ballads.

Literature: The Ghost of Thomas Kemp/ Goodnight Mr. Tom

Media: Children’s Advertising

AT1- Discussion of character, plot, language, emotional and

moral issues; reading aloud;     role-play of choice episodes.

AT2 - Research of texts geographical     and historical background; interpretation of plot, events, character.

AT3 - Diaries; narrative and script writing;

note making, letters, and reviews.

AT1- Discussion and comparison of ideas; group presentation of advertising projects.

AT2- Identifying language devices in slogans and brand names; researching the etymological origins of product names; identifying persuasive devices advertisements; analysis of the written and visual language used in media texts. 

AT3- Creating an advertising campaign; writing to target a particular audience; devising media schedules; using specific media terminology; evaluation of project.

AT3- Creating an advertising campaign; writing to target a particular audience; devising media schedules; using specific media terminology; evaluation of project.

Drama: The Wind in the Willows

AT1- Performing a play script; hot-seating, thought-tracking, soundscaping, tableaux.

AT2- Identifying form and convention in play scripts; reading for meaning; examining the development of character through the use of dramatic devices; comparison of prose and play texts.

AT3- Scriptwriting; newspaper articles; persuasive writing; dairy entries; empathetic writing.

English Curriculum

Year 8

Topics Covered

Description

Introduction to Shakespeare and the Knowledge of Language

AT1 - Discussion; reflection; presentation – research on Shakespeare; reciting – texts from different centuries, including extracts by Chaucer and Shakespeare; accent, dialect and slang; performance – modern version of Romeo and Juliet; watching a selection from the ‘Animated Tales’.

AT2 – Reading extracts from a variety of plays; research and information retrieval on Shakespeare’s life, social and theatrical background; interpreting texts from Early Modern English, Modern English; origins, word usage, changes; analyse use of language, structure and literary techniques in a range of texts; word and sentence level analysis.

AT3 – Writing of speeches, sonnets, caricature, scripts, DVD/Video/Book covers and timelines.

Literature: Across the Barricades

Poetry: Poetry of Protest

AT1- Discussion of character, plot, language, emotional and moral issues, reading aloud; role-play of choice episodes.

AT2 – Research of texts geographical and historical background; interpretation of plot, events, character.

AT3 – Diaries, personal, narrative and script writing, comparative essay, note making,summarizing, letters, reviews, and dialect.

AT1- Discussion and performance poetry; performance of speeches; discussion of form and convention; discussion of moral and social issues; discussion of social and historical contexts.

AT2- Reading for pleasure; identifying form and convention in poetry; identifying the use of poetic devices; using quotation to support ideas.

AT3- Empathetic writing, letter writing, speech writing, writing own protest poem.

AT1- Discussion of genre, image and representation, audience expectations, stereotyping, presentation of marketing campaigns.

AT2- Analysis of a CD cover using media language; identifying conventions and language of pop magazine articles; analysis of pop video and the ways in which the camera can be used to create meaning.

English Curriculum

Year 9

Topics Covered

Description

Poetry/Non-Fiction: Writing in the Time of War

AT1- Discussion of the social and historical context of WW1 writing; discussion of propaganda and bias; reading aloud a range of poems and non-literary texts; performance of poetry.

AT2- Analysis of recruitment posters and songs; identification of poetic devices, analysis of conventions of non-fiction texts.

AT3- Writing poetry using persuasive devices, comparative essay; diary writing.

AT1 –Performance of extracts;

discussion of language, character, plot, themes;

AT2 – Interpreting text, staging scenes, character work, personal responses;

AT3 – Personal responses, letters, script, sonnet, obituaries, diaries, directors notes, past papers.

Paper 1 –Developing Comprehension /Writing Skills Units A/B/C Past Sats examination papers

Paper 2 – Macbeth

Revision of set scenes

Past  Sats examination papers

Sats mock examinations

AT1-Use of Standard English to explain, explore or justify an idea; identification of underlying themes, implications and issues raised by a talk, reading or programme; contribution to a group activity in ways that help to structure plans, solve problems and evaluate alternatives; group/paired presentations.

AT2- Analysis of how media texts influence and are influenced by readers; comment on authorial perspectives offered in texts; comparative work on the presentation of ideas, values or emotions; comment on interpretations of the same text or idea in different media, using terms appropriate for critical analysis; evaluate the relevance, reliability and validity of information through media resources.