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English

Vision

To help each student to master the English language as a means of communication and to be able to speak and write with confidence, accuracy, fluency and enjoyment.

To enable each student to use both written and spoken language to explore their relationship with the rest of the world and to develop a mature understanding of (and respect for) the ideas and feelings of others.

To encourage each student to enjoy engaging with novels, poems, plays and non-fiction texts, from a range of cultures, teaching them how to interpret these to develop taste and discernment.

To ensure that each student is offered an equal opportunity to fulfil their own potential and achieve qualifications in this subject that reflect their ability.

 

Key Stage 3

  • Students will have had a joy in English re-ignited through a range of strategies and exploration of a range of texts and activities
  • Students will have creatively explored a range of texts and literature across genres, including but not limited to prose, poetry, performance poetry, reports, plays, scripts etc. enabling them to form preferences and develop cultural literacy.
  • To be able to express opinion with rationale in writing and voice, supporting this with evidence and analysis.
  • Students have experience in public speaking and have developed requisite social skills to listen attentively to peers
  • Students will have developed their cultural literacy through reading and tier two vocabulary. They will have gained an awareness of contextual elements around a text.

 

Years 7 English 

Topics Covered:

Autumn

  • English Mastery: Oliver Twist
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Pleasure

Spring

  • English Mastery: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Pleasure

Summer

  • English Mastery: Poetry Anthology
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Pleasure

Summer 

  • English Mastery: Ancient Tales
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Pleasure

english curriculum map final 2023 24 year 7.pdf

 

Year 8  English

Topics Covered:

Autumn

  • English Mastery: Sherlock Holmes
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Pleasure

Spring

  • English Mastery: The Tempest
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Pleasure

Summer

  • English Mastery: Animal Farm
  • English Mastery Writing

Summer

  • English Mastery: Descriptive Writing
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Pleasure

english curriculum map final 2023 24 year 8.pdf

 

Year 9 English

Topics Covered:

Autumn

  • English Mastery: Jane Eyre
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Pleasure

Spring

  • English Mastery: Small Island
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Pleasure

Summer

  • English Mastery: Poetry Comparison
  • English Mastery Writing
  • Reading for Study

english curriculum map final 2023 24 year 9.pdf

 

Key Stage 4

  • Students will have developed a more sophisticated knowledge of language and how it works. They will have the ability to utilise a range of techniques to create effect.
  • Students will have developed their own written and spoken styles, being able to write and speak articulately and eloquently for a variety of purposes.
  • Students will be able to argue and synthesise the opinions of others – both written and spoken.
  • Students will refer to cultural capital/context/research in their analyses, using these references to develop and contextualise their analyses.
  • Students will have begun to read more widely, making cross-curricular links, and critically assessing writers’ styles, purposes and contexts. 
  •  Students will be prepared to take their next steps in life, through resources and learning linked to further education and future employment.

 

Year 10 English Literature & Language

Topics Covered:

Autumn

  • A Christmas Carol
  • Macbeth

Spring

  • Language 1 
  • Mock Exam Feedback
  • Power and Conflict War Poetry 

Summer

  • Unseen Poetry 
  • Power and Conflict Poetry 
  • Speaking and Listening 
  • Mock Exam Feedback

english curriculum map final 2023 24 year 10.pdf

 

Year 11 English Literature & Language

Topics Covered:

Autumn

  • English Language Paper 2 
  • An Inspector Calls 

Spring

  • English Language Paper 1 revision
  • English Language Paper 2 revision
  • English Literature Paper 1 revision
  • English Literature Paper 2 revision

Summer

  • English Language Paper 1 revision 
  • English Language Paper 2 revision
  • English Literature Paper 1 revision
  • English Literature Paper 2 revision

english curriculum map final 2023 24 year 11.pdf

 

Useful Links

Title

URL (link)

myON

https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html

Educake

https://www.educake.co.uk/my-educake

Oak Academy KS4

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-4/subjects/english

Oak Academy KS3

https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-3/subjects/english

BBC Bitesize English Language

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zt3rkqt

BBC Bitesize English Literature

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zxqncwx

Tassomai 

App on phone or https://www.tassomai.com/

 

Specifications

Title

URL (link)

AQA GCSE English Literature (Year 10)

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-literature-8702

AQA GCSE English Language (Year 11)

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-language-87002