English

Head of Department: Mrs J Clarke

Teachers: Mrs L Down (Second in Dept), Mr S Davis ( Leading Practitioner), Mr B Paddington, Mrs S Keene, Mrs A Bradshaw, Mrs B deFosse,

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Department Vision

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• To facilitate achievement for all.

• To be the best department we can be.

• To develop a love of literature; teaching pupils to look beyond the obvious and question the world.

Year 11 Revision for Literature Exam

Year 7

Autumn

'Myths & Monsters'

Assessment Opportunities:
Creative Writing
Speaking and Listening Presentation
Language / Character Analysis


Suggested texts :
Frankenstein
Dracula
The Lady of Shallot
Icarus

Author Study
Library lessons

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Year 8

Autumn

'Crime'

Assessment Opportunities:
Comparison of TV/print news
Language analysis from chosen text

Suggested texts / authors:
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Higson
James Bond
Roald Dahl
Charlotte Dymond
Holes
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

Author Study
Library lessons

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Year 9

Autumn

'Gothic'

Assessment opportunities:
Creative Writing
Gothic Story Opening
Language / Character Analysis

Suggested texts / authors:                     
The Signalman
The Red Room
The Monkey’s Paw
Frankenstein
Dracula
Jekyll & Hyde
The Woman in Black

Author Study:
Library lessons – Dickens

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Year 10

Autumn

'Villains of the Past'

19th Century Literature

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Jekyll & Hyde                                                       

A Christmas Carol                    

Pupils will study one of these texts

decided by the class teacher.

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Assessment: Pupils will complete a range of reading and writing assessments in class.  As there is no coursework element to this course, all assessments will follow the style of the new GCSDE exam questions and will be marked with reference to examination assessment objectives.  Work will be marked in detail and pupils will be advised on how to improve each skill.  Work will not be marked with a GCSE number/grade.

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Year 11

Autumn

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Intro to Unseen Exam Reading Skills with a focus on Paper 1

Complete remaining poems from Poetry Anthology

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Focus on Paper 2 Reading Skills

Opinion Writing

Ongoing revision of Literature texts using 'cross-over' tasks

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Home Learning

Spring

'Out of this World'

Assessment Opportunities:
Writing to Argue/persuade: Inventions
Debate / Group discussion
Language / Character Analysis


Suggested texts:
Poetry
War of the Worlds (film clips)
The Time Machine
Sci-Fi short stories
Diary of Pelly D
Aquila
Artemis Fowl
Tuck Everlasting
Golden Apples of the Sun

Author Study:
Library lessons

World Book Day: March

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Spring

'Conflict'

Assessment Opportunities:
Commenting Writers’ Ideas               
Poetry Analysis
Non-fiction writing (newspapers & letters)

Suggested texts:
Boy Overboard
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Talking in Whispers
Private Peaceful
Journey’s End
The Long & The Short & The Tall

Author Study:
Wilfred Owen

Library lessons
World Book Day: March

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Spring

'Human Rights / Identity'

Assessment Opportunities:
Writing to argue and Persuade (GCSE Spoken Language Assessment)
Language / Character Analysis
Poetry Comparison

Suggested Texts:
Poetry from Other Cultures
To Kill A Mockingbird
Of Mice & Men
1984
Noughts & Crosses
The Kite Runner
Maggot Moon
Chinese Cinderella
Trash
Heroes
A View from the Bridge
Blood Brothers
The Crucible
Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Author Study
Library lessons

World Book Day: March

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Spring Term

'Families & relationships'

Modern Text

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An Inspector Calls

DNA

Animal farm

Never Let Me Go

Lord of the Flies

The History Boys

Blood Brothers

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Pupils will study one these texts decided by the teacher

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World Book Day :March

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Spring

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Revision Loop One & Two, 'Inequality followed by Crime.' 

Covering all components of the Lit & Lang exam by using a variety of texts and tasks that are linked by an overall theme

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21st & 19th Century non-fiction text

Unseen Poem

Poems from Anthology

Creative & Non-fiction writing

Link to theme/characters in at least two of the set texts

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Revision Loop Two & Three, 'Humans & the Natural World'

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Summer

'Growing Up'        

Assessment Opportunities
Writing poetry
Language / Character Analysis

Suggested texts:
Short stories
Boy
Creature in the Dark
Fat Boy Swim
Al Capone Does My Shirts
Anansi
The Midnight Fox
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
Two weeks with the Queen (play)

Author Study:
Library lessons

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Summer

'Language Through the Ages'        

Assessment Opportunities
Creative/Descriptive writing based on a play
Language Analysis

Comparison

Drama Performance

Suggested texts:
Openings of Shakespeare Plays
Sonnets
Boewulf
Canterbury Tales
Victorian Texts - Dickens
Romantic Poetry 
Writers from other Cultures
 

Shakespeare

Assessment Opportunities

Language & Character Analysis

Dramatic Interpretation

Stagecraft & Performance

Socratic circle Discussion

Suggested Texts: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Twelfth Night

Library Lessons

Two weeks with the Queen (play)

Author Study:
Library lessons

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Summer

GCSE Skills Focus on Reading skills

Focus on ‘big thinking questions’ and thematic texts.

Themes might include:

• Homelessness

• The Environment

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Summer term

'Conflict & Power'

Shakespeare play

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Macbeth

Romeo & Juliet

The Tempest

The Merchant of Venice

Much Ado About Nothing

Julius Caesar

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Pupils will study one of these texts decided by the teacher

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Summer

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Revision & Exam Practice

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