Key Stage 3 Curriculum Overview
Autumn
Year 7
Getting ready for English Peer and SelfAssessment Heroes – biographical writing
Myself – autobiographical writing. Baseline
assessments for spelling and reading ages
Novels Students will read two novels by two
different authors over the year – activities and
assessments will be linked to the themes and
context of the book
100 Word Spelling challenge
Spring
Travel Writing travelogues
diaries and journals, Myths and Legends
Greek and Roman Myths
Creation Myths
Folklore & Legend
A Pot of Poetry
– ballads, haiku, narrative poetry
Short stories
Crime writing
Ghost stories
Descriptive Writing
100 Word Spelling Challenge
Summer
Novels: Students will read two novels by two
different authors over the year – activities and
Year 8
Novels
Students will read two novels by two different
authors over the year – activities and
assessments will be linked to the themes and
context of the book(Recap on Peer and Selfassessment and routines at start of year)
World War One Poetry
Owen
Sassoon
Brook
Christmas in Other Cultures
personal letters100 World Spelling challenge
The Classics
prose, poetry
extracts from famous plays
drama in performance
famous authors research study (Dickens,
Bronte etc)
Novels
Students will read two novels by two different
authors over the year – activities and
assessments will be linked to the themes and
context of the book100 Word Spelling
Challenge
Summer of Shakespeare:
Year 9
Shakespeare Language Study Students will
study a play by Shakespeare in depth and
complete assessments based upon extracts in
the play.(Texts: Romeo & Juliet OR Macbeth
OR Richard III)
GOTHICA!
Poetry, prose extracts
Creative Writing
Gothic features in the Victorian Novel
100 Word Spelling Challenge
Novels
Students will read two novels by two different
authors over the year – activities and
assessments will be linked to the themes and
context of the book
Non – Fiction Reading and Writing Texts
Comprehension
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Inference
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Analysing persuasive techniques
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Comparing texts
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Letters
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Articles & Reviews
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Leaflets
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Speeches
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Reports
Novels
From a choice of;
assessments will be linked to the themes and
context of the book
The Globe Theatre
Stagecraft and costumes
Shakespearian Insults
Sonnets
From the stage to the screen
The Study of a Shakespeare Play (either
Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, a Midsummer
Night’s Dream or Richard III)Sponsored Spell
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Of Mice and Men
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Roll Of Thunder
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Stone Cold
Students who will study Literature in Key
Stage 4 will read from a choice of the
following:
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A Christmas Carol
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Great Expectations
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An Inspector Calls
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Blood Brothers
– activities and assessments will be linked to
the themes and context of the book
100 Word Spelling Challenge
Play scripts
hot seating
role play
script writing
performance
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advertising
storyboards
group presentations
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