Rivermead English Department 2013 – 2015
GCSE ENGLISH
B Hayhow-Meads
Key one
Stage
4: Long
Term
year
10 Term
TermPlan
two2010-2012
Term three
Term four
Term five
Unit 3b Producing
Creative Texts
Unit 3 B Producing
Creative Texts
Developing
writing skills
Prep for Controlled
Assessment
Unit 3A
Understanding
Creative Texts
Of Mice and Men
Unit 3A
Understanding
Creative Texts
Of Mice and Men
Unit 3A
Understanding
Creative Texts
Contemporary and
Heritage Poetry
Unit 2 Speaking and
Listening: ROLE-PLAY
Unit 2 Speaking
and Listening:
DISCUSSION
Debate: Was it
cruel or kind to kill
Lennie (or
discussion of your
choice)
CA Task 3A
Explore the ways
Steinbeck presents
and develops he
theme of
loneliness in ‘Of
Mice and Men’
Unit 2 Speaking and
Listening: ROLEPLAY
Hot seat of
characters from
poems
Unit 2 Speaking
and Listening:
PRESENTING
CA Task based on Of
Mice and Men
EG: hot-seating
activity of characters
‘Three things I
would put into
Room 101’
Set PRACTICE CA
task:
This month’s
theme is ‘colour’.
Submit a piece for
a creative writing
website
CA Task: 3B
ENTRY LEVEL:
Write about an
READING FOR
important decision PLEAsURE: WRITING
in your life. Note
that it may be one
you made or one
that was made
which concerned
you.
ENTRY LEVEL:
MEDIA READING
ENTRY LEVEL: MEDIA
WRITING
SEE ABOVE
CA Task 3A
Explore the ways
the poets explore
conflict in a
selection of poems
from the ‘Conflict’
cluster of the
Anthology
ENTRY LEVEL: PREP
for WORK MODULE
Term six (short because of
work experience)
Focus on speaking and
listening tasks
Unit 2 Speaking and
Listening: DISCUSSION
Class debate (look at UNIT
2 RESOURCES FOLDER)
Assessments for Speaking
and Listening
ENTRY LEVEL: Work
Reading, Writing AND SPL
Rivermead English Department 2013 -2015
ENGLISH ONLY
Group 2
Term 1 Year 11
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Term 6
Unit 3A
Understanding
Creative Texts
Unit 3A
Understanding
Creative Texts
CA Task for Unit 3b
English Unit one
Exam practice
N/A
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Language Unit 1
Non-Fiction
Reading and
Writing
-Approaching nonfiction texts
-Features of nonfiction texts
-Close reading skills
-Comparing texts
-Producing and
completing an
exam paper
English Unit one
Exam Preparation
English Unit one
Exam
CHECK ENTRY LEVEL
FOLDERS FOR
COMPLETION:
2 READING (fiction
and non-fiction)
2 WRITING (fiction
and non fiction)
1 SPEAKING AND
LISTENING
Submit:
Use the title of a film
for the basis of a
piece of writing.
Completion of any
outstanding
coursework
MOCK EXAM
CA Task
How does Shakespeare
present and develop
the theme of love in
Romeo and Juliet?
English Unit 2
English Unit 3