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Task
Discursive Essay Writing
Discursive Essay Writing
Curious Incident
Curious Incident
Creative Writing / GR 1/Good
Reads
GR 2 / Reading Paper
My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other
Animals/GR3
Monologue Writing / Alan
Bennett
Monologue Writing / Alan
Bennett
Analysis of Written Language / TA
Analysis of Written Language /
GR4
Poetry of War – No More Hirosh
Poetry of War – Own Choice –
Discuss*
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
Film Trailers / Analysis Spoken
Lang*
Film Trailers GR 5 / A&E Out 1
Own Film Study
Close Reading /GR6
GR6 / A&E Out 1 / Own film
UASP – A&E Out 2
The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex
Close Reading /GR 7
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet GR 8
Capital Punishment Group
Discussion
Capital Punishment
Own Project
Poetry of Ted Hughes / GR9
Poetry of Ted Hughes (own
choice)
Persuasive Writing Own Choice
S3 Exams
Close Reading / GR 10
Folio piece preparation
Close Reading / Critical Essay
GR 11 – Discussion only
Reading
Curious Incident
Curious Incident
Group Reading 1
Group Reading 1
Group Reading 1
Writing / Present Homework
Research on Topic / Present
Discursive Essay
Critical Essay – Whole Class
Critical Essay - Choice
Creative Writing
Group Reading 2
Group Reading 2
Group Reading 3
Group Reading 3
GR 2 Essay
Descriptive Writing
Notes / Analysis
Essay on My Family
Group Reading 3
Monologue Techniques
Group Reading 4
Writing own monologue
Group Reading 4
Group Reading 4
Note taking on a poem
Work on areas of weak (Wr)
War poetry research Essay on No More Hirosh
War poetry research War Poetry Unseen (Analy and
Eval Practice)
Group Reading 5
Sixth Sense Scene Analysis
Group Reading 5
Sixth Sense Essay
Group Reading 5
Analyse Film Trailer
Own Film Study
Own Film Study
Group Reading 6
Group Reading 6
Group Reading 6
Group Reading 7
Group Reading 7
Group Reading 7
Group Reading 8
Group Reading 8
Group Reading 8
Group Reading 9
Own Film Study (open scene)
Own Film Study
Essay on Whole Novel
Film Techniques (Film Ed web)
Film Analysis Essay
TA of short passage
Essay planning /scenes
Romeo and Juliet Essay
Romeo and Juliet Passage
Romeo and Juliet Scenes
Romeo and Juliet Essay
Research / Note Taking
Group Reading 9
Group Reading 9
Group Reading 9
Chaucer (Pilgrim
Each)
Group Reading 10
Group Reading 10
Group Reading 10
Group Reading 11
Group Reading 11
Further Research
Capital Punishment Essay Plan
Ted Hughes Essay
Chaucer Translation
Chaucer Essay
Chaucer Own Tale
Opposite Sex Essay
Folio Preparation
Exam Preparation
**** Find some texts to use?? Shorter texts Reading Non Fiction – need some examples
S3 Exams: Close Reading Exam – 1 hour with lots of summary / own words questions. Critical Essay
exam – 45 minutes. Choose one of the texts you have studied to write about. (Short Story / Poetry /.
Novel / Play) Also a Folio of two pieces (Creative / Personal and Discursive / Persuasive) Talk – one 5
minute presentation. Analysis of Spoken Language – one. Added Value?
Chaucer Own Prologue: The Chav’s, The Ned’s, The Big Brother Contestant, The Banker, The
Assassin, The Politician, The Mistress, The Nanny, The Teacher, The Doctor, The Trucker, The Surfer,
The Tramp.
National 5 Literacy – Completion of Assessments as part of the S3 Exam period. Touching the Void
/ Universe versus Alex Woods
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- Assessment Practice for Analysis of Written Language
Assessment Practice for Creation and Production Group Talk
Assessment Practice for Analysis of Spoken Language
Need to fit in actual final assessments as well as providing opportunities for re-assessment.