Year
7
Year
8
Year
9
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Holes
Whole text study
Character Study, Plot and
Author Craft.
Jabberwocky & Lewis
Carroll
Poetry
Poetic devices
Reading for meaning
(3 Weeks)
Mrs Frisby & The Rats
Of Nihm
Reading for meaning
Writing for purpose and
audience
(4 Weeks)
Advertising
Print and Screen
Media
Power of the media,
audience, writing to
persuade and writing to
inform.
(3 weeks)
A Christmas Carol
Pre-1914 Eng. Lit
Persuade, argue, advise
(4 weeks)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Author Study
Diaries, autobiographies,
biographies
(3 weeks)
Chaucer
Pre-1914 Eng. Lit
Explore, entertain,
imagine
(2 Weeks)
David Walliams
The Boy In the Dress
Whole text study
(4 weeks)
Selfish Giant – Oscar
Wilde /BFG Roald Dahl
Thinking creatively
Writing to compare
(3 weeks)
Newspapers
Media
Headlines, rhetorical
devices, opening
paragraphs
(3 Weeks)
Modern Poetry
Benjamin Zephaniah,
John Hegley, Eminem
etc.
Poetry
Poetic devices /
reading for meaning
(5 weeks)
Shocking Shakespeare
(Herts Grid – Online)
Pre-1914 Drama
Introduction to
Shakespeare
(4 Weeks)
Superheroes
Genre Study
Explore, entertain,
imagine)
(3 Weeks)
Romeo and Juliet
Graphic Play
Shakespeare
Pre-1914 Drama
(7 weeks)
Johnny and the Dead
– Terry Pratchett
Play
Inform, explain,
describe
(4 Weeks)
The Hunger Games
Fantasy Fiction
Whole text study
(4 weeks)
The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas
Author Study
Character, Plot, Author
craft, critical reading
(6 weeks)
The Secret Life Of Bees /
Selma
Autobiography
Book to film
Historical interpretation
(5 weeks)
Black History Month
(October)
Martin Luther King Speech /
discussion
(2 weeks)
The Lovely Bones
Book - Film Study
Diaries, newspaper reports
(5 weeks)
Black History Month
(October)
Barack Obama
Biographies, autobiographies
(2 weeks)
The Truman Show
Reality TV
Writing to argue /
persuade
(3 weeks)
Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
Author Study – whole
text
Diaries, reports,
Author craft
(6 weeks)
Dracula
The Play
Diaries, letters,
newspaper report
(3 Weeks)
Esio Trot – Roald Dahl
Whole text study
Creative writing
(3 weeks)
Rabbit Proof Fence
Historical Referencing
Analysing Texts
(5 weeks)
Fairy tales and Modern
Fairy tales
Pre-1914 Lit
Creative writing
(5 weeks)
Debate
Speaking and Listening
Audience and purpose
(2 weeks)
Face
Benjamin Zephaniah
Author Study
Character, plot, author
craft – whole text
study
A focus on new vocabulary, dictionary work, making inferences, purpose and audience, grammar, performance in both drama and speech, critical comparisons.
See Key Stage 3 Programmes of Study
Year
10
AQA
GCSE
2017
Functional
Skills 1/2
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Great Expectations
Analysing Texts
Controlled Assessment
Forrest Gump
B931 Analysing Texts
Controlled Assessment
Macbeth
Reading Literacy Texts
Controlled Assessment
The Fault in our
Stars
Comparing texts
Controlled
Assessment
Functional Skills –
Level 2
An Inspector
Calls
Controlled
Assessment
Travel Writing
B932 Recreating Texts
Controlled Assessment
Functional Skills – level
1
Autobiographies
B932 Recreating Texts
Controlled Assessment
Functional Skills –
Level 2
Less able will be following an adaptation of the units including graphic novels and a simplified study focussing on key functional skills.
Year
11
OCR
J945
GCSE
2016
Romeo & Juliet
A641 Reading literary texts
Controlled Assessment
Of Mice and Men
A641 Reading Literary
Texts
Controlled Assessment
Wilfred Owen
A641 Reading Literary
Texts
Controlled Assessment
Creative Writing
A642
Imaginative Writing
2 x tasks
Controlled
Assessment
Speaking &
Listening
A643
3 x tasks
Controlled
Assessment
Exam Practice
A6380
AQA
GCSE
Language
&
Literature
2017 +
Functional
skills 1/2
Selected Poetry
Reading Literary Texts
Controlled Assessment
Creative Writing
Imaginative Writing
2 x tasks
Controlled Assessment
Revisit Controlled
assessments if required
(Or for late starters)
Great Expectations,
Macbeth, An Inspector
calls & selected poetry
Controlled Assessment
Exam Practice for
Language exam
Speaking &
Listening
3 x tasks
Controlled
Assessment
Exam Practice
Exam Practice
Demonstrate skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing necessary to communicate with others confidently, effectively, precisely and
appropriately, express themselves creatively and imaginatively, understand the patterns, structures and conventions of written and spoken English,
select and adapt speech and writing to different situations and audiences, understand how variations in spoken and written language relate to identity
and cultural diversity, become critical readers of a range of texts, including multimodal texts, use reading to gain access to knowledge and to develop
their own skills as writers, understand that texts from the English, Welsh and Irish literary heritage have been influential
and significant over time and explore the meaning of these today, understand how literature from other cultures is influential, connect ideas, themes
and issues, drawing on a range of texts.