GROUP 7A AND B Term Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Topic Myths and legends (British and Cultural) plus the History of the English Language. + 1 hour literacy Modern Prose – ‘Buddy’ by Nigel Hinton + 1 hour literacy Poetry Anthology + 1 hour literacy Drama Text – ‘Our Day Out’ by Willy Russell + 1 hour literacy Language of the Media + 1 hour literacy Modern Prose – The Truth Sayer by Sally Prue + 1 hour literacy 7C Term Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Topic Myths and legends (British and Cultural) plus the History of the English Language. + 1 hour literacy Modern Prose – ‘The Tulip Touch’ by Anne Fine + 1 hour literacy Poetry Anthology + 1 hour literacy Drama Text – ‘Our Day Out’ by Willy Russell + 1 hour literacy Language of the Media + 1 hour literacy Modern Prose – ‘‘Buddy’ by Nigel Hinton + 1 hour literacy 8A&B Term Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Topic Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer +1 hour literacy Literature of the 2nd World War – The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne +1 hour literacy Modern Poetry +1 hour literacy Modern Prose – ‘Private Peaceful’ by Michael Morpurgo +1 hour literacy Drama – Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ +1 hour literacy Language of the Media +1 hour literacy 8C Term Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Topic Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer +1 hour literacy Literature of the 2nd World War –The Diary of Anne Frank +1 hour literacy Modern Poetry +1 hour literacy Modern Prose – ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar +1 hour literacy Drama – Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ +1 hour literacy Language of the Media +1 hour literacy 9A&B Term Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Topic Shakespeare ‘The Tempest’ or ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ + 1 hour literacy Poetry from Different Cultures + 1 hour literacy Drama – ‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell + 1 hour literacy Modern Prose – ‘Journey to the River Sea’ by Eva Ibbotson + 1 hour literacy Language of the Media + 1 hour literacy Classic Literature – Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and extracts of gothic stories. + 1 hour literacy 9C Term Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Topic Shakespeare ‘The Tempest’ + 1 hour literacy Poetry from Different Cultures + 1 hour literacy Drama – ‘An Inspector Calls’ by J/B Priestly + 1 hour literacy Modern Prose – ‘Millions’ by Frank Cotterill Boyce + 1 hour literacy Language of the Media + 1 hour literacy Classic Literature –extracts of ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift + 1 hour literacy