English Key Stage 3 Curriculum Plan 2014-15
The new KS3 English curriculum is being implemented from September 2014.
The new curriculum is more ‘old fashioned’, formal and knowledge based, particularly knowledge
of grammar and vocabulary. It is deliberately more challenging for students. It is also more didactic
and frequently phrased as ‘Pupils should be taught to…’ rather than ‘Pupils should be able to…’
There is a greater focus on Literature based learning, including the direction to study two
Shakespeare plays by KS4. There is also greater emphasis on planning, drafting, editing and
proofreading their writing. Perhaps the biggest change and the one most challenging to our
learners is the focus on more formal grammar and spelling.
It is detailed here:
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The grid below is designed to guide us through the first year of the changes. Many of the existing
schemes of work remain; teaching will be adapted to incorporate the new directives.
Over the Key Stage every student should cover the skills required:
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Introduced
2
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Developing
3
Covered in Depth
Year 9
Hackney stories
Hackney – Non
fiction
Hackney - TV
Show
Presentation
Hackney - Short
Novel
Hackney Viewpoints
World Of
Shakespeare
Entry Level Stories
Entry Level Poetry
Entry Level –
World of Work
Macbeth
Year 8
Texts For
Information
Story Writing
1
Harry Potter
1
Harry Potter
Frozen Planet
Programmes of Study
Auto/biography
Year 7
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Reading
Read a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, including whole books, short
stories, poems and plays with a wide
coverage of genres, historical periods,
forms and authors
Pre-1914 and contemporary prose, poetry
and drama
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2 plays by Shakespeare
Seminal world literature
Choosing and reading books
independently (Includes DEAR)
2
2
3
3
3
3
make inferences, referring to evidence in
the text
1
1
2
2
3
3
Novel – Dog In
The night
Novel – Dog In
The night
1
know the purpose, audience and context
for writing
Recognise a range of poetic conventions
Analyse writers’ language choices
Study plot, setting and characterisation
Understand how the work of dramatists is
conveyed through performance
Make critical comparisons between texts
1
1
2
2
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
Writing
Write well-structured formal and narrative
essays
1
Write stories, scripts, poetry and other
imaginative writing
1
A wide range of other narrative and nonnarrative texts, including arguments,
personal and formal letters
Summarise and organise material
Apply growing knowledge of vocabulary,
grammar and text structure to their
writing
Draw on knowledge of literary and
rhetorical devices to enhance the impact
of their writing
Plan, draft, edit and proof-read
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
Grammar
Extending and applying grammatical
knowledge learnt at KS2, including
approaches to spelling, punctuation and
sentence structures. Includes intervention,
SNIP and LEXIA.
Study effectiveness and impact of
grammatical features in texts
1
1
2
2
3
3
Draw on knowledge to improve the
impact of their own writing
1
1
2
2
3
3
Know and understand the differences
between spoken and written language,
and use Standard English confidently
1
1
2
2
3
3
Spoken Language
Make speeches and presentations
Take part in formal debates and
structured discussion
Improvise, rehearse and perform play
scripts
1
1
1
1
1