Key Stage 3 Curriculum Map
YEAR
7
Department: English
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Writing Unit (creative)
Novel
Media
Poetry
Play
Content
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Collaborative Extended
Project
Content
We will study a play
(for exmple Philip
Pullman's version of
'Frankenstein')
exploring how
playwrights use
language,
We will read a range
of texts and explore
how writers use
language to create
specific effects.
Students will develop
their own writing,
inspired by their
reading.
We will study a novel
(for example
'Stormbreaker' by
Anthony Horowitz)
exploring how the
writer crafts the text,
through a range of
activities.
We will explore a range of
media texts, analysing how
writers use language and
presentation to influence
their readers.
Skills
Skills
-Reading for meaning
- Analysing presentational
devices
-Effective
paragraphing
-Developing PEC
paragraphs
-Dictionary skills
-Using a thesaurus to
improve vocabulary
-Using a range of
sentence structures
effectively
Assessment
Writing: A piece of
imginative writing
Reading: Year 7
assessment
Assessment
Reading: Analysis of an
extract of text
Writing: Own piece of
writing inspired by the
text.
Skills
- Reading for meaning
We will study a number
of poems, looking at
how poets use
figurative language, and
the poetic form, to
explore ideas. Students
will experiment with
writing their own
poetry.
- Analysing language
Skills
Assessment
- Being able to spot a
range of figurative
techniques and discuss
how they are used.
Reading: Analysis of a
piece/pieces of media
Speaking and listening:
Group work exploring
media.
Assessment
We will complete a
collaborative extended
project, learning to work
effectively together to reach
a common goal.
Skills
- General speaking and
listening skills, with a focus
on team work.
Assessment
Speaking and listening:
Group work and
presentation.
Writing: Independent piece
of writing related to the
group project.
Content
Skills
- Being able to
analyse how
playwrights craft
plays to entertain
the audience.
- Developing a piece
of drama inspired by
the text.
Assessment
Reading: An essay
comparing two poems.
Speaking and
listening: Drama
Writing: Own poetry
Writing: Exam
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Novel
Writing Unit (non
fiction)
Shakespeare
Spoken Language
Gothic Literature
Media
Content
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We will study a
Shakespearean text or a
range of extracts. Students
will explore how
Shakespeare engaged
audiences at the time he
was writing and how his
ideas are still relevant
today.
We will explore how
spoken language is used
to influence others. We
will look at famous
speeches and analyse
what makes them so
effective. Students will
go on to write and
perform their own
speeches.
We will explore a range of
texts in the gothic genre and
the play version of 'Dracula'.
Students will analyse how
the writers create specific
effects to entertain the
reader. They will use a range
of these techniques in their
own writing.
Students will study
the film 'Shrek'.
Skills
- Developing analytical PEC
paragraphs
Reading: An essay
exploring how the
creators of the film
entertain the
audience.
- Writing to entertain
Writing: Exam
Content
We will study a novel
(for example 'Holes'
by Louis Sachar)
exploring how the
writer crafts the text,
through a range of
activities.
Skills
- Developing analytical
PEC paragraphs.
- Review writing
Assessment
Reading: An essay
exploring an element
of the text.
Writing: Book review
We will read a range of
texts and explore how
writers use language to
create specific effects.
Students will develop
their own writing,
inspired by their
reading.
Skills
Skills
- Using a range of
punctuation to create
specific effects.
Term Focus
Assessment
- Writing for a range of
purposes.
Reading: Analysing an
extract/extracts.
Assessment
Speaking and listening: A
piece of drama inspired by
one of the themes
explored in the text/s.
Writing: A non-fiction
text
Speaking and listening:
Group work analysing
non-fiction texts.
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- Analysing a
Shakespearean text
- Analysing spoken
language
- Developing persuasive
skills
Assessment Speaking and
Listening: Indpendent
speech Writing: Speech
writing Reading:
Analysing the spoken
word.
Skills
Skills
- Analysing film
techniques
Assessment
- Using figurative language
- Using a wide range of
punctuation accurately and
to create specific effects.
Assessment
Writing: Imaginative Writing
Reading: Essay analysing
'Dracula'.
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Poetry
Media: exploring opinions
Novel
Shakespeare in performance
Spoken Language
Writing Unit
(imaginative)
Content
We will read a range
of texts and explore
how writers use
language to create
specific effects. They
will develop their own
writing, inspired by
their reading.
Skills
- Using a full range of
punctuation to
develop specific
effects.
- Using figuarive
language to engage
the reader.
- Effective proof
reading.
Content
Content
Content
Content
We will study a number
of poems, looking at
how poets use
figurative language, and
poetic form, to explore
ideas.
We will explore a range of
media texts, analysing how
writers use language and
presentation to influence
their readers. Students will
go on to develop their own
opinion pieces.
We will study a novel
(for example 'Noughts
and Crosses' by Malorie
Blackman) exploring
how the writer crafts
the text, through a
range of activities.
We will study a
Shakespearean text in
performance, in preparation
for next year's GCSE course.
Skills
Skills
- Recognising opinions.
Skills
- Comparing poems
- Analysing now language is
used to develop opinions
and influence the reader.
- Developing highly
effective PEC
paragraphs.
- Writing for a specific
purpose.
- Exploring themes in a
novel.
Assessment
Reading: Poetry
comparison
Reading: Mock controlled
- Writing
Speaking and listening:
Group work exploring
poems.
Assessment
Reading: Analysis of media
texts.
Speaking and listening:
Group analysis of a key
theme in the novel.
Reading: Annotation
of an extract.
Content
We will complete the
GCSE speaking and
listening
assessments:
Skills
Speaking and
assessment
exploring Listening
Shakespeare in performance.
Assessment
Speaking and listening:
Independent
Developing a piece of drama
presentation
based on a theme in the text.
Group task
Drama
Assessment
Writing: A piece of writing
for a specific purpose.
Assessment
Reading analysis
Assessment
- Developing analytical
PEC paragraphs.
- Discussing social and
historical context.
Skills
GCSE speaking and
listening
assessments.
Reading: Essay
exploring a key theme
in the novel.
Writing: A piece of
imaginative writing.
Key Stage 4 Curriculum Map
YEAR
TERM 1
TERM 2
Department: English Language and English Literature
TERM 3
TERM 4
TERM 5
TERM 6
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Literary Heritage
poems
Of Mice and
Men
Spoken Language
Literary Heritage Prose –
Animal Farm
Imaginative Writing
Content
Contemporary
Poetry
Content
Skills
Drama focused S&L
Skills
Assessment
Content
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Skills
Skills
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Individual S&L
Group S&L
Content
Skills
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Skills
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Information and
Ideas:
Modern Drama
Information and
Ideas:
English Literature texts revision
unit.
Reading Paper and Writing Paper –
Revision Unit.
Content
Reading Paper
Content
Writing Paper
An Inspector
Calls
Content
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Skills
Content
Skills
Assessment
Skills
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Skills
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Skills
Content
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Skills
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