Term Year 5 Key Stage 2 – Key Stage 3 English Curriculum Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Autumn 1 Historical fiction Writing styles Recounts Performance poetry Classic fiction Recounts Poetry Functional writing based on personal experiences The Novel Exploring character, setting, plot structure Autumn 2 Biographies and autobiographies Instructions and Explanations Classic poems Significant authors Instructions and Explanations Narrative poems Poetry Pre/Post 1914 Layers of meaning; ideas, issues, feelings, emotions Spring 1 Stories with flashbacks Persuasive writing Free form poetry Genre fiction Argument and debate Classic narrative and oral poetry The Novel Exploring character, setting, plot structure The writer’s language choice Poetry (Ballads) Writing to report Presenting an argument Spring 2 Drama (Shakespeare) Reports and Journalistic Writing Poetry Tales from other cultures Non-chronological reports and journalistic writing Classic poems Shakespeare Hamlet Exploring/analysing atmosphere and mood Text from Other Cultures Poetry and short stories Writing to argue Performance poetry Summer 1 Classic novels Persuasive writing Debate poetry and poetry that tells a story Classic fiction Chronological reports Poet study Media & Non-fiction The world of the media: moving image, magazines, newspapers Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing Presentation of gender expectations Summer 2 Genre fiction-science fiction Non-chronological Reports Power of Imagery Modern classic fiction Information texts Dialogue poems Modern Drama Exploring key themes: role of responsibility Modern Drama Exploring key themes: social deprivation, lack of opportunity and education Creative Writing Early 19th Century text The effects of language choice SPaG SPaG activities incorporated into weekly lessons based on teacher’s assessment SPaG test SPaG activities incorporated into weekly lessons based on teacher’s assessment SPaG test SPaG activities incorporated into weekly lessons based on teacher’s assessment SPaG test SPaG activities incorporated into weekly lessons based on teacher’s assessment SPaG test SPaG activities incorporated into weekly lessons based on teacher’s assessment SPaG test SPaG activities incorporated into weekly lessons based on teacher’s assessment SPaG test