English

Students study a selection of poems from different eras and cultures. This unit focuses on developing students’ abilities to analyse how poets use language, form and structure.

Half term 2 – Gothic

This unit enables students to develop their abilities to write imaginative and entertaining texts inspired by the gothic genre.

Students study a variety of non‐fiction texts, such as leaflets and newspaper articles, and examine how writers use language to achieve certain effects.

Half term 4 – The Ancient Greeks

Through studying a selection of Greek Myths, students produce their own non‐fiction texts related to these stories.

Students study a novel and explore its context, language and central themes.

Half term 6 – Introduction to Shakespeare

Students examine the context in which Shakespeare was writing and produce creative writing pieces inspired by events in one of his plays.

Students study famous war poems and explore how poetry was used as
form of propaganda during WW1.

Half term 2 – Major Writers

Students examine a selection of texts from major writers, such as Charles
Dickens, and produce creative writing pieces from the perspective of the
characters they study.

Students analyse non‐fiction texts which are designed to argue, persuade, or advise the reader. They examine language and presentational devices used and explore their effects.

Half term 4 – Writing non‐fiction texts

Following on from the previous half‐term’s work, students produce their own non‐fiction texts which are designed to argue, persuade, or advise the reader.

Students study a novel and explore its context, language and central
themes.

Half term 6 – Shakespeare

Students analyse, review and comment on an aspect of Shakespeare’s
work. For example, comparing how a Shakespearean scene has been
interpreted by two different directors.

Students study a cluster of poems from the AQA GCSE ‘Moon on the Tides’ anthology to enable them to develop the skills they will be using at GCSE.

Half term 2 – Class reader

Students study a novel and complete GCSE style tasks, such as using an aspect of the novel as inspiration for their own piece of creative writing.

Students practise answering controlled assessment style questions about characters or themes.

Half term 4 ‐ Writing skills

Students practise answering GCSE style exam questions which cover the following skills: inform/explain/describe and persuade/argue/advise.

Students practise answering non‐fiction GCSE exam style questions on use of language and presentational features.

Half term 6 – Introduction to GCSE course.

Students will begin to study one of their GCSE texts.

• GCSE  English Controlled Assessment ‐ 3a – Prose – Different Cultures – ‘Of Mice and Men’
• GCSE  English Controlled Assessment – 3a– Drama – Shakespeare – ‘Macbeth’

Sets 1, 2 & 3

• GCSE English Language Controlled Assessment– ‘Of Mice and Men’
• GCSE English Literature June  exam preparation – 20th Century Drama – ‘An Inspector Calls’

• GCSE English Controlled Assessment ‐ 3a – Literary Heritage – Poetry
• GCSE English Controlled Assessment ‐ 3b  – Creative Writing Part 1

Sets 1, 2 & 3

• English Literature Controlled Assessment – Shakespeare & English Literary Heritage Poetry
• English Literature exam preparation – Poetry – AQA Anthology

• GCSE English Controlled Assessment 3b  – Creative Writing Part 2
• Preparation for mock English exam in June/July

Sets 1, 2 & 3

• Revision for English Literature GCSE exams in May/June
• Preparation for Mock English Language exam in July

• Preparation for IGCSE English First Language exam 06/11/13
• 3 x Written c/w
• Speaking and listening c/w
• Revision for December mock exam – ‘Of Mice and Men’

Sets 1 & 2

• English Literature ‐ Controlled Assessment – Shakespeare & English Literary Heritage Poetry
• Mock  exam preparation – AQA Anthology Poetry across Time / 20th Century Drama – An Inspector Calls

• Literature exam preparation – ‘Romeo and Juliet’ & Poetry

Sets 1 & 2

• English Literature June exam preparation – AQA Anthology Poetry across Time / 20th Century Drama – An Inspector Calls

• Revision for exams in May/June

Exam preparation – Poetry – W H Auden and Robert Browning.

2 x Prose texts

2 x Poetry texts 1800 ‐ 1945

Exam preparation – Elements of the Gothic
Macbeth – Shakespeare
Bloody Chamber – Angela Carter
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley

Revision of exam texts