Proposed KS3 & Year 9(KS4) Curriculum 2017/2018

Year Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6

7 Base line assessment will be a piece of writing about themselves and Paper 1 style questions on Stone Cold. Novel: Stone Cold (9 weeks) Assessment R. Essay W. Article on homelessness

Short story unit: Short stories from around the world (seminal world Literature) (4 weeks) Assessment. R. Language and structure style question. W. Short story. Non fiction: (1 week) Diary writing and memoirs. Anne Frank’s diary. Personal diary writing.

Non-fiction newspaper and magazine articles: (5 weeks) Reading and writing/comparing a range range of newspaper articles Assessment R. Evaluation an article W. A magazine article about Norlington for Year 6 pupils at their primary school.

Play Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. (7 weeks) Assessment: R. Essay on the role of Puck. W. Speech as Puck requesting his freedom from Caliban.

Non – fiction/fiction comparative: (6 weeks) Island writing extracts. Fiction and non-fiction including 19th and 20th century travel writing. Assessment R. Comparison of two non-fiction texts. W. Non-fiction: Description of island. Year 7 exams will use Paper1/2 questions.

Performance Poetry: (4 weeks) Study of performance poets such as Johan Agard; Benjamin Zephaniah; Jean Binta Breeze; George. This should allow some time for feedback from the Year 8 exams. Assessment Writing and performing a poem.

GCSE Exam skills

Literature A01 Literature A02 Language A05 Language A06

Language A01 Language A02

Language A03 Language A05 Language A06

Literature A01 Literature A02 Literature A03

Language A01 Language A04 Language A05 Langauge A06

Literature A01 Literature A02 Literature A03

8 Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6

Poetry: Poems from other Cultures; Blessing, Island Man; Presents from My Aunt in Pakistan. (6 weeks) Assessment R. Comparative essay W. Poem

Play and Gothic writing: (8 weeks) Extracts and short stories as well as reading a play (Frankenstein and Dracula). Assessment R. Evaluation question. W. Short story

Non-fiction: Transactional writing with a WW1/ WW2 (4 weeks) Reading letters from soldiers at the front (four letters) Assessment R Comparison of two letters from different wars. W. Writing a Letter.

Novel: Oliver Twist Assessment: R. Evaluation question W. Article on what it was like being a child in Victorian times.

Novel: Oliver Twist Assessment: R. Extract Essay (Please Sir Can I have some more) this will take place as part of the Year 8 exams. W. Creating writing

Non-fiction /fiction Speech writing and performance: (4 weeks) Study of fictional (Shakespeare) and non-fictional speeches. Assessment: Writing and performing a speech.

GCSE Exam

Literature A01 Literature A02

Language A03 Literature A01

Language A03 Language A05

Literature A03 Language A03

Literature A01 Literature A02

Literature A01 Literature A02

skills Literature A03 Literature A02 Literature A03 Language A05 Language A06

Language A06 Language A05 Language A06

Language A02 Langauge A03 Language A05 Language A06

Language A05 Language A06

9 Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6

Novel: Of Mice and Men. Assessment R. Extract question on Crooks. W. Broadsheet newspaper article on Lennie’s murder.

Dystopian fiction: Extracts including 19th Century) (6 weeks) Assessment R. English Language Paper 1 style question on piece. Language and structure and evaluation of dystopian fiction. W. English Language Paper 1 style creative writing.

Mini G.C.S.E.s Prior to the G.C.S.E pupils will practise paper 1. Post exam the time will be used on feedback and improving essay questions. (6 weeks) Assessment 1. English Language Paper 1. Language and structure and evaluation 2. Extract question on Curly’s wife ‘Of Mice and Men’

Poetry: Power and Conflict. Ozymandias; The Prelude; Checkin’ out me history; The Émigré. Research the Romantics. (6 weeks) Assessment R. Comparative essay named poem Ozymandias W. Poem

Mini GCSEs Exams Assessment (6 weeks) Preparation for and feedback from English Language paper 2. Section 1 Reading. Section 2 Transactional writing. (6 weeks) Assessment: English Language Examination Paper 2

Play Shakespeare: Study of key scenes in Romeo and Juliet tracking a theme through several speeches and exploring Shakespeare’s stagecraft through drama. (6 weeks) Assessment: Spoken Language Presentation on aspect of life in Shakespearian England so that knowledge about context is really embedded prior to Year 10. These can be replayed at the start of Year 11 to remind pupils of what they know.

GCSE Exam skills

Literature A01 Literature A02 Literature A03 Language A05 Language A06

Language A02 Langauge A03 Language A05 Language A06

Langauge A01 Language A02 Language A03 Language A04 Language A05 Language A06 Assessment/revision Literature A01 Literature A02 Literature A03

Literature A01 Literature A02 Literature A03

Langauge A01 Language A02 Language A03 Language A04 Language A05 Language A06 Assessment/revision Literature A01 Literature A02 Literature A03

Literature A01 Literature A02 Literature A03