Reading: Paper 1 exams questions on Dulce Et Decorum Est .

Self: Bad/Good/Better PEE Paragraphs: How does Owen use sound in Anthem for Doomed Youth.

Comparative: Make a chart comparing the ideas and language in Dulce Et Decorum Est and The Soldier.

Evaluative: It sounds like he really wants to die in the war” What do you think?

Peer: Annotate The General focusing in ideas and techniques.

Writing: A letter to or from the unknown solider at Paddington Station. (S)

Year 9 Aut 1: Oh! What a Lovely War

Texts in context : Annotation- what does this section tell us about life when this novel was written?

Writing: Write a description inspired by the picture Island.

Reading/Comparative: Which monster do you find most frightening and why? (S)

Self: Annotate a section of text focusing on style and techniques.

Evaluative : Explain whether or not you think your classic text should be included in a list of texts for Year 9.

Peer: Write a blurb or introduction for a new edition of the classic text.

Year 9 Aut 2: Classic Text

Reading : Paper 1 exam questions on a description of a character from the dystopian text.

Writing : Write a persuasive speech.

Self: Annotate a speech by Winston Churchill or Barack Obama focusing on style and techniques.

Evaluative: How far do you think the issues in your dystopian text are relevant to the real world? (S) Peer: Give three pieces

of constructive criticism about one of the persuasive speeches you have heard.

Speaking and Listening: Present your persuasive speech to a group of students.

Year 9 Spring: It’s a Cruel World

Writing: Write a Shakespearean sonnet.

Reading : closed text: A two part question based on a key scene form the Shakespeare play.(S)Evaluative : Explain how

and why three characters change during the course of the play.

Self: Bad/Good/Better PEE Paragraphs: How is the audience left feeling at the end of this play?

Peer: Draw a line graph identifying how the tension in the play rises and falls.

Year 9 Sum 1: Shakespeare

Writing: Write a short story inspired by an idea or quotation from the text you have read.

Evaluative: Some people think it is better to see a film adaptation rather than to read the novel. How do you respond?

Self: Write a review of the text you have read for Eclipse.

Peer: Annotate a section of text focusing on style and techniques.

Reading : Paper 1 exam questions on an excerpt from “Of Mice and Men” (S)

Year 9 Sum 2: Modern Prose or Drama