English
Overview
English
Key Stage 3:
Year 7
Unit 1: The Modern Novel
Unit 2: Conflict - Poetry
Unit 3: Non-Fiction and The Gothic Horror Genre
Unit 4: Introduction to Shakespeare: ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Year 8
Unit 1: The Modern Novel
Unit 2: Love and Relationships – Poetry
Unit 3: Non- Fiction and The Sci-Fi Genre
Unit4: Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’
Year 9
Unit 1: The Modern Novel
Unit 2: GCSE preparation begins. Power of Humans – Poetry
Unit 3: Non – Fiction and Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’
Unit 4: Non – Fiction and ‘A Christmas Carol’
Key Stage 4: Year 10
Unit 1: GCSE English Literature: Shakespeare’s Macbeth
GCSE English Language: Writing to Describe
Unit 2: GCSE English Literature: Power and Conflict poetry
GCSE English Language: Writing to Describe
Unit 3: GCSE English Literature: An Inspector Calls
GCSE English Language: Writing to Persuade
Unit 4: GCSE English Literature: Power and Conflict poetry
GCSE English Language: Writing to Persuade
Year 11:
Autumn 1:
GCSE English Language: Paper 1 and 2 (Reading)
GCSE English Literature: Power and Conflict– AQA Poetry Anthology
Autumn 2:
GCSE English Language: Paper 2 – Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives
GCSE English Literature: Power and Conflict– AQA Poetry Anthology
Spring 1:
GCSE English Language: Writing to Argue and Writing to Describe
GCSE English Literature: A Christmas Carol and Unseen poetry revision
Spring 2:
GCSE English Language: Paper 2 – Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives + Paper 1 – Explorations in Creative Writing and Reading
GCSE English Literature: An Inspector Calls
Summer 1:
GCSE Literature: Revision
GCSE Language: Revision
Key Stage 5 ENGLISH LITERATURE
Year 12
Autumn 1: Introduction to AS Studies Love Through the Ages
Unseen prose and poetry texts
Pre-1900 poetry AQA Anthology
Prose set text Atonement
Autumn 2: Prose set text Atonement
Shakespeare set text Othello
Practice paper preparation (December)
Spring 1: Unseen poetry and prose texts
Spring 2: Pre-1900 poetry AQA Anthology
Prose set text The Great Gatsby
Summer 1: Examination preparation
Revision of set texts
Summer 2: Introduction to A-Level Studies
Preparation for Non-Assessed Examination (NEA)
Prose texts – The Yellow Wallpaper, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Year 13
Autumn 1: Non-Examined Assessment study and preparation
Writing the essay
Unseen prose and poetry texts
Autumn 2: Prose set text The Handmaid’s Tale
Drama set text Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Mock examination preparation
Spring 1: Pre-1900 poetry AQA Anthology
Poetry set text Feminine Gospels
Spring 2: Revision Shakespeare Othello
Revision Prose set text The Great Gatbsy
Summer 1: Examination preparation
Practice papers