Year 1 Term 1: Sharing stories (10–12 weeks)
• Recap and develop basic reading comprehension skills
Recommended additional resources
• Read a selection of short stories applying those skills, and
• AQA Anthology of Modern Short
(Core 3.1–3.5)
practise for English Language Paper 1, Q1 and 4
• Link the study of short stories to basic narrative techniques (Core 2.3–2.7)
• Work on basic spellings (Core 1.1) • Work on basic punctuation (Core 1.5) • Short story writing / construct your own successful narrative (Core 8.5, 8.6, 8.7)
stories for Literature or your own anthology of 6–8 chosen stories / extracts from novels
• Etymological dictionaries • Thesaurus • AQA English Language Paper 1, Section B with mark scheme
Assessment Complete a practice English Language Paper 1, Question 5; mark with mark scheme and feedback Term 2: Responding to issues (10–12 weeks)
• Develop a basic toolkit of terms for non-fiction analysis (Core 2.2) • Develop comprehension skills with non-fiction texts (Core 3.6–3.7)
• Learn to analyse and compare non-fiction texts (Core 7.1–7.2) • Explore issue-based articles and non-fiction connected with the topic of the modern play and develop an introduction to persuasive and rhetorical devices (Core 2.8, 9.1–9.4)
• Present your own points of view in writing (Core 9.5–9.8) • Study the modern drama (set Literature text) in terms of plot, theme, character, language and structure (Core 5.1, 5.4)
Recommended additional resources
• AQA Anthology of Modern Short
stories for Literature or your own selection
• Set Literature text: modern drama • Dictionaries • Thesaurus • AQA English Literature Paper 2, Section A, and mark scheme
Assessment Practice exam-style question from English Literature Paper 2, Section A; mark with mark scheme and feedback Term 3: Creativity and analysis (10–12 weeks)
• Develop a basic toolkit of terms (Core 1.2–1.4, 2.1, 2.3–2.5) • Learn to analyse short passages from stories / unseen poems in terms of language and structure (Core 4.1–4.4)
• Work on the poetry cluster of choice (Core 5.5, 7.4) • Link the craft of writers studied to develop own descriptive techniques (Core 4.5–4.6, 8.1–8.2)
• Write to describe (Core 8.3–8.4) • An introduction to critical evaluation (Core 6.1–6.4)
Recommended additional resources
• 3–4 poems with an interesting structure
• 3–4 poems with a rich descriptive element
• AQA Anthology: poetry clusters • AQA English Language Papers 1 and 2 for mock exams
End-of-Year-10 assessment English Language, Paper 1 mock exam; mark with mark scheme and feedback English Literature, Paper 2 mock exam; mark with mark scheme and feedback
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