RECOVERY CURRICULUM: Pupils to catch up on English Language content/skills taught in Year 10. Audience, purpose, structure, meaning, language, context. Cross curricular potential dependent on text subject matter. Fortnightly assessment: AQA GCSE. English language: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4, AO5 & AO6. Empathy, reflection, confidence, resilience. Media studies, teaching English, business admin.
How far should one follow one’s ambition? Pupils explore betrayal and revenge through the study of the play. Form, tragedy, Jacobean era, gender roles, archetypes, superstition, tragic hero, hamartia. HISTORY: Divine Right of Kings, Great Chain of Being, Jacobean society, DRAMA: characterisation, stagecraft Fortnightly assessment AQA GCSE English Literature: AO1, AO2, AO3 & AO4. Theatre arts, playwriting, screenwriting.
Language Paper 1 Revision
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Macbeth Revision
What rights & responsibilities come with Power? Meaning, language, structure, meta language of poetry. HISTORY: WW2, Iraq War, Crimean War, French Revolution. PSHE: Relationships, coercive control, domestic violence, PTSD, emotional abuse, cultural differences. GEOGRAPHY: Migration. Fortnightly assessment: AQA GCSE, English Lit: AOs 14. Respect, tolerance, social awareness reflection, resilience. Journalism, teaching English.
An Inspector Calls What is the impact of money and class on personal and societal outcomes? Form, well made play, post war era,gender roles, archetypes, didactic, constructs. HISTORY: Welfare state, WW2, 1945 election. DRAMA: Stagecraft characterisation. PSHE: Poverty, pregnancy, sexual exploitation. Fortnightly assessment: AQA GCSE. English Literature: AOs 1-4. Respect, tolerance, responsibility, compassion, morality, honesty, integrity, charity. Teaching drama, theatre arts, playwriting, screenwriting, history.
English Curriculum Map
What are the limits of nature and nurture? Pupils explore parent/ child relationships, peer pressure & romantic connections through the study of the play. Form, tragedy, Elizabethan era, gender roles, archetypes. PSHE: Gangs, family relationships, identity, love,, HISTORY: 16th C. Attitudes to gender & social hierarchy, DRAMA: Characterisation & stagecraft. Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, transactional. Respect, tolerance, self-control, honesty, loyalty, trust. Theatre arts, playwriting, screenwriting.
Language Paper 2 Revision
RECOVERY CURRICULUM: Pupils to catch up on English Language content/skills taught in Year 10. Audience, purpose, structure, meaning, language, context. Cross curricular potential dependent on text subject matter. Fortnightly assessment: AQA GCSE. English language: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4, AO5 & AO6. Empathy, reflection, confidence, resilience. Media studies, teaching English, business admin.
RECOVERY CURRICULUM: Pupils to consolidate on Literature Papers 1 & 2a content/skills taught remotely in lock down Audience, purpose, structure, meaning, language, context. Potential for cross-curricular dependent on subject matter of texts. Fortnightly assessment: AQA GCSE English Literature AO1 AO2 AO3 AO4 Empathy, reflection, confidence, resilience. Creative writing, teaching English, playwriting. How far should one follow one’s ambition? Pupils explore betrayal and revenge through the study of the play. Form, tragedy, Jacobean era, gender roles, archetypes, superstition, tragic hero, hamartia. HISTORY: Divine Right of Kings, Great Chain of Being, Jacobean society, DRAMA: characterisation, stagecraft Fortnightly assessment AQA GCSE English Literature: AO1, AO2, AO3 & AO4. Theatre arts, playwriting, screenwriting.
UnseenMacbeth Poetry Conflict poetry Is society set up fairly?
Comparativ e poetry: Love and Relationship poetry
Romeo and Juliet
Nature vs Nurture An exploration of nature vs nurture debate, and perceptions of humanity through study of a contemporary play Play form, tragic genre, Characterisation, Imagery, Skimming, Scanning, social class, musical genre, growing up History: 1980s Britain/ PHSE: relationships / Geography: locations in Britain Fortnightly assessment: Analytical / Creative Morality. Self-control, Social Awareness / cooperation / compassion Creative Writing as a playwright, History / English Teaching
To what extent are we responsible for the safety and happiness of others? Pupils explore ideas of racial , gender and cultural literacy with a view of better understanding and appreciating diversity in a variety of contemporary and legacy poetry Poetry, narrative voice, tone, imagery, dialogue, structure, meaning, language Tolerance, respect, loyalty, honesty, self awareness, kindness, forgiveness, compassion. PSHE: Racism, family relationships, cultural diversity Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, Creative writing of poetry / teaching English / teaching Drama
Language Paper 1
How can we convey meaning? Pupils explore how language and structure is used to shape meaning when delivering a presentation. Audience, purpose, structure, meaning, language, body language Cross curricular dependent on text subject. Fortnightly assessment: English Language AO2 / AO5/6 AO7/8/9 Empathy, reflection, confidence, resilience. Writing as a poet, delivering speeches / presentations teaching English.
Nature vs Science An exploration of nature vs nurture debate, and perceptions of humanity through study of a Victorian novel Novel form, gothic genre, Characterisation, Imagery, Skimming, Scanning, Explicit, Implicit History: Victorian Britain / PHSE: relationships / Geography: locations in Britain Fortnightly assessment: Analytical / Creative Morality. Self-control, Social Awareness / cooperation / compassion Creative Writing as a novelist, Screenwriting, History / English Teaching
Jekyll and Hyde
Shakespeare: Genre
How do writers construct a piece of writing? Pupils explore the features of writing, looking in depth at the ways writers construct using language and structure Short story / Fiction form, narrative voice, tone, imagery, dialogue, structure, meaning, language Resilience, self-control, cooperation, PSHE: Racism, family relationships, cultural diversity Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, Creative writing of stories / teaching English / teaching Drama
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Travel Writing
How do we understand our own and other’s identities? Pupils explore ideas of racial and cultural literacy with a view of better understanding and appreciating diversity Poetry and Non-fiction Form, Fiction form, narrative voice, tone, imagery, Bias and point of view Tolerance, respect, loyalty, honesty, self awareness, kindness, forgiveness, compassion. DRAMA: Characterisation and stagecraft.(performance of SL) PSHE: Racism, family relationships, cultural diversity Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, transactional. Creative writing, journalism, Teaching English / PHSE.
Prejudice and Discrimination
Was Shakespeare’s society fair? Pupils consider Elizabethan Britain as a fair and equal society through the study of historical context and The Tempest Form, comedy, Elizabethan era, hierarchy, archetypes, comic relief, denouement. Tolerance, respect, loyalty, honesty, self awareness, kindness, forgiveness, compassion. DRAMA: Characterisation and stagecraft. HISTORY: Empire, colonialism and slavery. PSHE: Racism, family relationships. Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, transactional. Theatre arts, playwriting, screenwriting.
Shakespeare’s World
What does it mean to be Human? Pupils explore the human condition, and the idea of Nature / Nurture through study of a modern novel Novel form, gothic genre, Characterisation, Imagery, Skimming, Scanning, Explicit, Implicit History: Victorian Britain / PHSE: relationships / Geography: locations in Britain Fortnightly assessment: Analytical Morality. Self-control, Social Awareness / cooperation / compassion Creative Writing as a novelist, Screenwriting, History / English Teaching
Mr Creecher
How far has Britain come in 150 years? Pupils explore the culture and perspectives of Victorian Britain through a variety of non-fiction and fiction texts Bias & point of view, autobiography, non-fiction texts, narrative structure, authorial intent, descriptive writing. History: Victorian age / PHSE racism / Geography movement of population Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, transactional. Loyalty, friendship, integrity, compassion, morality, confidence, resourcefulness, trust. Teaching English / History / journalism
How are other cultures represented through writing? Pupils explore the features of writing in different situations and for different audiences Bias & point of view, autobiography, narrative structure, authorial intent, descriptive writing. GEOGRAPHY: Mountains. PE: Climbing, physical safety. MEDIA: use of media text. Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, transactional. Loyalty, friendship, integrity, compassion, morality, confidence, resourcefulness, trust. Adventure journalism, travel, article writing.
Diverse Shorts
How are we affected by our society? Pupils explore how society can affect us growing up through the Novel Great Expectations Novel form, gothic genre, Characterisation, Imagery, Skimming, Scanning, Explicit, Implicit History: Victorian Britain / PHSE: relationships / Geography: locations in Britain Fortnightly assessment: Analytical Morality. Self-control, Social Awareness / cooperation / compassion / honesty Creative Writing as a novelist,
How is meaning created? Pupils explore how language and structure are used to shape meaning. Audience, purpose, structure, language, evaluation, descriptive, narrative writing. Cross curricular dependent on subject. Fortnightly assessment: AQA GCSE. English language: AO1, AO2, AO3 & AO4, AO5 & AO6 Empathy, reflection, confidence. Novelist, English teacher.
The Victorians
How do modern writers portray identity? Pupils explore ideas of racial and cultural literacy with a view of better understanding and appreciating diversity in a variety of short stories Short story / Fiction form, narrative voice, tone, imagery, dialogue, structure, meaning, language Tolerance, respect, loyalty, honesty, self awareness, kindness, forgiveness, compassion. PSHE: Racism, family relationships, cultural diversity Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, transactional. Creative writing of short stories / teaching English
The art of Story: Narrative writing
Great Expectations
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GCSE: Spoken Language study
How can we present stories in different ways? Pupils explore ideas of genre and text type using Shakespeare and various different texts Theatre, drama, Characterisation, imagery, soliloquy, dramatic irony Morality, self-control, Compassion, cooperation PSHE: Racism, family relationships, cultural diversity Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, Creative writing of poetry / teaching English / teaching Drama
Poetry: Voices and perspectives
(Ongoing in Year 7)
A Christmas Carol
Pupils explore Victorian societal inequality through study of novel. Dickens Novel (form), Characterisation villains vs. heroes; point of view; 19th C. social attitudes, didactic, malthusianism HISTORY: Victorian society, Industrial Revolution, Workhouses, Poor Law. PSHE: Poverty, GEOGRAPHY: London’s topography. Fortnightly assessment: AQA GCSE, English literature: AO1, AO2, AO3 & AO4. Compassion, kindness, forgiveness, charity loyalty, friendship, trust, relationships, integrity, self control, resilience. Creative writing as a novelist, teaching English
How is meaning created? Pupils explore how language and structure is used to shape meaning. Audience, purpose, structure, meaning, language, context. Cross curricular dependent on text subject. Fortnightly assessment: Analytical, creative, transactional. Empathy, reflection, confidence, resilience. Writing as a poet, teaching English.
ESB
Catch up Curriculum How can we convey meaning? Pupils explore how language and structure is used to shape meaning when delivering a presentation. Audience, purpose, structure, meaning, language, Cross curricular dependent on How is meaning created? text subject. Pupils explore how language and structure is used to shape meaning. Fortnightly assessment: English Literature Audience, purpose, structure, meaning, language, context. AO1/ AO2 Cross curricular dependent on text subject matter. Empathy, reflection, confidence, resilience. Fortnightly assessment: AQA GCSE, English Lang: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4, AO5, AO6 Writing as a poet, delivering speeches / Loyalty, friendship, trust, relationships, integrity, self-control, resilience. presentations teaching English. Journalism, teaching English.
Language Paper 2
Blood Brothers
How do we present ourselves to the world? Pupils explore how they can present themselves in different situation Oral Presentation skills, recitals, language of argument and persuasion, body language Drama: presentation skills ESB assessment: Self-control, cooperation, reflection, Journalism/ presenting skills
Unseen Literature Individual Poetry Bespoke Paper 1 Conflict poetry Revision Revision
Literature Paper 2 Revision
The Tempest
How have stories developed? Pupils explore the features of narrative and characterisation through Victorian Texts Poetry form, short story form, tension, characterisation, imagery, tone, antonym, symbolism, motif History: Victorian Britain / Art: 19th C Representation of the Gothic Fortnightly assessment: Creative / Analytical Morality. Self-control, Social Awareness Creative Writing, Screenwriting, History / English Teaching
The Gothic
8 Where do stories come from? Pupils explore the features of stories through Greek myths and legends Poetry form, short story form, perspective, character, Hero, Masculine, Feminine PHSE: Relationships / History: Greek Myths / RE: Gods Fortnightly assessment: Creative / Analytical Trust, Morality, Honesty, Forgiveness Creative Writing, Screenwriting, History / English Teaching
Myths and Legends
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