English

Term One:

Autumn Term

Short Stories Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

What does good short story writing look like?

How does a writer create a character?

Speeches Animal Farm

What does a good speech look like?

How and why do writers use rhetoric?

Gothic Anthology

What are the conventions of the gothic genre?

How do writers create atmosphere?

Term Two:

Christmas Term

Short Stories Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

How does a writer develop a plot?

How does a writer tie up a story?

Speeches Animal Farm

What is an allegory?

How do writers draw on real life to tell a story?

Crime Anthology

What are the conventions of the crime genre?How do writers use aspects of crime writing to build plot?

Term Three:

Winter Term

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

Kindertransport

What is the link between text and context?

How can writers explore relationships through drama?

Social Realism - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

What is social realism?How can a writer challenge contemporary social opinion through literature?

Term Four:

Easter Term

Mythology

What are stock characters?

How can you use a story to teach a moral lesson?

How do you write your own myth?

Kindertransport

What are the conventions of modern drama?

Social Realism - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

What is a cyclical structure?

How is it effective?

Term Five:

Spring Term

Mythology

How do writers modernise classic myths?

What are the conventions of poetry?

Cultures Poetry

How can writers use poetry to explore ideas about culture?

Conflict and Social Protest Anthology

What are different types of conflict and social protest?

Why is poetry a popular art form for ideas about conflict?

Term Six:

Summer Term

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

What is stagecraft?

How does Shakespeare use it?

What are the conventions of a comedy?

How does AMND fit?

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

What are the conventions of a tragedy?

How does Julius Caesar fit?

What is a tragic hero?

Tragedy - Macbeth by William Shakespeare

How does Macbeth fit the conventions of tragedy?

Who are the key characters and what are the key themes?

Autumn Term

Shakespeare Play: Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Language Paper 1:
Explorations in creative writing

Christmas Term

19th Century Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Literature Paper 1:
Macbeth
A Christmas Carol

Winter Term

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Poetry: Love and Relationships Poetry Anthology

Language Paper 2:
Exploring writers' viewpoints and perspectives

Easter Term

Modern Drama: Blood Brothers by Willy Russell

Poetry: Love and Relationships Poetry Anthology

Literature Paper 2:
Blood Brothers
Love and Relationships poetry
Unseen Poetry

Spring Term

Modern Drama: Blood Brothers by Willy Russell

Poetry: Love and Relationships Poetry Anthology

GCSE Final Revision and Exams

Summer Term

Unseen Poetry

GCSE English Language Spoken Language Presentation

Autumn Term

Tragedy: Othello by William
Shakespeare (paper 1)
Science and Society: The Handmaid's
Tale by Margaret Atwood (paper 2)

Christmas Term

Tragedy: Othello by William
Shakespeare (paper 1)
Science and Society: The Handmaid's
Tale by Margaret Atwood (paper 2)

Winter Term

Tragedy: A Streetcar Named Desire by
Tennessee Williams (paper 1)
Science and Society: Frankenstein by
Mary Shelley (paper 2)

Easter Term

Tragedy: Othello and A Streetcar
Named Desire (paper 1)
Science and Society: The Handmaid's
Tale and Frankenstein (paper 2)

Spring Term

Tragedy: Othello and A Streetcar
Named Desire (paper 1)
Science and Society: The Handmaid's
Tale and Frankenstein (paper 2)

Summer Term

The Non-Examined Assessment:
Comparing two texts on one theme

Autumn Term

Introduction to Lang/Lit: Literariness,
linguistics, stylistics
Begin Remembered Places
(Paris Anthology)

Christmas Term

Remembered Places (Paris Anthology)
Begin Imagined Worlds
(The Handmaid's Tale)

Winter Term

Remembered Places (Paris Anthology)

Imagined Worlds (The Handmaid's Tale)

Begin NEA, Making Connections
(coursework), selecting texts

Easter Term

Remembered Places (Paris Anthology)
Imagined Worlds (The Handmaid's Tale)
NEA, Making Connections (coursework),
first draft of Aims and Introduction and
conduct secondary research.

Spring Term

Imagined Worlds (The Handmaid's Tale)
NEA, Making Connections
(coursework), first draft of review
section.

Summer Term

Poetic Voices (Carol Ann Duffy's Mean
Time)
First draft of the NEA Analysis section
(coursework)