English
Key Stage 3 (Years 7, 8 and 9):
Year 7: Crime Unit: poetry and extracts from nonfiction.
- Alter Egos Unit: Extracts from fiction leading to producing a descriptive narrative on the transformation of Dr Jekyll into Mr Hyde.
- Modern Novel: The Breadwinner and poetry.
- Persuasive Writing: Campaigns and Speeches.
- Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Reading and vocabulary lessons on Greek Mythology throughout the year.
Year 8: Growing Pains: short stories based on adolescence
- Play: The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty
- The News: the media influence and manipulation of audiences through language used.
- Poetry: Relationship poetry
- Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
- Reading and vocabulary lessons on Norse Mythology and Language change and development in Medieval England and the renaissance throughout the year.
Year 9: Structure of short stories
- Writing: Spy Genre
- Shakespeare: The Tempest
- Novel: Of Mice and Men
- Manchester Voices: poetry and non- fiction
- Reading and vocabulary lessons on Victorian fiction throughout the year.
Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11)
AQA Language and Literature
- Literature: Poetry: power and conflict anthology / Macbeth / A Christmas Carol / An Inspector Calls / Unseen Poetry
- Language: Explorations in Creative Writing and Reading / Writer’s viewpoints and perspectives / Spoken Language Endorsement