Key Stage 3
| Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
- Language and Literature over Time
(from Old English to the present)
- Class novel
- Media and Travel Writing
- The poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth
- Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Short stories
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- Gothic short stories
- Dickens’ A Christmas
Carol
- Independent Extended Project
- Creative writing
- Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
- Selection of poetry from the Moon on the Tides collection
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Language
- Creative writing
- 19th-century
fiction extracts
- Paper 1 English Language practice
Literature
- Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
- Golding’s Lord of the Flies
- Miller’s The Crucible
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Key Stage 3 assessment
- Two half-termly assessments with practise in reading, writing, and presentational skills assessed throughout the year
Key Stage 4
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Language 1ENO
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature 1ETO
| Year 10 |
Year 11 |
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Language
- Imaginative Writing (Section B Paper 1)
- Spoken Language
- 19th century fiction extracts
(Section A Paper 1)
- Language Paper 1
Literature
- Priestley’s An Inspector
Calls (Paper 1 Drama)
- Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (Paper 1 Drama)
- Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
(Paper 2 19th-century Novel)
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Language
- Modern non-fiction extracts (Section A Paper 2)
- Transactional Writing (Section B Paper 2)
- Revision of Paper 1/Paper 2
Literature
- Relationships Poetry Anthology (Paper 2 Poetry
- Modern Unseen Poetry (Paper 2 Poetry)
- Revision of Paper 1/Paper 2
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Key Stage 4 assessment
Two half-termly assessments, short and long answer questions/extended writing/presentations.
Key Stage 5
Cambridge Pre-U Literature in English 9765
| Year 12 |
Year 13 |
- Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited
- Chaucer’s The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
- Sheridan’s The School for Scandal
- Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
- Personal Investigation coursework
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- Personal Investigation coursework
- Unseen poetry criticism
- Unseen drama criticism
- Unseen prose and non-fiction criticism
- Revision for Papers 1, 2 and 3
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Key Stage 5 assessment
- Essays throughout the year, stages of coursework, presentations, independent wider reading, creative responses to texts
Curriculum enrichment outside of the classroom
- Year 13 residential visit to Stratford-Upon-Avon
- Lectures
- Author visits
- Debating
- Massive Open Online Courses
- Spelling bee
- Creative writing
- Year 8 Independent Project
- Talk the Talk workshop for Year 9
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