English
English
“I had three brilliant English teachers at secondary school. They found the writer in me.”
- Anthony Horowitz
Our KS3 English programme of study is based around the National Curriculum. At KS4 we progress to the GCSE frameworks for English Literature and English Language,
Resulting in students gaining two GCSE qualifications for English. In addition, all students will complete a Spoken Language endorsement.
Year 7
Learning journey includes: A Monster Calls, Great Lives, Love and Relationship Poetry, Noughts and Crosses and Shakespeare (Richard III/A Midsummer Night’s Dream).
Year 8
Learning journey includes: Of Mice and Men/Animal Farm, Gothic Writing, Perspective (non-fiction), The Help (media), War Poetry and Shakespeare (Romeo & Juliet/Tempest).
Year 9
Learning Journey includes: Mental Health (non-fiction), Dystopian Writing, Sherlock Holmes, Educating Rita, Creative Writing and Unseen Poetry.
Year 10
Learning Journey includes: Modern Drama Text (An Inspector Calls/Blood Brothers), English Language Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives, Spoken Language: The 19th-century novel (A Christmas Carol/Jekyll & Hyde), English Language Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing and The Poetry Anthology (Power and Conflict/Love and Relationships).
Year 11
Learning Journey includes: Shakespeare play: Macbeth, English Language Paper 2 (revision and recall), Unseen Poetry (revision and recall), English Language Paper 1 (revision and recall), The 19th-Century Novel/Modern Drama Text/ The Poetry Anthology/Shakespeare play: Macbeth (revision and recall).
Year 12 English Language
Learning Journey includes: Methods of Language Analysis, Textual Variations and Representations, Language Diversity, Language Discourses, Writing Skills, Language Investigation and Original Writing.
Year 13 English Language
Learning Journey includes: Children’s Language Development, Language Change, Language Investigation, Original Writing and Revision and Recall of Year 12.
Year 12 Media Studies
Learning journey includes: Media Forms and Products (Advertising and Marketing: Water Aid, Tide and Kiss of the Vampire, Newspapers: The Times and The Daily Mirror, Music Videos: Formation and Riptide, Magazines: Vogue and The Big Issue, Film: I, Daniel Blake and Black Panther, and Unseen Texts). Whilst developing their knowledge and understanding of these texts, students will simultaneously be introduced to a theoretical framework to develop a critical understanding and appreciation of the media (media language, representation, media industries, audiences), study a wide range of theories to inform and support their analysis and learn about relevant media contexts (historical, social and cultural, economic and political). Introduction of cross-media production.
Year 13 Media Studies
Learning journey includes: Media Forms and Products (Video Games: Assassin’s Creed Franchise, Radio: Late Night Woman’s Hour, Online Blog: Zoella, Online Magazine: Attitude, Television: Humans and The Returned). Students will continue to develop, revise and recall the theoretical framework to develop a critical understanding and appreciation of the media (media language, representation, media industries, audiences), study a wide range of theories to inform and support their analysis and learn about relevant media contexts (historical, social and cultural, economic and political). Completing cross-media production.
Year 12 English Literature
Learning journey includes: Introduction to the Tragedy Genre; key contextual elements as regards ‘The Great Gatsby’: The American Dream, The Lost Generation, The Leisure Class etc; explorations of key characters and their relationships; the use of symbolism and Gatsby’s tragic flaw. At the same time students study Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ through the lens of tragedy. Finally, they explore the tragedies of Shakespeare’s ‘Richard II and a selection of Keats’ poetry.
Year 13 English Literature
Students study several texts for political and social protest writing. Revise background/context: significance of Henry IV’s usurpation of Richard II and its impact: Henry’s guilt, civil war, crusade; introduction to play’s key characters and Shakespeare’s use of comic parallels. At the same time, students will study ‘The Kite Runner’ through the lens of political and social protest writing. They revisit ‘Othello’ and they study a selection of Tony Harrison’s poetry, connecting his work to the relevant post-war social contexts. Finally, they learn how to write about unseen political and social protest extracts.
