SUBJECT INTENT

English

To provide every student with a passion for reading, a joy of writing and the confidence to become discerning and critical thinkers

Students will learn to identify and explore the impact of language, structure and context across a range of texts, varied by purpose, genre and form. Students will also be encouraged to develop their own narrative voice, through a firm underpinning of grammatical and stylistic genre knowledge. Furthermore, through the use of developing technical accuracy, students will also develop their own written expression and understanding of tone for appropriate audiences.

Students will be able to read, interpret and make inferences in order to inform their own critical opinions of a text. As a department we wish to foster and nurture a critical reader through exploring explicit and implicit meanings within a text, thus ensuring that our students are able to comment on meaning and the effect of the writer’s craft confidently. In writing, students will be able to form structured, accurate and clear responses which engage the reader.

Students will become confident communicators through their ability to adapt their tone and register for a variety of contexts.

ENGLISH LONG TERM PLAN

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 7

Novel - ‘The Weird-Stone of Brisingamen’

How does Garner develop character arcs within the fantasy genre?

Myths and Legends

How have English Myths and legends shaped our Literary heritage?

Science-Fiction

How has technology influenced the literary cannon?

Play – ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

How does Shakespeare present patriarchal power?

Poetry – ‘The Power of Nature’

How does poetry influence our understanding and appreciation of the natural world?

Novel - ‘The Hobbit’

How does Tolkien, through his use of Bildungsroman, develop Bilbo’s journey?

Year 8  

Modern Play – ‘Hobson’s Choice’

How does Brighouse present ideas on social class and marriage?

‘Gothic’

How are Gothic literary conventions used to develop character and themes?

Novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’

How does Bradbury present ideas of cultural degeneration in the novel Fahrenheit 451?

‘Travel and Colonialism’

How is the written word used to develop an understanding of different cultures and traditions?

Play ‘The Tempest’

How does Shakespeare present ides about colonialism, patriarchy and power?

Novel – ‘Animal Farm’

How does Orwell present ideas of the corrupting influence of power?

Year 9

Phantasmagoria

 How do writers seek to explore the complexities of the human mind?

Play – ‘Hamlet’

 How does Shakespeare explore the themes of revenge, loss and the supernatural?

‘Crime Fiction’

 An exploration of the conventions of crime fiction and analysis of extracts from iconic examples from the genre.

Play ‘The Crucible’

 How does Miller explore the themes of intolerance and small-town paranoia?

Poetry - ‘Fight for Freedom’

 How does poetry present a realistic view of conflict over time?

Novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

How does Harper Lee construct a window into an era characterised by racial discrimination and prejudice?

English LONG TERM PLAN

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year

10

Tyranny and Chaos

Macbeth

·  Role of Women

·  Supernatural

·  Masculinity

·  Divine Right of Kings

English Language Paper 2 skills 

Marginalised Voices

An Inspector Calls

·  Class

·  Gender

·   Social responsibility

Power and Conflict Poetry

·  Remains

·  Emigree

English Language Paper 2 skills 

Duality in Character

A Christmas Carol

·  Social injustice

·  Responsibility

·  Redemption

Power and Conflict Poetry

·  London

·  Exposure

English Language Paper 1 Skills

Tyranny and Chaos

Macbeth

·Development of Macbeth’s character arc

·Reality vs Illusion

Power and Conflict Poetry

·  Ozymandias

· Poppies

English Language Paper 2 Skills

Duality in Character

A Christmas Carol

·Development of Scrooge’s character arc linking to responsibility and redemption.

·Tension between laissez-faire and social responsibility.

Exploring the Art of Rhetoric

Speaking and Listening

English Language Paper 1 skills

 Year

 11

Tyranny and Chaos

Macbeth

·         Justice

·         Loyalty and Betrayal

·         Kingship and Machiavelli

English Language Paper 1 skills

Exploring the Art of Rhetoric

Speaking and Listening

Marginalised Voices

DNA

·         Post Modernity (Brechtian Theatre)

· Gangs

· DNA (structure/Darwin/breakdown)

Power and Conflict Poetry

·         Checking out my History

·         Kamikaze

English Language Paper 2 skills 

Duality and Society

Jekyll and Hyde

· Degeneration (fin de siècle)

·  Urban Terror

·  Enlightenment v Romanticism

Power and Conflict

· Bayonet Charge

· Charge of the Light Brigade

English Language Paper 1 Skills

Tyranny and Chaos

Macbeth

·  Biblical Allusions

· Murder and betrayal

· Exam technique

Power and Conflict

Revision of Poems

English Language Paper 2 Skills

Revision of Key areas informed by Mocks

Formal Exams