English

Across these units of study, students will develop:

Accuracy in spelling and Standard English grammar.
Accuracy and variety of punctuation including different forms of sentence demarcation, colon, semi-colon, apostrophe and parenthesis.
Creative writing of non-fiction and fiction text types and conscious crafting of writing: planning, drafting, editing, amending; applying knowledge of language, grammar, structure, literary/ rhetorical devices to own writing.
Interpretation and analysis of writer’s methods, use of structure and language across a variety of texts
Spoken language skills: discussion, debate, asking questions, reading texts aloud with expression and clarity

Topics covered in English are detailed below

Year 7 Schemes

Greek Myths and Legends
Novel – A Monster Calls
Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains
Stone Cold – with a focus on non-fiction writing
Forms of poetry
Victorian Literature

Year 8 Schemes

Play study – Noughts and Crosses
Non-fiction – Rhetoric – Diverse voices
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Dystopian Fiction – Creative Writing
Poetry From Around the World
Non Fiction Writing
History of English

Year 9

Gothic Literature
World War 1 Poetry
Media and Representations
Woman in Black
Exploitation Writing Unit
Shakespeare – Richard III

Students will also have an opportunity to enter different competitions throughout the year, and can participate in our student newsletter club.