Topic/Big Question Ghost BoysGhost BoysGothic
Theme(s) Injustice (fiction/novel and extracts from nonfiction e.g. articles)
Key Knowledge Plot of the novel; context of racism in America (Emmett Till, slavery); mood and atmosphere; non-chronlogical narrative; how to write in role/empathy responses; how to write a speech and letter.
Key Skills Transactional writing; writing to argue and persuade; how to write evaluatively about a text; how specific word choices elicit deeper meaning (words and their effect on the reader); how context informs readers' perspectives.
(fiction/novel and complementary poetry from other cultures)
Plot of the novel; context of racism; mood and atmosphere; non-chronlogical narrative; how to write in role/empathy responses; how to write a speech and letter; reading and understanding poetry from other cultures.
Gothic tropes/conventions (character and setting); why writers use language to achieve specific effects; how to create mood and atmosphere in writing.
Gothic tropes/conventions (character and setting); why writers use language to achieve specific effects; how to create mood and atmosphere in writing.
Plot of both the play and the novel; conventions of a play; how Mary Shelley conveys characters in Frankenstein; how to evaluate the effects of language.
Plot of both the play and the novel; conventions of a play; how Mary Shelley conveys characters in Frankenstein; how to evaluate the effects of language.
What is a utopia/dystopia; how writers use language to achieve effects; linguistic techniques used by a writer; structural techniques used by a writer; how to respond to an evaluation question.
What is a utopia/dystopia; how writers use language to achieve effects; linguistic techniques used by a writer; structural techniques used by a writer; how to respond to an evaluation question.
Transactional writing; writing to argue and persuade; how to write evaluatively about a text; how specific word choices elicit deeper meaning (words and their effect on the reader); how context informs readers' perspectives; writing about how poets convey ideas about prejudice and identity in their works.
How to write creatively to engage an audience; how to speak with fluency, accuracy and tone; how to apply Gothic conventions to creative writing.
How to write creatively to engage an audience; how to speak with fluency, accuracy and tone; how to apply Gothic conventions to creative writing.
PEEZ paragraph writing; audience response; empathy.
PEEZ paragraph writing; audience response; empathy.
Speak with fluency; working effectively as a group; how to write analytically about language; how to write analytically about structure.
Speak with fluency; working effectively as a group; how to write analytically about language; how to write analytically about structure.
Rhetorical techniques; plot and characterisation of the novel; allegory and fable; political context; how power is created, shifts and alters throughout the novel.
Rhetorical techniques; plot and characterisation of the novel; allegory and fable; political context; how power is created, shifts and alters throughout the novel.
Empathy; judgement; analysis of language; analysis of rhetoric; how to apply context.
Empathy; judgement; analysis of language; analysis of rhetoric; how to apply context.
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Plot of the play; key characters and their relationships; Shakespearean tragedy; patriarchal society; personal, political and social conflict; how Shakespeare uses language to convey characters/themes.
Empathy; reading in role; analysis of language; evaluation of characters/themes; tracking a Shakespearean extract.