Year 7 Overview
Throughout Year 7, pupils will enjoy two novels, a play by William Shakespeare and a suite of complementary non-fiction and poetry texts. They will learn about different cultures and time periods and they will start to master the skill of using evidence from a text to support their views. Pupils will write creatively and persuasively for a range of different tasks, audiences and purposes.
Topic/BigQuestion Conventional and Unconventional Heroes Conventional and Unconventional Heroes
Theme(s)
Heroism (fiction and nonfiction extracts)
(fiction and nonfiction extracts)
(fiction, novel)Heroism (fiction, novel)Love (Shakespeare, full play)
(Shakespeare, full play)
(Shakespeare, full play). Poetry
Assessment
Year8Overview
Topic/BigQuestion
Theme(s)
Year9Overview
My Hero: Oral Assessment on a person you find heroic. My Hero: Oral Assessment on a person you find heroic.
Learning Checkpoint: Comprehension linked to the novel.
Jasmine/Sunya: HeroLearning checkpoint: Write about Helena in Act One.
Year 7 Examination: Plot, context and character based questions. Essay response.
Year 7 Examination: Plot, context and character based questions. Essay response.
Checkpoint:
and atmosphere extract (writer using language to create specific effects)
During Year 8, pupils study three genres of literature: Gothic, Dystopian and Shakespearean tragedy with aspects of SPAG revisited to ensure competency. Pupils build on their understanding of how to write creatively and how writers use language to achieve specific effects. Their ability to use subject specific vocabulary is a focal point as is their ability to speak for a variety of purposes e.g. to entertain, in role and to share their views.
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Topic/BigQuestion
(fiction/novel and extracts from nonfiction e.g. articles)
and complementary poetry from other cultures)
Throughout Year 9, pupils fine-tune their ability to read and respond to challenging texts empathetically, evaluatively and analytically. Pupils learn about the importance of a text's context and how this can elicit a deeper understanding of the characters, themes and ideas in poetry (war), plays and fiction. Areas of SPAG continue to be revisited to ensure competency and pupils are exposed to increasingly challenging tier 2 and 3 vocabulary. Pupils also explore non-fiction texts through our 'Body, Mind and Spirit' unit and learn to craft argumentative writing utilising a range of rhetorical techniques.
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Assessment Learning Checkpoint: PEEZC on Shylock.
(play)
Assessment- Act Four Scene One: Assessment of plot, attitudes of characters, audience perception and argumentative essay on Shylock.
Learning Checkpoint: PEEZC about the dream (Chapter 3)
Assessment- Dreams in Of Mice and Men
extracts)
Learning checkpoint: How does the writer use language to... answer.
Conflict (non-fiction extracts) Conflict (play)Conflict (play)Conflict (play)Conflict (poetry and creative writing)
Exam: How does the writer use language to… and one persuasive piece of writing. (Examination usually takes place in January).
Exam, subject to school calendar.
Learning CheckpointBright New Day classism
Oracy: Produce an additional scene for Blood Brothers.
Learning CheckpointDescriptive writing: Sniper
Conflict (poetry and creative writing)
Learning CheckpointExploration of one poem (female war poet)