English

In Year 7 students develop their skills in reading, writing and speaking and listening through a range of varied texts and activities. Students study non-fiction and fiction texts as well as spoken language. They will read a novel, either Coraline or The Odyssey, a selection of poems and engage with a range of texts of different periods and genres during the course of the year. Spelling, punctuation and grammar is built into each lesson to support the development of students’ writing skills. Homework is set each week to support students’ independent learning, including spellings linked to the unit of work to help develop vocabulary.

Y7 Literacy Poems 2017-18

Y7 Long Term Teaching Plan English 2017-18

To expand your child's comprehension and understanding to the written word, we would also recommend titles from the past Carnegie and Waterstones Book award winners which can be found on the links below:

http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/index.php?medal=carnegie

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/pages/childrens-book-prize/1185/

Year 7:

In Year 8 students further develop their skills through the study of different novels, one written in the 19th century and one written in the 20th century. Students will analyse a range of poetry, consider the language used in comedy and study the Shakespeare play Othello. Half-termly units of work are designed to help develop students’ study skills in reading, writing and speaking and listening in preparation for KS4. As with Year 7, Spelling, punctuation and grammar is built into each lesson to support the development of students’ writing skills. Homework is also set each week to support students’ independent learning, including spellings linked to the unit of work to help develop vocabulary.

Y8 English Long Term Teaching Plan 2017-18

To expand your child's comprehension and understanding to the written word, we would also recommend titles from the past Carnegie and Waterstones Book award winners which can be found on the links below:

http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/index.php?medal=carnegie

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/pages/childrens-book-prize/1185/

Year 8:

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In Year 9 students begin their GCSE studies, by consolidating the knowledge and skills gained in Years 7 and 8.  Students will study a Shakespeare text, a modern play, a range of poetry and a modern dystopian novel. A deeper understanding of the use of spoken language will also be developed through the study of the rhetoric of political figures of the past and present. As with Year 7 and 8, spelling, punctuation and grammar is a fundamental part of each lesson, supporting students’ writing skills.

Y9 English Long Term Teaching Plan 2017-18

To expand your child's comprehension and understanding to the written word, we would also recommend titles from the past Carnegie and Waterstones Book award winners which can be found on the links below:

http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/index.php?medal=carnegie

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/pages/childrens-book-prize/1185/

Year 9:

Studying English at GCSE develops and extends the work completed at Key Stage 3 and combines the skills needed to explore how writers craft language in novels, plays, poetry and non-fiction texts. This is achieved by studying texts in depth, looking at the language, structure and form. Students are also supported in the development of their own writing style, using the techniques they have studied in published texts. Students are taught to understand the influences of the historical, social and literary contexts that texts are produced in and make direct links between an author’s life and their works. Current Year 11 students are following the Cambridge International Examinations iGCSE English course and the AQA GCSE English Literature.

Year 10

Y10 English Long Term Teaching Plan 2017-18

Power and Conflict Poetry cluster is taught throughout.

Year 11

 KS4

Whilst students are not part of the Accelerated Reading scheme in years 10 &11, we actively encourage them to continue expanding their reading. Some of the following websites will give good recommendations:

http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/index.php?medal=carnegie

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/pages/childrens-book-prize/1185/

http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/teenagers/

To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou

 Lord of the Flies – William Golding

1984 – George Orwell

Animal Farm – George Orwell

A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Anita and Me – Meera Syal

The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

Catch 22 – Joseph Heller

The Catcher in the Rye – J D Salinger

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon

Enigma – Robert Harris

Fever Pitch – Nick Hornby

Fight Club – Chuck Palahnuik

The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald

 Life of Pi – Yann Martel

Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson

The Picture of Dorian Grey – Oscar Wilde

Touching the Void – Joe Simpson

KS5

Post-16 students, whether studying A Level Literature or not, are encouraged to continue expanding their reading. Some of those on the list below are linked to the new A Level English Literature specification, but does not include set texts and is certainly not exhaustive.

The Murder Room – P D James

The Home Place – Brian Friel

The Rover: or, The Banish’t Cavaliers – Aphra Benn

Lady Audley’s Secret – M E Braddon

The Pitman Painters – Lee Hall

The Little Stranger – Sarah Water

Things Fall Apart  - Chinua Achebe

Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston

Small Island  - Andrea Levy

Oranges are not the Only Fruit- Jeannette Winterson

Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison

English Long Term Teaching Plan Y7-11