| 7 | Where did our stories come from? Literary Heritage unit including Beowulf, the Greek Myths, Shakespeare and Tennyson |
includes creative writing & letter writing | Literary Heritage unit;
The Power of Language: an introduction to rhetoric
| includes speech writing
Careers | Publishing & Editing (Unifrog) | The Outsider in Literature & the Bildungsroman
Modern Novel study – The Graveyard Book | Worlds & Lives: non-fiction autobiographies of adventure and challenge
| includes life writing
| Literature in performance: supernatural poems pre 1900 and performance poetry
Careers | Performance Arts | The Bildungsroman - Treasure Island (playscript)
| includes performance
Careers in the theatre / stage design
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| 8 | The Outside in Literature: Modern novel study - The Bone Sparrow
Careers: Working for Change (Unifrog) | Worlds & Lives: non-fiction writing about our world | includes media literacy & multi-modal analysis
The power of language - argument and rhetoric
Careers: Environmental / nature writing
| Narrative & Genre: short story unit
| includes creative writing
| Worlds & Lives: contemporary voices in poetry (selection of poems);
Literature in performance: performance poetry | The Outsider in Literature: Modern novel - I am Thunder | Literary Heritage: Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Careers | working in the theatre
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| 9 | Literary Heritage - The development of the Gothic including short stories, Victorian mystery stories, extracts from gothic horror novels, the presentation of vampires, and gothic ideas in poetry.
Careers | Working in Film | Gothic scheme continued
The power of language - rhetoric and argument | includes letter writing | Narrative & Genre: new perspectives - a contemporary novel study (Tsunami Girl / Medusa / The Hate U Give) | Narrative & Genre: short story selection | includes creative writing
Careers | Storytelling - journalist and author | Worlds & Lives: contemporary voices in poetry - Caleb Femi
| Literary Heritage - Poetry of Conflict (for GCSE Literature) |
| 10 | Narrative & Genre - Language Paper 1
Narrative & Genre: The modern novel or drama (Animal Farm or An Inspector Calls)
| Narrative & Genre - Language Paper 1
The modern novel or drama (Animal Farm or An Inspector Calls)
| Narrative & Genre - Language Paper 1
Worlds & Lives: contemporary voices in poetry - unseen poetry & AQA Poetry Anthology Cluster
| The power of language - Language Paper 2 (including rhetoric and argument)
Literary Heritage: The Gothic - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde | The power of language - Language Paper 2 (including rhetoric and argument)
Literary Heritage: The Gothic - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
| AQA Poetry Anthology Cluster
Spoken Language Endorsement
Careers | Political campaigning, journalism, broadcasting |
| 11 | Poetry Anthology and Language skills - Paper 1 for mock
| Language skills - Paper 2 for mock
Literary Heritage: Shakespeare play (Romeo and Juliet or Macbeth)
Careers: Open Evening - where can English take me? | Language skills - revision and development
Literary Heritage: Shakespeare play (Romeo and Juliet or Macbeth)
| Revision of Jekyll & Hyde / modern text
Language skills - revision & development | In Terms 3-4, students focus on deepening their knowledge and understanding of their literature texts and further securing their language skills. | Transition work for Literature broadens students' experience of great texts through a diverse and engaging summer reading list and a small literature project.
Language work introduces new topics, including a small project on idiolect. |