English

English underpins the curriculum; it is through English that other subjects are taught and by using English that we are able to talk to one another, write notes or send texts and emails. English enables us to communicate effectively in speech and in writing and to understand what others are communicating to us. Good users of English know the power of language, they are able to express exactly how they feel and make themselves heard, and they have words to say in the different situations life puts them in. English makes you think about people; you can read about a whole host of different characters and even create your own; English makes you think about yourself- and ask yourself how you might react in some of the situations you read about. Finally after a busy day, English teaches you have the pleasure of settling down with a good book.

KS3 Curriculum:

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
Year 7	Writing about yourself, writing letters to primary schools, poems about school, *A Christmas Carol*, language of food and menus, Christmas advertising, creating a character and working in role.	Shakespeare research and studying extracts from tragedies and comedies, studying the difference between fiction and non-fiction, extended reading, stories from other cultures, newspaper front pages, giving a presentation.	Fairy tales, modern fairy tales, *Alice in Wonderland*, history of nursery rhymes, producing a class book, spelling rules and competitions, understanding how we speak.
Year 8	Narrative poems, biographies of poets, the Arctic and Antarctic, explorers journals, *Gulliver’s Travels*, travel writing, discussion skills.	Mystery writing, creating a setting, writing short stories, villains in literature, *Sherlock Holmes*, performing a play, creating aboard game.	*A Midsummer Night’s Dream,* writing a children’s book, extending reading skills, writing play scripts writing news reports, understanding and creating leaflets, promoting a local business, making a presentation.
Year 9	Poems and paintings, understanding genres, myths and legends, England in literature, figurative language, performing a radio play.	Dystopian literature, locations in literature, classic texts, reviewing television programmes, essay writing, a day in the life, making speeches, very short stories, writing headlines.	*Romeo and Juliet* advertising and its history, understanding idiolect and spoken language genres, developing presentation skills.

KS4 Curriculum:

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
Year 10	Studying poems about relationships and writing about them. Discussing topical issues in groups, role-playing, reading a variety of nonfiction texts such as magazine articles and letters and writing your own.	Reading and producing a variety of non-fiction texts such as descriptions and leaflets, writing creatively to produce engaging and entertaining texts.	Practising exam techniques, increasing range of non-fiction texts for reading.Reading a modern novel or play and writing about characterisation and setting
Year 11 *From Sept 2013*	Studying a play by Shakespeare and comparing it to another text, studying poems about relationships and writing about them.	Reading and writing about a text from another culture. Revising modern novel or play.	Practising exam technique
Year 11 *From Sept 2012*	Reading a variety of nonfiction texts such as magazine articles and letters and writing your own, completing study of a modern novel or play, Studying a play by Shakespeare and comparing it to another text,	Reading and writing about a text from another culture. Revising modern novel or play.	Practising exam technique.