Units of Work: Please note that assessment dates may vary to accommodate individual class needs
Term |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
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Unit of Work | Expected Assessment Period | Unit of Work | Expected Assessment Period | Unit of Work | Expected Assessment Period | |
Autumn 1 | Autobiographies – recount writing | w/c 6th October | Newspapers – writing an article | w/c 22nd September | Travel Writing – writing to inform, persuade and entertain | w/c 20th October |
Autumn 2 | the novel (x half of year)studying poetry (y half of year) – language analysis | w/c 17th November | The Novel (x half of year)studying poetry (y half of year) – language analysis | w/c 1st December | The Novel (x half of year) – character and theme analysisstudying media (y half of year) – multi media analysis | w/c 15th December |
Spring 1 | The Village – writing to persuade | w/c 26th January | The Merchant of Venice – analysis of Shakespeare’s language | w/c 12th January | Studying Shakespeare | w/c 9th February |
Spring 2 | The Novel (y half of year)studying poetry (x half of year) – language analysis | w/c 9th March | The Issue Campaign – writing to persuade and/or inform | w/c 30th March | The Novel (y half of year) – character and theme analysisStudying Media (x half of year) – multi media analysis | w/c 30th March |
Summer 1 | an introduction to Shakespeare – understanding a character | 18th May | The novel (y half of year)Studying Poetry (x half of year) – language analysis | w/c 4th May | Analysing Poetry | w/c 1st June |
Summer 2 | Creative writing | 15th June | Creative Writing | w/c 22nd June | Exam Skills |