Units of work covered and assessment dates

Units of Work: Please note that assessment dates may vary to accommodate individual class needs

Term	Year 7		Year 8		Year 9
	*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 6^th October	Newspapers – writing an article	w/c 22^nd September	Travel Writing – writing to inform, persuade and entertain	w/c 20^th October
*Autumn 2*	the novel (x half of year)studying poetry (y half of year) – language analysis	w/c 17^th November	The Novel (x half of year)studying poetry (y half of year) – language analysis	w/c 1^st December	The Novel (x half of year) – character and theme analysisstudying media (y half of year) – multi media analysis	w/c 15^th December
*Spring 1*	The Village – writing to persuade	w/c 26^th January	The Merchant of Venice – analysis of Shakespeare’s language	w/c 12^th January	Studying Shakespeare	w/c 9^th February
*Spring 2*	The Novel (y half of year)studying poetry (x half of year) – language analysis	w/c 9^th March	The Issue Campaign – writing to persuade and/or inform	w/c 30^th March	The Novel (y half of year) – character and theme analysisStudying Media (x half of year) – multi media analysis	w/c 30^th March
*Summer 1*	an introduction to Shakespeare – understanding a character	18^th May	The novel (y half of year)Studying Poetry (x half of year) – language analysis	w/c 4^th May	Analysing Poetry	w/c 1^st June
*Summer 2*	Creative writing	15^th June	Creative Writing	w/c 22^nd June	Exam Skills

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