Subject Leader: N Thomas
Deputy Subject Leader: D Snow
Subject Team: C Granville, P Crawford, H Davidson and W Lintell
General subject statement:
To fully prepare students for the skills needed for GCSE English Literature/Language
Key Stage 3:
Year 7: | Term 1-2: Initial formal assessment, followed by Literary Fiction and class novel |
| Year 8 | Term 1-2: Literary fiction/Poetry, followed by AQA reading and writing assessment Term 3-4: Literary non-fiction followed by class novel Term 5-6: Media/Shakespeare |
*All students to be assessed by AQA key stage three assessment
Key Stage 4:
Year 9: | Term 1-2: Poetry anthology: Poetry and unseen poetry. Lit fiction, using a model text to annotate |
| Year 10: | Term 1-2: Literature Paper 2, Section A. Language, paper 1, sections A and B Term 3-4: Literature paper 2, section A – Macbeth. Language paper 2 Term 5-6: Literature, paper 1/19th C novel. June mock exams |
| Year 11: | Term 1-2: 2 weeks – poetry cluster. Five weeks, Blood Brothers. Mock exam in first week, following half term. Lit, paper 2, plus mock in last week of autumn term Term 3-4: Revision of Literature, paper 2, followed by a mock exam Term 5-6: Preparation for exams |
Key Stage 5:
Year 12: | Full year – Aspects of Tragedy: The Great Gatsby, Death of a Salesman, Othello and poetry of John Keats, followed by exam. |
| Year 13: | Social and Political Writing/Revision of Year 12, Aspects of Tragedy |
Examining board – AQA: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english
Useful website links:
- http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-language-8700
- http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-literature-8702
- English Timetable and Revision Times – Spring Summer 2018
Curriculum Intent Organisers:
To set out the intent of our curriculum for each subject and each unit of knowledge, we produce Curriculum Intent Organisers (CIOs). The following links lead to the CIO section of our website where this intent can be explored by year group:
Year 7 – https://www.coombedean.co.uk/curriculum-intent-year-7-english/
Year 8 – https://www.coombedean.co.uk/curriculum-intent-year-8-english-2/
Year 9 – https://www.coombedean.co.uk/curriculum-intent-year-9-english-2/
Year 10 – https://www.coombedean.co.uk/curriculum-intent-year-10-english-2/
Year 11 – https://www.coombedean.co.uk/curriculum-intent-year-11-english-2/