Year 7
In Year 7, we ensure that students make an effective transition from primary to secondary school English. Students begin their journey recalling and retrieving KS2 terminology embedded within an engaging curriculum introducing essay writing skills, balancing critical with creating thinking and developing extended writing through diversifying the range and breadth of texts pupils will be encouraged to adapt to. Pupils will be given the opportunity to read with teachers at multiple points throughout the academic year. Their engagement in the Cox Green 150 Reading Challenge as well as their weekly Reading Progress on Teams will aid their vocabulary, comprehension, and creative writing skills. Parents can support their child’s learning by ensuring that pupils are reading for pleasure a minimum of 10 minutes per night. A recommended reading list for Year 7 can be found here: Literacy (coxgreen.com)
| Term | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Animal Farm: Inequality, Power & Control (Literature Paper 1) |
Animal Farm: Inequality, Power & Control (Language 1 Part B |
Gallop Through Time – Nonfiction Articles (Language 2 Part A) |
Heroes & Villains – Creative Writing (Language 1 Part B) |
Poetry from across the world: Range of poetry genres and forms from cultures and writers from around the world (Literature 2) |
Poetry from across the world: Range of poetry genres and forms from cultures and writers from around the world (Literature 2 & Language Paper 1 Part B |
| Knowledge & Skills | Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes. | |||||
| Homework |
Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will be independent and project based linked to a Speaking and Listening Assessment each term. Term 1: Animal Farm: Inequality, Power & Control Research Project Weekly reading progress using Microsoft Teams Reading book challenge (Reading for Pleasure) Term 2: Adventurers and explorers: non-fiction travel writing - Pre-1914 to modern day world literature Research Project Weekly reading progress using Microsoft Teams Reading book challenge (Reading for Pleasure) Term 3: Poetry from across the world: Range of poetry genres and forms from cultures and writers from around the world Poetry anthology created on teams Research Project Weekly reading progress using Microsoft Teams Reading book challenge (Reading for Pleasure) |
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Year 8
Students will build on the skills learnt in Y7 and apply them in more challenging concepts and content. Students become adept at evaluation and lateral thinking, by examining different perspectives through a critical lens. My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece focuses on more nuanced mature themes allowing students to explore a text in more depth which is a pathway to how students approach GCSE style novels examining authorial intent. Pupils will be given the opportunity to read with teachers at multiple points throughout the academic year. Their engagement in the Cox Green 150 Reading Challenge as well as their weekly Reading Progress on Teams will aid their vocabulary, comprehension, and creative writing skills. Parents can support their child’s learning by ensuring that pupils are reading for pleasure a minimum of 10 minutes per night. A recommended reading list for Y8 can be found here: Literacy (coxgreen.com)
| Term | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic title |
Relationships: My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece (Literature Paper 1) |
Relationships: My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece & Persuasive Writing (Language 2 Part B) |
Performance Literature: Shakespeare’s Greatest Speeches (Literature 1) |
Performance Literature: Songs of the Decades (Literature 2) |
Around the world: non-fiction travel writing (Language 2 Part A) |
Morals and Ethics from Different Countries (Language 2 Part B) |
| Knowledge & Skills | Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes. | |||||
| Homework |
Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will be independent and project based linked to a Speaking and Listening Assessment each term. Term 1: Relationships: My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece & Persuasive Writing Preparation for social issues debate Research Project Weekly reading progress using Microsoft Teams Reading book challenge (Reading for Pleasure) Term 2: Performance Literature: Shakespeare’s Greatest Speeches & Songs of the Decades Performance Research Project Weekly reading progress using Microsoft Teams Reading book challenge (Reading for Pleasure) Term 3: Around the World: non-fiction travel writing and Morals & Ethics from Different Countries Create travel journal presentation Research Project Weekly reading progress using Microsoft Teams Reading book challenge (Reading for Pleasure) |
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Year 9
Y9 English lays down important foundations for the GCSE English Language and English Literature course. The curriculum units will challenge students to learn and apply more nuanced writing conventions and develop their own personal style with layered degrees of sophistication. Through their developing critical lens, exploring the theme of marginalisation, students will begin with the play Blood Brothers by Willy Russell examining social class and inequality, before examining marginalised classes of society throughout history in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Pupils will be given the opportunity to read with teachers at multiple points throughout the academic year. Their engagement in the Cox Green 150 Reading Challenge as well as their weekly Reading Progress on Teams will aid their vocabulary, comprehension, and creative writing skills. Additionally, fortnightly creative writing lessons allow students to finesse their skills in narrative, descriptive and transactional writing. Parents can support their child’s learning by ensuring that pupils are reading for pleasure a minimum of 10 minutes per night. A recommended reading list for Y9 can be found here: Literacy (coxgreen.com)
| Term | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic title |
Social Class & Inequality: Blood Brothers (Literature Paper 1)
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Social Class & Inequality: Blood Brothers & Narrative Writing (Language 1 Part B)
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Relationships: Romeo & Juliet & Writing to Argue (Language Paper 2 Part B)
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Relationships: Romeo & Juliet & Writing to Argue (Literature 1)
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The Marginalised: Of Mice and Men (Language 1 Part A)
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The Marginalised: Descriptive & Narrative Writing (Language 1 Part B) |
| Knowledge & Skills | Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes. | |||||
| Homework |
Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will be independent, and project based linked to a Speaking and Listening Assessment each term. Term 1: Social Class & Inequality: Blood Brothers Research Project Weekly reading progress using Microsoft Teams Reading book challenge (Reading for Pleasure) Term 2: Relationships: Romeo & Juliet & Writing to Argue Research Project Weekly reading progress using Microsoft Teams Reading book challenge (Reading for Pleasure) Term 3: Around the World: non-fiction travel writing and Morality Ethics Research Project Weekly reading progress using Microsoft Teams Reading book challenge (Reading for Pleasure) |
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Year 10
The majority of the English GCSE content will be taught in Y10 with several opportunities built into the curriculum to demonstrate progress. At the beginning of a unit pupils will be guided on how to respond to the various demands of the GCSE tasks. Live feedback is woven into the fabric of each lesson where extended writing practice is embedded aimed at addressing misconceptions or issues with particular assessment objectives. Students will then have mid-unit assessments before having an end of unit assessment to determine and measure against a predicted GCSE grade. Parents can support their child’s learning by ensuring that pupils are reading for pleasure a minimum of 10 minutes per night. A recommended reading list can be found here: Literacy (coxgreen.com)
| Term | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic title |
AQA Language Paper 2 (Language 2 Part A & B) |
A Christmas Carol (Literature 1) |
Macbeth (Literature 1) |
Macbeth (Literature 1) |
AQA Power & Conflict Poetry (Literature 2) |
AQA Power & Conflict Poetry (Literature 2) |
| Knowledge & Skills | Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes. | |||||
| Homework |
Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will focus on recall and retrieval to ensure that students are practicing skills required for exam preparation rather than merely content. Term 1: AQA Language Paper 2 and A Christmas Carol Flash cards and revision materials First draft of GCSE Speaking & Listening assessment (Xmas break project) Term 2: Macbeth Revision materials and flash cards Preparation for speaking & listening Term 3: AQA Power & Conflict Poetry Anthology Flash cards and revision materials Second draft of GCSE Speaking & Listening assessment |
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Year 11
In Year 11, students will be afforded the opportunity to refine their GCSE responses. With the majority of content taught in Year 10, students will be a position to respond to extracts by referring to the wider text. There will be a focus on essay, time management and response structure in order to target assessment objectives aiding each pupil’s ability to work within tight time constraints. Once a fortnight, teachers will facilitate live-feedback lessons where students, under exam conditions within classrooms, sitting GCSE style papers and questions. This is aimed at addressing misconceptions or issues with particular assessment objectives prior to their GCSE exams.
| Term | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic Title |
AQA Language Paper 1 (Language 1 Part A & B) |
Macbeth & A Christmas Carol GCSE Speaking & Listening Assessment (Literature 1) |
An Inspector Calls AQA Power & Conflict and Unseen Poetry Revision (Literature 2) |
Revision & Mocks (Literature 1,2 & Language 1,2) |
Revision (Literature 1,2 & Language 1,2) |
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| Knowledge & Skills | Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes. | |||||
| Homework |
Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will focus on recall and retrieval to ensure that students are practicing skills requires for exam preparation rather than merely content. Term 1: AQA Language Paper 2, Power & Conflict and Unseen Poetry Century tech: nuggets: language devices, A05 & 6 & practice paper 2 Flash cards and revision materials for November Mocks Term 2: Revision & Mocks Century tech: Language Paper 1 Revision materials and flashcards for March Mocks Term 3: Macbeth Revision materials and flash cards for end of year GCSE exams |
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Year 12
During their Year 12 studies, we ensure that students transition effectively from their GCSE studies to A Level. A major focus is on developing their ability to respond to questions with a sophisticated, evidence based argument that stems from a thorough understanding of characterisation and themes. This is seen in both their prose and drama answers. Alternative interpretations are encouraged particularly in poetry as are engagement with critics. Challenging texts such as A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde assist in this development.
| Term | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic title | Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – focus on Drama – A Streetcar Named Desire | Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – focus on Drama – A Streetcar Named Desire | Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – Focus on Poetry – The Forward Poems of the Decade Anthology | Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – Focus on Poetry – The Forward Poems of the Decade Anthology | Revision Edexcel AS Drama and Poetry paper plus Prose Paper | Revision Edexcel AS Drama and Poetry paper plus Prose Paper |
| Knowledge & Skills | Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes. | |||||
| Homework |
Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will focus on recall and retrieval to ensure that students are practicing skills requires for exam preparation rather than merely content. Term 1: Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – focus on Drama – A Streetcar Named Desire Text reading and wider text reading including secondary sources Period 5 work booklets on Dorian Gray (Autumn 1) and Streetcar (Autumn 2) Essays/paragraphs every week. Flash cards and revision materials Term 2: Edexcel AS Literature Drama and Poetry – Focus on Poetry – The Forward Poems of the Decade Anthology Unseen poetry analysis and poetry analysis of Forward Poems. Essays/paragraph writing every week. Term 3: Revision Edexcel AS Drama and Poetry paper plus Prose Paper Revision materials & preparation for exams |
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Year 13
In Year 13 students study both Shakespeare’s Othello and Christina Rossetti’s poetry building on their Year 12 skills. Their prose comparative skills assist in the independent coursework they submit. Coursework is always comprised of texts the students have chosen themselves therefore giving students the opportunity to read widely in a variety of genres and focus on a thematic or language topic of their choice.
| Term | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic title |
Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of Coursework | Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Unseen teaching for Forward Poems and Rossetti |
Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of Coursework | Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Unseen teaching for Forward Poems and Rossetti |
Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of coursework | Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Rossetti | Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of coursework | Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Rossetti | Revision Edexcel A Level Drama, Prose and Poetry | Revision Edexcel A Level Drama, Prose and Poetry |
| Knowledge & Skills | Comprehension and understanding, analysis, comparison, grammar, the organisation of writing, research, oracy, revision and debating skills, developing an awareness of craft, understanding characters and themes. | |||||
| Homework |
Information relating to all homework can be found on Microsoft Teams. Homework will focus on recall and retrieval to ensure that students are practicing skills requires for exam preparation rather than merely content. Term 1: Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of Coursework | Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Unseen teaching for Forward Poems and Rossetti Text reading and wider text reading including secondary sources Period 5 work booklets on Othello (Autumn 1) and Rossetti (Autumn 2) Essays/paragraphs every week. Flash cards and revision materials for Streetcar and Forward Poetry Term 2: Edexcel A Literature Drama – focus on Othello and teaching of coursework | Edexcel A Literature Poetry – focus on Rossetti Unseen poetry analysis and poetry analysis of Forward Poems. Prose revision Essays/paragraph writing every week. Term 3: Revision Edexcel A Level Drama, Prose and Poetry Revision materials & preparation for exams |
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