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Key Stage Three

Term	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9
Term One: Autumn Term	*Short Stories Rooftoppers* by Katherine Rundell** What does good short story writing look like? How does a writer create a character?	Speeches Animal Farm What does a good speech look like? How and why do writers use rhetoric?	Gothic Anthology What are the conventions of the gothic genre? How do writers create atmosphere?
Term Two: Christmas Term	*Short Stories Rooftoppers* by Katherine Rundell** How does a writer develop a plot? How does a writer tie up a story?	Speeches Animal Farm What is an allegory? How do writers draw on real life to tell a story?	Crime Anthology What are the conventions of the crime genre?How do writers use aspects of crime writing to build plot?
Term Three: Winter Term	The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.	Kindertransport What is the link between text and context? How can writers explore relationships through drama?	*Social Realism - Of Mice and Men* by John Steinbeck** What is social realism?How can a writer challenge contemporary social opinion through literature?
Term Four: Easter Term	Mythology What are stock characters? How can you use a story to teach a moral lesson? How do you write your own myth?	Kindertransport What are the conventions of modern drama?	*Social Realism - Of Mice and Men* by John Steinbeck** What is a cyclical structure? How is it effective?
Term Five: Spring Term	Mythology How do writers modernise classic myths? What are the conventions of poetry?	Cultures Poetry How can writers use poetry to explore ideas about culture?	Conflict and Social Protest Anthology What are different types of conflict and social protest? Why is poetry a popular art form for ideas about conflict?
Term Six: Summer Term	A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare What is stagecraft? How does Shakespeare use it? What are the conventions of a comedy? How does AMND fit?	The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare What are the conventions of a tragedy? How does Julius Caesar fit? What is a tragic hero?	Tragedy - Macbeth by William Shakespeare How does Macbeth fit the conventions of tragedy? Who are the key characters and what are the key themes?

Term

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Term One:

Autumn Term

Short Stories Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

What does good short story writing look like?

How does a writer create a character?

Speeches Animal Farm

What does a good speech look like?

How and why do writers use rhetoric?

Gothic Anthology

What are the conventions of the gothic genre?

How do writers create atmosphere?

Term Two:

Christmas Term

Short Stories Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

How does a writer develop a plot?

How does a writer tie up a story?

Speeches Animal Farm

What is an allegory?

How do writers draw on real life to tell a story?

Crime Anthology

What are the conventions of the crime genre?How do writers use aspects of crime writing to build plot?

Term Three:

Winter Term

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

Kindertransport

What is the link between text and context?

How can writers explore relationships through drama?

Social Realism - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

What is social realism?How can a writer challenge contemporary social opinion through literature?

Term Four:

Easter Term

Mythology

What are stock characters?

How can you use a story to teach a moral lesson?

How do you write your own myth?

Kindertransport

What are the conventions of modern drama?

Social Realism - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

What is a cyclical structure?

How is it effective?

Term Five:

Spring Term

Mythology

How do writers modernise classic myths?

What are the conventions of poetry?

Cultures Poetry

How can writers use poetry to explore ideas about culture?

Conflict and Social Protest Anthology

What are different types of conflict and social protest?

Why is poetry a popular art form for ideas about conflict?

Term Six:

Summer Term

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

What is stagecraft?

How does Shakespeare use it?

What are the conventions of a comedy?

How does AMND fit?

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

What are the conventions of a tragedy?

How does Julius Caesar fit?

What is a tragic hero?

Tragedy - Macbeth by William Shakespeare

How does Macbeth fit the conventions of tragedy?

Who are the key characters and what are the key themes?

Key Stage Four

AQA GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature

	Year 10	Year 11
Term One: Autumn	GCSE English Literature paper 2, Section B - Love and Relationships poetry Descriptive and Narrative writing	GCSE English Language paper 1 revision and mock examination
Term Two: Christmas	GCSE English Literature paper 1, Section B - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens	GCSE English Literature paper 1 revision and mock examination
Term Three: Winter	GCSE English Literature paper 1, Section A - Macbeth Writing to explain	GCSE English Language paper 2 revision and mock examination
Term Four: Spring	GCSE English Literature paper 2, Section A - Blood Brothers by Willy Russell	GCSE English Literature paper 2 revision and mock examination
Term Five: Summer	Speaking and listening English Literature consolidation Unseen Poetry	n/a

Key Stage Five

AQA A Level English Literature B

	Year 12	Year 13
Term One: Autumn	Othello Richard II The Great Gatsby	Rime of the Ancient Mariner The Murder of Roger Ackroyd NEA - Rossetti and Feminist Critical theory NEA - prose and Narrative theory
Term Two: Christmas	Othello Richard II The Great Gatsby	Unseen crime extract preparation The Murder of Roger Ackroyd NEA - Rossetti and Feminist Critical theory NEA - prose and Narrative theory
Term Three: Winter	Othello Richard II The Great Gatsby	When Will There be Good News? Othello revision NEA - prose and Narrative theory
Term Four: Spring	Othello Richard II The Great Gatsby	When Will There be Good News? Revision of paper 1: Richard II The Great Gatsby Revision of paper 2: Unseen extract Rime of the Ancient Mariner When Will There Be Good
Term Five: Summer	NEA - Rossetti and Feminist Critical theory The Rime of the Ancient Mariner	n/a

AQA A Level Language and Literature

	Year 12	Year 13
Term One: Autumn	Introduction to Stylistics Imagined Worlds: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Remembered Places: ‘Paris’ anthology	Writing About Society: ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘Dramatic Encounters: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
Term Two: Christmas	Imagined Worlds: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Remembered Places: ‘Paris’ anthology	Writing About Society: ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘Dramatic Encounters: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
Term Three: Winter	Imagined Worlds: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Remembered Places: ‘Paris’ anthology Commencement of the NEA (non-examined unit)	Writing About Society: ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘Dramatic Encounters: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
Term Four: Spring	Imagined Worlds: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood Remembered Places: ‘Paris’ anthology Poetic Voices: ‘Meantime’ by Carol Ann Duffy	Revision: Imagined Worlds: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood Remembered Places: ‘Paris’ anthology Poetic Voices: ‘Meantime’ by Carol Ann Duffy Writing About Society: ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘Dramatic Encounters: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
Term Five: Summer	Poetic Voices: ‘Meantime’ by Carol Ann Duffy NEA (non-examined unit)	N/A