English Language and Literature
Welcome to English Language and Literature
English Language and Literature - Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3 English is designed to allow students to practise and further develop the core skills of reading, writing, and oracy. Students are graded on the ability to analyse, juxtapose, organise, compose, and to use language for a range of audiences and purposes.
Reading ability is a significant factor in student achievement within and beyond English. To help raise literacy levels, students undertake 15 minutes of dedicated reading each day, in addition to the reading and analysis that occurs within English lessons.
Throughout Key Stage 3, students are asked to reflect on the work that they produce, be it analytical or creative in nature; to this end, students draft and redraft work to improve their English skills in order to meet the targets that they are set.
Year 7
Autumn 1 – Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
Autumn 2 – Poetry from Other Cultures
Spring 1 – An Introduction to Shakespeare – Midsummer Night’s Dream
Spring 2 – Midsummer Night’s Dream (cont)
Summer 1 – Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Summer 2 – Non-Fiction Texts
Year 8
Autumn 1 – Dystopian Writing – Hunger Games
Autumn 2 – Hunger Games
Spring 1 – Non fiction
Spring 2 – Using Rhetoric
Summer 1 – Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing
Summer 2 – Media and Advertising
Year 9
Autumn 1 – Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Autumn 2 – War Poetry
Spring 1 – Creative Writing Using Image
Spring 2 – Introduction to Romeo & Juliet
Summer 1 – Of Mice and Men
Summer 2 – Speaking and Listening
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English Language and Literature - Key Stage 4
At Parkfield we follow AQA English Language and English Literature examinations
Yr 10
Autumn 1 – An Inspector Calls
Autumn 2 – A Christmas Carol
Spring 1 – Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet
Spring 2 – Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet
Summer 1 – Poetry – Power and Conflict
Summer 2 – Poetry – Power and Conflict/Unseen Poetry
Yr 11
Autumn 1 – GCSE English Language preparation (revision Literature)
Autumn 2 – GCSE English Language preparation (revision Literature)
Spring 1 – Revision for both Literature and Language
Spring 2 – Revision for both Literature and Language
Summer 1 -GCSE Exams
Curriculum Journey
