Fathers of English Literature: Chaucer and Shakespeare and the literary heritage

An introduction to Chaucer and Middle English and studying a Shakespeare play. Exploring a range of different resources for an introduction to the literary heritage across time.

Poetry including the oral tradition

An introduction to poetry from Beowulf to Romantic poetry; learning how to approach poetry. 

The Novel and creative writing

Learning how to study a whole novel, focusing on how to trace character and theme in a novel.

The Gothic and Romantic genres

Learning about poetry and prose of the Gothic and the Romantic genres across time; writing in the style of a Gothic writer, using ‘fear’ as a stimulus and analysing 19th century prose extracts.

Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Learning how to approach a whole play, using aspects of war and conflict to support the study. 
 

The Novel: The Outsiders and non-fiction writing 

Studying and evaluating a whole novel. Learning about the importance of context.  
 

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

Studying an extended novel and learning about the social and historical context of this time period; examining how shifts in political and social climates influence literary responses.

Non fiction and creative writing skills and reading skills 
 
Practising and studying key writing and communication skills using a range of resources and stimulus (in preparation for GCSE English Language).

Eduqas GCSE Poetry Anthology

To explore and analyse poems in the GCSE anthology in preparation for KS4. To introduce the SP play of study.

Literature Component 1: Eduqas poetry anthology and skills to approach unseen poetry

Literature Component 2: 19th Century Novel: A Christmas Carol

Language Component 1: Creative writing and 20th century fiction

Literature Component 2: Post-1914 prose/drama: An Inspector Calls/Lord of the Flies

Language Component 2: non-fiction and transactional writing

Language Component 2: 19th and 21st century non-fiction reading paper 

Speaking and listening

Literature Component 1: Shakespeare: Romeo Juliet

Literature revision and Language revision and exam preparation

Component one, drama:

• Dr Faustus 

Component two, prose:

• novel one
• novel two

Component three, poetry:

• Poems of the Decade
• The Wife of Bath Prologue and Tale, Chaucer

Component four, coursework:

• introduction and preparation

Component one, drama:

• King Lear

Component four, coursework:

• teaching and preparation
• writing skills

Revision and exam preparation

Phonetics, phonology and prosodics: how speech sounds and effects are articulated and analysed

Lexis and semantics: the vocabulary of English, including social and historical variation

Grammar including morphology: the structural patterns and shapes of English at sentence, clause, phrase and word level

Pragmatics: the contextual aspects of language use

Discourse: extended stretches of communication occurring in different genres, modes and contexts.

Learners will apply the language levels to a range of contexts:

• historical

• geographical

• social and individual varieties of English

• aspects of language and identity.