The teaching of SPaG is integrated into the teaching of all units.

Students have a dedicated Reading Plus lesson each week.

To explore themes of narrative and epic poetry, including folktales, good versus evil, perseverance and heroism.

To improve skills in oracy (speaking and listening) and performance of poetry, as well as developing strategies to support comprehension of a text (including retrieval, inference and deduction).

To develop an appreciation of myths and epic poetry.

To further develop understanding of sentence types and structures, including using conjunctions to create compound and complex sentences; to build upon knowledge of word classes in order to broaden vocabulary; to improve use of standard English in all sentences.

To explore themes such as aspiration, resilience and adventure through learning about key explorers in recent history.

To read and enjoy real survival stories in non-fiction texts.

To ask questions and speculate in order to develop understanding of a key individual.

To understand features and structures of biographical writing and use these to write a biography of a key explorer.

To develop and use ambitious vocabulary in order to describe an individual and their achievements;  use a range of cohesive devices to chronologically structure a biography including fronted adverbials;  accurately punctuate quotations; continue to use a range of sentence types and structures.

To explore themes such as crime, the supernatural and the superiority of urban life through reading, written work and discussion.

To gain a greater knowledge of the Victorian Era  and apply this to support the reading of the novel ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’.

To gain an understanding of the plot, themes and characters within the novel and use this to support writing for a range of audiences and purposes.

To be able to use evidence from the text to support ideas and demonstrate understanding in both verbally and in writing.

To broaden grammatical knowledge by exploring a range of features and using these in writing eg. word classes, tenses, adverbial phrases, etc. and apply these to own writing.

To explore themes such as empathy,  family, social class, criminality, fate and free-will.

To develop an understanding and appreciation of a classic 19th Century text.

To apply reading strategies in order to comprehend and analyse a text, including exploring the meaning of Dickensian language in context.

To apply grammatical structures in order to write for a range of purposes, including diary, narrative and report writing, as well as evaluating and improving the effectiveness of vocabulary choices in writing.

To explore themes such as apartheid, discrimination, freedom, racism and privilege.

To gain an understanding of the plot and themes and to empathise with characters within the novel in order to write for a range of audiences and purposes.

To retrieve and make inferences from a text (novel and poetry) in order to demonstrate understanding both verbally and in writing.

To apply knowledge of grammatical structures in fiction and non-fiction, including cohesive devices, formal/informal language and verb tenses.

The teaching of SPaG is integrated into the teaching of all units.

Students have a dedicated Reading Plus lesson each week.

To explore a range of themes that feature in the novel such as relationships, resilience and aspiration.

To gain an understanding of the plot and characters within the novel and demonstrate this both orally and in written work.

To further develop oracy skills with opportunities for class discussions and reading aloud.

To broaden grammatical knowledge by exploring a range of features and using these in writing eg. direct and reported speech and vocabulary.

To begin to demonstrate understanding and deepen inference skills.

To explore a range of themes that feature in the novel such as relationships, resilience and aspiration.

To gain an understanding of the plot and characters within the novel and demonstrate this both orally and in written work.

To further develop oracy skills with opportunities for class discussions and reading aloud.

To be able to use evidence from the text to support ideas, demonstrate understanding and deepen inference skills.

To broaden grammatical knowledge by exploring a range of features and using these in writing eg. the passive and active tense and the differences between formal and informal writing.

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To explore themes such as curiosity, temptation and the supernatural.

To further develop the skills needed to write for a range of purposes and audiences.

To use films, images and narratives as stimuli for developing ideas in own writing.

To revise grammatical knowledge and apply this to own writing e.g. the use of commas and hyphens to avoid ambiguity and to develop the use of expanded noun phrases by adding modifiers.

To develop a further understanding of a range of poetic techniques and be able to identify them in poems.

To further develop SQI skills by discussing  the effect of techniques used by poets on the reader. 

To explore a range of themes within the poems such as education, childhood and creativity. 

To gain a knowledge of the historical context of a range of poems and the poets’ backgrounds and apply this when analysing ideas techniques.

To develop knowledge about Elizabethan England and society in Shakespeare’s time and use this to support understanding when reading the play. 

To gain an understanding of  the plot, themes and characters in the play. 

To begin to develop SQI skills by understanding and analysing Shakespearean language.

To develop oracy skills with opportunities for drama performances and reading aloud of the play. 

The teaching of SPaG is integrated into the teaching of all units.

To develop knowledge about Elizabethan England and society in Shakespeare’s time and use this to support understanding when reading the play. 

To gain an understanding of  the plot, themes and characters in the play. 

To continue to develop SQI skills by analysing Shakespearean language and the literary techniques he used. 

To further develop oracy skills with opportunities for drama performances and reading aloud of the play. 

To analyse texts using SQI and evaluate their effectiveness.

To develop an understanding of the key features of the gothic genre.

To develop an understanding and appreciation of a range of key gothic texts.

To understand and employ a range of techniques typically found in the gothic genre. 

To explore and engage with  a range of themes such as race, prejudice, courage and empathy.

To develop knowledge about the plot and characters within the novel and apply this when writing for a range of audiences and purposes.

To gain knowledge about life in the American South in the 1930s the judicial system.

To further develop SQI skills by applying historical context when analysing language and literary techniques used by Harper Lee  in the novel..

To explore structural conventions within a text such as subplots.

To develop knowledge about WWII  and how this influenced the events in the texts studied.

To explore themes such as war, power, control, relationships and class and apply these ideas when writing for a range of audiences and purposes.

To deepen SQI skills further by critically analysing events  and themes and emotions in the texts in relation to historical events.

To further develop oracy skills through reading aloud and news broadcasts.

The teaching of SPaG is integrated into the teaching of all units.

To further develop knowledge about Elizabethan England and society in Shakespeare’s time and use this to support understanding when reading the play. 

To gain an understanding of  the plot, themes and characters in the play. 

To continue to develop SQI skills by analysing Shakespearean language and the literary techniques he used and linking them to contextual knowledge

To further develop oracy skills with opportunities for drama performances and reading aloud of the play. 

To explore themes of war and conflict, patriotism and propaganda in a range of war poems (ranging from WW1-modern day).

To compare and contrast how the impact of war is presented by soldiers and civilians

To critically analyse war poetry by applying SQI skills and contextual knowledge.

To be able to make judgements about a writer’s stance on war and to justify these by referring to the text.

To explore ideas about the Russian Revolution and how this influenced the characters and events in the novel.

To explore themes such as corruption, power, control, equality and class and apply these ideas when writing for a range of audiences and purposes.

To deepen SQI skills further by critically analysing events, characters and themes  in the novel in relation to historical events and Orwell’s views. 

To further develop oracy skills through the delivery and analysis of speeches..

To explore the works of  influential speech writers, analyse their use of techniques and apply these to own speech writing.

To revisit the Gothic genre and analyse a range of Gothic techniques used by the author.

To gain an understanding of the plot and characters within the novel. 

To continue to enhance SQI skills by using impressive terminology when analysing literary techniques and language used by the author. 

To further develop knowledge about Victorian England and society and use this to support understanding when reading the novel.