OVERVIEW OF RECOVERY CURRICULUM FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AT KS3 AND KS4 2020 – 2021
Key to the table below QQ: quick quizzes KA: key assessments
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| Year | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts Allusions, Latin and Myths | Shakespeare’s Plays and Sonnets The Tempest ‘Hidden Lives’ nonfiction | ‘Spirited Away’ Film Modern Literature |
| Year 8 | Transgressions - the Gothic genre and Southern Gothic The Birth of the Detective - Crime Fiction | Telling Tales Reimagining the Canon - fiction Modern Literature | Richard III - Shakespeare Clashes and collisions - Conflict Poetry |
| Year 9 | Spooks, Spells and the Supernatural - fiction and nonfiction, reading and writing Victorian Voices - an Introduction to A Christmas Carol | Misfortune and Mishap - Tragedy Poetry in the Natural World | A Leap into the Unknown - Dystopian Fiction Adventurers and Explorers - Travel Writing |
| Year 10 | English Literature - 20th and 21st century prose - Animal Farm English Literature - Shakespeare - Macbeth KEY ASSESSMENT - Animal Farm | English Literature - Dickens - A Christmas Carol English Literature - Poetry Anthology - Power and Conflict KEY ASSESSMENT - A Christmas Carol | English Language - Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing English Language - Paper 2 Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives Mock Revision & Assessment |
| Year 11 | Revision by theme Turmoil and Change English Language - Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing English Language - Paper 2 Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives English Literature - Poetry Anthology - Power and Conflict Revision by theme - Relationships and Identity English Language - Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing English Language - Paper 2 Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives English Literature - Shakespeare - Macbeth KEY ASSESSMENT - Language Paper 2B | Revision by theme Nature & Power/Corruption English Language - Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing English Language - Paper 2 Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives English Literature - Dickens - A Christmas Carol English Literature - 20th and 21st century prose - Animal Farm English Literature - Poetry Anthology - Power and Conflict English Literature - Unseen Poetry KEY ASSESSMENT - Language Paper 2A and Macbeth | TEACHER STRUCTURED REVISION |
