What topics do we cover? Half Term YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9 1

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What topics do we cover? Half Term YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9 1 Children’s Literature Modern Play Study Dystopian Fiction 2 Narrative Writing Warring Worlds Non-Fiction Study 3 Pre-1914 Novel Study Pre-1914 Gothic Study Shakespeare Study 4 Travel and Tourism Crime and Punishment GCSE Novel Study 5 Introduction to Poetry Modern Novel Study 6 Introduction to Shakespeare Power, Protests and Politics Power and Conflict GCSE Poetry Preparation

Year 8 and 9 Learning Journey Half Term Year 8 Topics Potential texts studied Year 9 Topics 1 Modern Play Study The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Dystopian Fiction The Hunger Games, Divergent, Noughts and Crosses and The City of Embers. 2 Warring Worlds A range of texts, including; war poetry, extracts from novels and media coverage of war. Non-Fiction Study A range of non-fiction texts covering a variety of topics, including some pre-1900 documents. 3 Pre-1914 Gothic Study A range of extracts from different texts, including; The Castle of Otranto, Frankenstein and Dracula. Shakespeare Study Hamlet and The Tempest 4 Crime and Punishment A range of texts, including; novel extracts, poetry and non-fiction documents. GCSE Novel Study Lord of the Flies. 5 Modern Novel Study Refugee Boy. 6 Power, Protests and Politics A range of speeches covering a variety of different topics, such as; Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech. Power and Conflict GCSE Poetry Preparation A range of poems, including; Half-Caste, Parade’s End and Belfast Confetti.

Students will be set homework once a week by their English teacher. It will be set on Show My Homework so that pupils can access the information about their English homework online. Monthly Reading Challenge Writing Challenges set through the term

GCSE Grade 5 Good Pass GCSE Grade 4 Standard Pass

Students will complete one assessment per half term with their English teacher. This assessment will either have a reading or writing focus and will relate to the topic and skills they have been covering in class. At the end of the year, students will sit a reading and writing exam to measure their progress throughout their first year here at Barnwell.

It is really important that students always have a reading book in their school bags. Not only do they need a reading book to participate in D.E.A.R every day, but the English department also encourage pupils to use their own reading books in lessons for particular activities or tasks. We advocate reading every day as it helps students to develop a range of skills applicable to a variety of different subject areas, such as; reading for meaning, developing inference skills, understanding and applying a range of vocabulary, improving clarity of expression and more.

We recommend reading for at least 15 minutes per day We recommend reading for at least 15 minutes per day. We also have an array of books available in the school library that students can take out and read at school or at home.

We arrange a variety of trips for students to attend at KS3 English. We often book theatre trips running performances that relate to what is being studied to help consolidate learning. For example, we have been to see; Billy Elliot, Les Miserables, Shakespeare in Love and Running Wild. We have also been to the Harry Potter Warner Bros Studio Tour for a number of years now and remains a clear favourite with many of our pupils.

There are range of resources available that students could use at home to help develop their knowledge and understanding of topics or skills they are learning about in English.

Any questions? In the future if you do have any concerns that you wish to raise, please contact your child’s English teacher. Details can be found on the school website. My email address is: c.carter@barnwell.herts.sch.uk