English
KS3
Autumn
Autumn 1 – Year 7
- Writing
- Creative writing using a variety of language techniques
Autumn 1 – Year 8
- Reading & Writing
- Creative Writing
- Text - Awful Auntie – David Walliams
Autumn 2 – Year 7
- Reading, Writing & S & L
- Literature
- Introduction to Shakespeare – Macbeth
Autumn 2 – Year 8
- Reading, Writing & S & L
- Text - Awful Auntie – David Walliams
- Theatre trip planned for 23.11.2017 10am
Autumn 1 & 2 – Year 9
- Functional Skills English
- Writing & Speaking, listening & communicating skills
- Develop and Improve skills to achieve Level 1/2
At the beginning of the academic year all pupils conduct a GL reading assessment. This identifies the reading age of each pupil and allows the teaching team to differentiate the work accordingly.
All pupils conduct a baseline test, via BKSB, upon starting at James Brindley School and at the beginning of each half-term. This enables pupils to identify their own areas of development and make progress.
Progress is monitored through a range of reading and writing tasks, known as ‘cold writes’ and ‘hot writes’. These are marked in accordance with the new English 1-9 GCSE specification.
Mock exams for year 11’s take place at the beginning of the autumn term, the end of the autumn term and during the spring term.
All teachers mark and assess following the James Brindley Marking Policy. Work is internally moderated.
Spring
Reading skills AO1, AO2 and AO4
- Use a wide range of non-fiction and literary non-fiction extracts to develop confidence in approaching unfamiliar material
- Develop key terminology via extracts and develop repertoire of terms to use when analysing L/F/S (make links to rhetorical devices learned in previous writing unit)
- Further develop inference and quotation skills
- Further develop critical register for exam responses
Spring – GCSE Literature
- Post-1914 text – Macbeth & The Woman In Black
- Introduce post-1914 literature via genre/major authors.
- Read whole text and focus on key chapter/acts.
- Introduce and focus on Literature AO3 and AO4.
- Post-1914 text – skills
- Focus on AO1 via essay skills, particularly the use of formal register to develop a ‘critical style’.
- Assess using essay from selection of sample exam questions.
- 19th-century novel
- Introduce the novel via genre/major authors, etc.
- Read whole text and focus on key extracts/themes/characters in relation to AO1 and AO2.
Introduction to Poetry
- Introduce poetry anthology.
- Develop analytical terminology for AO2.
- Once students are confident with AO2 terminology,
- begin to introduce comparison and how the writer’s use different terminology
Summer
Summer 1 & 2- Year 7
- Reading, writing & SL
- Text – Matilda by Roald Dahl
Summer 1 & 2- Year 8
- Reading, writing & SL
- Text – Holes by Louis Sachar
Summer 1 & 2- Year 9 – Functional Skills English
- Reading, Writing & Speaking, listening & communicating skills
- Develop and Improve skills to achieve Level 1/2
Encourage your child to read a range of texts, including books, graphic novels and magazines, and discuss your likes and dislikes of different genres.
Boost your child’s reading and writing skills by helping them to access the BBC’s useful website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english
Identify grammar errors when you are in public.
Promote the viewing of appropriate current affairs programmes, such as Newsround.
All pupils have a username and password to access BKSB. This is a diagnostic tool that identifies the gaps in learning. BKSB provides resources and activities to help support pupils to improve their skills.
https://jamesbrindleyschool.bksblive2.co.uk
At the end of the academic year all pupils conduct a GL reading assessment. This identifies whether pupils have progressed and developed their reading skills in order to improve their overall reading age.
All pupils conduct a baseline test, via BKSB, upon starting at James Brindley School and at the beginning of each half-term. This enables pupils to identify their own areas of development and make progress. This is linked closely to the Functional Skills qualification in English, which some pupils may be able to access before commencing Key Stage 4.
Then, progress is monitored through a range of reading and writing tasks, known as ‘cold writes’ and ‘hot writes’. These are marked in accordance with the new English 1-9 GCSE specification in order to prepare them for the course at Key Stage 4.
All teachers mark and assess following the James Brindley Marking Policy. Work is internally moderated.
Years 7 & 8 all have one intervention lesson per week developing their skills using BKSB.
Years 7, 8 & 9 have one literacy lesson per week, to develop their literacy skills.
Year 9 are studying Functional Skills English in order to achieve a qualification. Exams will take place During autumn term 2, spring term 2 and summer term 2.
Year 9.1 have one Functional Skills lesson and 2 GCSE Language lessons per week.
KS4
What courses are offered?
- GCSE English Language – 1EN0/01 & 1EN0/02
- GCSE English Literature – 1ET0/01 & 1ET0/02
- Functional Skills English Entry 1,2 & 3
- Functional Skills English Level 1 & 2
Exam board - Edexcel
Exam board - OCR
Autumn
GCSE Language
- Reading skills – 19th-century fiction extracts –
- Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde
- Introduce via spoken language presentations.
- Develop terminology to cover 19th-century language styles for AO2.
- Develop inference and quotation skills for AO3.
- Model formal critical style for exam responses.
Writing skills AO6 skills
Lessons to revise use of:
- Variety of sentence structures
- Variety of punctuation
- Advanced vocabulary
- Proof reading of work
Autumn – GCSE Literature
Introduction to Literature AOs
- Use short extracts from all literature texts, including poetry.
- Develop knowledge of narrative styles/genres.
- Develop inference and quotation skills.
Shakespeare play – Macbeth
- Cover plot/characters/theme through engaging activities, introduce on AO3 (context).
- Read selected key scenes with a focus on AO1 and AO2.
- Trace themes through play as early preparation for own extract style questions.
Spring
Spring 1 – Year 7
- Reading & Writing
- Text – Holes by Louis Sachar
Spring 1 – Year 8
- Reading & Writing
- Introduction to Poetry
Spring 2 – Year 7
- Introduction to Poetry
- Role Play Drama
- Speaking Listening & communication
Spring 2 – Year 8
- Shakespeare - Macbeth
Spring 1 & 2 – Year 9 – Functional Skills English
- Reading, Writing & Speaking, listening & communicating skills
- Develop and Improve skills to achieve Level 1/2
All pupils conduct a baseline test, via BKSB, upon starting at James Brindley School and at the beginning of each half-term. This enables pupils to identify their own areas of development and make progress. This is linked closely to the Functional Skills qualification in English, which some pupils may be able to access before commencing Key Stage 4.
Then, progress is monitored through a range of reading and writing tasks, known as ‘cold writes’ and ‘hot writes’. These are marked in accordance with the new English 1-9 GCSE specification in order to prepare them for the course at Key Stage 4.
All teachers mark and assess following the James Brindley Marking Policy. Work is internally moderated.
Years 7 & 8 all have one intervention lesson per week developing their skills using BKSB.
Years 7, 8 & 9 have one literacy lesson per week, to develop their literacy skills.
Year 9 are studying Functional Skills English in order to achieve a qualification. Exams will take place During autumn term 2, spring term 2 and summer term 2.
Year 9.1 have one Functional Skills lesson and 2 GCSE Language lessons per week.
Summer
Revision – Comparison and writing from reading
- Use timed activities to build exam skills and confidence.
Reading skills – non-fiction with AO3 focus
- Use wide variety of forms and audiences.
- Encourage students to find own extracts and prepare questions for class.
- Revise and develop key terminology bank for AO2.
- Model ‘critical style’ and develop phrase bank for exam answers.
Writing skills – run alongside reading lessons to use reading material theme as stimuli for short writing activities to build confidence in:
- development of ideas
- use of rhetorical devices
- variety of sentence structures
- variety of punctuation
- use of advanced vocabulary
Summer – GCSE Literature
Poetry Anthology
- Introduce poetry anthology.
- Develop analytical terminology for AO2.
- Once students are confident with AO2 terminology, begin to develop comparison and context themes.
- Poetry – finish anthology and use poems from another collection for unseen preparation
- Develop exam technique for approaching unseen poetry to cover all aspects of L/F/S.
- Introduce large variety of poetic styles/genres/forms to build confidence.
- Develop comparison skills using appropriate terminology.
How is the course assessed
All pupils have access to BKSB which is a diagnostic tool that identifies the gaps in learning. BKSB provides resources and activities to help support pupils to improve their skills.
https://jamesbrindleyschool.bksblive2.co.uk
All pupils are given a GCSE English Language revision workbook to study at home and used as extra support to enhance the learning within the classroom. Additional revision guides can be purchased via Pearson or Amazon UK.
At the end of the academic year all pupils conduct a GL reading assessment. This identifies whether pupils have progressed and developed their reading skills in order to improve their overall reading age.
All pupils conduct a baseline test, via BKSB, upon starting at James Brindley School and at the beginning of each half-term. This enables pupils to identify their own areas of development and make progress.
Progress is monitored through a range of reading and writing tasks, known as ‘cold writes’ and ‘hot writes’. These are marked in accordance with the new English 1-9 GCSE specification.
Mock exams for year 11’s take place at the beginning of the autumn term, the end of the autumn term and during the spring term.
All teachers mark and assess following the James Brindley Marking Policy. Work is internally moderated.