CURRICULUM English AREA/CONTENT Year 7
YEAR 7 - ENGLISH 2014-5 MCA ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION CURRICULUM (Overview) YEAR 7 Term Topic Title
Brief Description of Content
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Transition Project
Non-Fiction
Students will explore a variety of artwork created by Year 10 GCSE students. They will use the artwork as inspiration for a piece of their own artwork. It will also be used as stimulus for developing analytical and evaluative skills as well as speaking and listening skills.
Pupils will explore a variety of nonfiction texts including print media. This is all based around a given theme: The Titanic
Spring 1
Spring 2
The Gothic Genre Pupils study a Pupils will variety of study a monologues / variety of autobiography gothic texts following from personalities from contrasting a variety of cultures time periods, and historical creating periods. This will connections lead them to between writing a personal them and cultural biography discovering to present to their themes. members of the community. Lifelines
Summer 1
Summer 2
Shakespeare
Novel
Pupils will study a Shakespeare play selected by the class teacher/ pupil choice focussing on dramatic techniques, language and plot.
Pupils will study a modern novel of the teacher’s choice depending on ability E.g. Room 13; Abomination; Northern Lights; Buddy
YEAR 7 - ENGLISH 2014-5 MCA ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION CURRICULUM (Overview) YEAR 7 Term Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Main Skill Development Reading Writing Writing Reading Reading Baseline Writing to Internal Formative Narrative Internal Internal Formative persuade: Writing: Formative W (AF2, AF4, AF5, (AF1, AF2, AF3) AF5, AF6, AF7) Baseline Spelling Internal Formative Internal Formative Discursive Internal Age Essay Formative Baseline Reading exploring Summative R Age tension Assessment Discursive Piece (AF2, AF3, Tasks (AF2, AF3, AF4, AF5, AF4, AF5, AF6, AF7) AF6, AF7) Baseline AF1: Persuasive AF2: Group AF3: Role AF3: Role AF1: Exhibition Speaking with peer Discussion with Play inspired Play inspired (Speaking to Inform assessment (AF1, SMCS focus on by text/ by text – SL and Explain) AF4) cultural difference Gothic play varied extra with peer scene tasks assessment (AF1, AF4)
Summer 2 Writing Descriptive Writing: all AFs
Spelling Age Reading Age All AFs: Reading Comprehensi on Test AF2: Group Discussion with SMCS focus on issue raised from novel study
YEAR 7 - ENGLISH 2014-5 MCA ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION CURRICULUM (Overview) YEAR 7 Term
SMCS Development
Cross Curricular
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Spiritual: Students will use imagination and creativity in learning, Cultural: Students will understand and appreciate poets’ personal influences.
Social: Exploration of class difference in 1912: living conditions and treatment.
Cultural: Exploration of cultures depicted in monologues studied within unit.
Social: Discussion of difference and the creation of ‘outsiders’ in society.
This is an English and Art crosscurricular project.
Staff from Global Understanding to present at the Titanic Launch. - History of the Titanic - Icebergs
Links in Global Understanding. Students explore various religions and cultures and apply their knowledge to their English work.
Drama department support the end of term Gothic Production.
Summer 1
Summer 2
Social/Cultur Moral: al: Students will Exploration of explore the cultural moral values conventions and ethical of 1600s. issues explored in a particular novel.
YEAR 7 - ENGLISH Term
Creative Engagement
Numeracy Links
2014-5 MCA ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION CURRICULUM (Overview) YEAR 7 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Art/English Titanic Launch Research and Gothic Romeo and Juliet Exhibition Night. create family trees. Museum Balcony Scene. Cultural (introduction Autobiographies lesson). ‘The Rubbish presented to Trip to John Shakespeare members of the Rylands Company’ community. Library. performs. Line graphs Line graphs Line graphs Scatter Line graphs (S&D) (S&D) (S&D) Diagra (S&D) Diamond 9 Using statistics ms Diamond 9 Sequencing for persuasion (S&D) Sequencing (N) (S&D) Diamon (N) d9 Using Sequen terminology to cing (N) explain iambic pentameter (S&S)
Summer 2 Guest novelist/illust rator.
Line graphs (S&D) Diamon d9 Sequen cing (N)
YEAR 7 - ENGLISH Term Topic Title
Brief Description of Content
Autumn 1 Transition Project Students will explore a variety of artwork created by Year 10 GCSE students. They will use the artwork as inspiration for a piece of their own artwork. It will also be used as stimulus for developing analytical and evaluative skills as well as speaking and listening skills.
YEAR 7 Autumn 2 Non-Fiction Pupils will explore a variety of nonfiction texts including print media. This is all based around a given theme: The Titanic
Spring 1
Spring 2 The Gothic Lifelines Genre Pupils study a Pupils will variety of study a monologues and variety of autobiographies gothic texts following from characters/ people contrasting from a variety of time periods, cultures and creating historical periods. connections between them and discovering their themes.
Summer 1
Summer 2
Shakespeare
Novel
Pupils will study a Shakespeare play selected by the class teacher/ pupil choice focussing on dramatic techniques, language and plot.
Pupils will study a modern novel of the teacher’s choice depending on ability E.g. Abomination; Northern Lights
YEAR 7 - ENGLISH 2014-15 MCA ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION CURRICULUM TEXT TRACKER YEAR 7 Term Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Main Skill Development Reading Writing Writing Reading Reading Autobiography London Standard Chinese Cinderella Frankenstein Romeo and extracts by various Documentary I Know Why The Dracula Juliet More Able artists. Interviews Caged Birds Sing The Tell Tale Pupils explore works Lifeboat No. 8 Hide Marchant – Heart by art critics That Fatal Night Faber The Woman in Black Autobiography London Standard Chinese Cinderella Frankenstein Romeo and extracts by various Documentary Roald Dahl – Boy Dracula Juliet artists. Interviews Hilde Marchant – The Tell Tale Able Pupils explore works Lifeboat No. 8 Faber Heart by art critics That Fatal Night The Woman in Black Autobiography London Standard Lifelines Frankenstein Romeo and Nurture extracts by various Documentary Monologues Dracula Juliet NB some texts are artists. Interviews The Tell Tale differentiated through use Pupils explore Lifeboat No. 8 Heart of abridgements or evaluative work That Fatal Night The Woman through study alongside produced by Year 10 in Black graphic versions. pupils.
Summer 2 Writing Northern Lights The Prince of Mist
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Abomination