English Department

Dr T Rickwood

Headteacher

Key Stage 3 English Overview

Year/ term

Topic

Writing Forms

Assessments

Year 7

Autumn

  • Personal writing
  • Secret Friends novel
  • Autobiography

-describe

-inform

-review

-Reading test

-‘This is Me’ written task

-APP Reading 1

Year 7

Spring

  • Fact/Opinion
  • Text Types
  • Novel

-instruct

-inform, explain & describe

-imagine (APP)

- APP Writing 1

Year 7

Summer

  • Novel to be completed
  • Man and Beast

-persuade, argue & advise

-APP Reading 2

Year 8

Autumn

  • Diary writing
  • Adolescence
  • Novel

-imagine, explore & entertain

-argue

-inform

-persuade (APP)

- Reading test

-APP writing task 1

-APP reading task 1

Year 8

Spring

  • Novel to be completed
  • Speaking & Listening module
  • Poetry

-persuade

-imagine & entertain

 

-Speech (written/oral)

-Poetry comp.

 

Year 8

Summer

  • Shakespeare Topic
 

-inform, explain & describe

-imagine, explore & entertain

-persuade

-analyse (APP)

-APP Reading

-APP Writing 2

Year 9

Autumn

  • Language study
  • Text types
  • Novel

-persuade & argue

-describe (APP)

-APP Reading 1

-APP Writing 1.

Year 9

Spring

  • Novel to be completed
  • SAT preparation
  • Much Ado About Nothing

-entertain (APP)

-variety of tasks covering writing triplets

-APP Writing 2

-APP texts/tasks for SAT prep

-Mock SATs

Year 9

Summer

  • SAT preparation
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • After SATs choice of activities e.g. advertising, radio play, novel etc.

-variety of tasks covering writing triplets

-SAT Tests