Head of Subject: Ms E. Newman
Subject overview:
To encourage and develop the students' reading, writing and speaking skills so that they are able to engage with a wide range of texts, tasks and discussions. There is an emphasis on exploring our literary heritage; understanding how language is adapted for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences, and reading for enjoyment as well as for information.
Year 7:
Poetic Voices
Monsters in Literature: The Tempest
Different Cultures: 'Chinese Cinderella'
Cultural Capital: Identity, Diversity and Community (short stories)
The Gothic: An understanding of 19th Century texts
Year 8:
Contemporary Fiction: A Monster Calls
Cineliteracy: A Monster Calls film study
Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing/Richard III
Cultural Capital: Justice, Change and Action (short stories)
Year 9:
War/Love/Prejudice: exploring prose, poetry and drama
Writing for purpose: non-fiction
Cultural Capital: short stories
Narrative/Descriptive writing
Key Stage 4:
AQA GCSE English Language
AQA GCSE English Literature
Post-16:
OCR A Level English Literature
OCR A Level English Language
AQA A Level English Language & Literature
EDUQAS A Level Film Studies