English Curriculum KS3
Overview
Our KS3 English curriculum focuses on students becoming critical readers, creative writers, and confident speakers though promoting a love of reading and writing, independence, and resilience when studying classic and diverse texts.
Studying British and world literature, with a focus on grammar and creative writing techniques, students learn to read challenging texts, write effectively for different purposes, and improve through planning and editing. The KS3 English curriculum prepares students for their next key stage by introducing a variety of challenging texts and exploring them through our thematic approaches.
Year 7
- Term One - Students will study an anthology of contemporary poetry and a modern theatre adaptation of Treasure Island
- Term Two - Students will study A Monkey's Paw in an introduction to Gothic Literature
- Term Three - Students will study Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Year 8
- Term One - Students will study an anthology of modern war poems and a theatre adaptation of Mallory Blackman's Noughts and Crosses
- Term Two - Students will study Hound of the Baskervilles as they develop their understanding of Gothic Literature
- Term Three - Students will study Shakespeare's Macbeth
Year 9
Lessons will focus on the explicit teaching of reading, writing and oracy skills linked with by thematic approach, vocabulary and grammar development.
- Term One - Students will study Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
- Term Two - Students will study a range of poetry including an anthology of conflict poetry
- Term Three - Students will study An Inspector Calls
Key contact
Mrs K Traves