English Curriculum Outline
Key Stage 3
Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | |
Cycle 1 | Greek and Christian Mythology | Victorian Literature: Oliver Twist | Politics: Animal Farm |
Cycle 2 | Medieval Literature: Chaucer, Gawain and Pearl | War Poetry | Shakespeare: Othello |
Cycle 3 | Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet | Post War Literature: Lord of the Flies | Writing Fiction and Non- Fiction |
Key Stage 4
GCSE English Literature and English Language
Exam Board: AQA GCSE English Literature and Pearson English Language 2.0
Year 10 | Year 11 | |
Cycle 1 | A Christmas Carol and An Inspector Calls | Language Paper 1 and Literature Revision |
Cycle 2 | Power & Conflict and Unseen Poetry | Language Paper 2 and Literature Revision |
Cycle 3 | Macbeth and non-fiction writing | Exam Preparation |
GCSE Media Studies
Exam Board: AQA
Year 10 | Year 11 | |
Cycle 1 | Paper One: Media Language and Representation | NEA (coursework) Paper Two: Social Media and Video Games |
Cycle 2 | Paper One: Media Audiences and Industries | Paper Two: TV |
Cycle 3 | NEA (coursework) | Exam Preparation |
Key Stage 5
A Level English Literature
Exam Board: Edexcel A Level English Literature
Year 12 | Year 13 | |
Cycle 1 | Poems of the Decade/unseen poetry and Never Let Me Go | Dr Faustus and Revision |
Cycle 2 | Othello and Frankenstein | Othello and Revision |
Cycle 3 | Larkin and NEA (coursework) | Exam Preparation |
A Level Media Studies
Exam Board: AQA
Year 12 | Year 13 | |
Cycle 1 | Paper One: Media Language and Representation | NEA (coursework) Paper Two: TV and magazines |
Cycle 2 | Paper One: Media Audiences and Industries | Paper Two: Video Games and Social Media |
Cycle 3 | Paper One Revision NEA (coursework) | Exam Preparation |
