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Term Unit Speaking & Listening Reading Writing
1a Autobiographical Writing Individual talk on hobby/interest

Diaries (e.g. Anne Frank, Samuel Pepys)

Autobiographical writing (e.g. Roald Dahl’s Boy)

Travel writing

Personal private reading Reading Scheme

English Passport:

  • inform readers about yourself
  • explain events that have happened to you
  • describe people from your family
  • diary entry for a day when an important event took
  • place in your life (explore)
  • travel writing (inform, explain, describe)
1b Christmas (Citizenship)

Scenes from and influenced by ‘A Christmas Carol’

Moral debate/ moral maze

‘A Christmas Carol’ - Dickens (book, film, script)

‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ (comprehension)

Personal private reading

Reading Scheme

Writing to persuade, argue, advise (moral maze)
2a Class Reader Hot seating characters from class reader

Class reader (post 1914)

Personal private reading

Reading Scheme

Letter to the author of the class reader (analyse, comment, review)

2b Poetry Writing Shared reading/presentation of own and each other’s poetry

A range of poetry (ensure one poet from the post-1914 list and two poets from the pre-1914 list are covered)

Personal private reading

Anthology of own poetry

  • Limerick
  • Ballad
  • Sonnet Free Verse
3a The Media Listen and respond to 1999 ‘Wish You Were Here?’ segment on Scarborough

As appropriate to task.

Personal private reading.

Reading scheme.

Create a press release that is relevant to the topic you have studied. (argue/ persuade/ advise and inform/explain/describe)
3b Story Telling

Present a talk in role as a character from Rievaulx Abbey

Hear and tell a selection of stories ( Myths and legends/Fairy tales/Fables)

Identify the ingredients of Myths and legends/Fairy tales/Fables

Personal private reading

Reading Scheme

Write own myth/ legend/ fairy Tale/Fable (imagine, explore, entertain)

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