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Term |
Unit |
Speaking &
Listening |
Reading |
Writing |
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1a |
Genre Stories |
Paired presentation on the features of a particular genre |
Range of texts to demonstrate different genres (e.g. short stories, extracts) |
Write a short story in one of the genres studied
Write a review of a short story
for the school magazine
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1b |
Other Cultures & Traditions |
Paired presentation of research into background of cultures/traditions represented
by texts
Formal Christmas Readings
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Range of texts to explore other cultures and traditions (refer to list on p36 of
Curriculum 2000)
Personal private reading
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Writing to explain (presentation of other cultures/ traditions)
An analysis of one
text comparing its treatment of one issue in another culture compared to our own
(e.g. marriage, family, etc)
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2a |
SATs Preparation |
Class discussion based on the set scenes (linked with En3 activity – persuade, argue,
advise)
Hot seating
Role plays
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Shakespeare reading tasks
Personal private reading
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Writing to persuade, argue, advise
SATs writing tasks
Opportunity to do a Powerpoint
presentation
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2b |
SATs Revision |
Paired/group/whole class discussion |
‘Macbeth’
Sample Papers:
The Reading Paper (fiction and non-fiction)
The Shakespeare
Paper (reading task: discursive/empathic/staging)
Personal private reading
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Sample Papers:
The Writing Paper (longer writing task: analyse, review, comment)
The Shakespeare Paper (shorter writing task: persuade, argue, advise)
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3a |
Original Writing |
The Bronte story on video |
A Bronte novel
Personal private reading
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Bronte island adventure book
Writing to analyse, review, comment (prose study)
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3b |
Time Capsule Class Magazine |
The Editing Game (role play) |
A range of texts from magazines
Personal private reading
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Class Magazine:
Leisure/hobbies
Food Issues
Current affairs
News
Pop/music
Film/
TV
Books
Sport
Letters to editor
Predictions
Agony aunt
Hopes/ fears
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