Taunton Deane Partnership College English Yearly Overview 2023/2024
Key Stage 3-4
Intent
English is fundamental in education and society, our aim is to ensure that all pupils are equipped for the demands of further education, adulthood and the world of work. Our ethos, therefore, is for all pupils to be able to speak, read and write with fluency and imagination so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions in a clear and coherent manner. Pupils should complete Key Stage 3 having the necessary skills for success at GCSE and having established a solid foundation of knowledge that will contribute towards a more seamless transition to our Key Stage 4 curriculum.
Impact
To foster an enjoyment and curiosity of the subject using a variety of interesting texts to engage and interest our pupils. The impact on our pupils is clear progress, sustained learning and transferable skills. Pupils work is consistently marked across TDPC and end of term assessments are used to show pupil progress. Pupils gaining a result at GCSE level which enables them to access further education or work.
Implementation
KS4 pupils are taught by subject specialists. Most pupils are entered for English Language GCSE and some are entered for English Literature GCSE. KS3 pupils are taught the necessary skills to prepare them for GCSE. We acknowledge that our cohort of pupils at TDPC have had disrupted learning and are unable to access learning. We are ambitious for all our pupils to access learning so lessons are planned to include those who will need more scaffolding and others who require a greater challenge. In order to achieve our ambitions, we use differentiated questioning and resources as well as creating individual learning programmes for those who will benefit from additional support.
Subject | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
English KS3 | Baseline Assessments Language Creative Writing, figurative language, show not tell. Punctuation and sentence structures.
| Literature Introduction to poetry A selection of poems from the Edexcel Conflict cluster. Analysis, form, structure, tone, language, context
Language Victorian text extracts. Context Victorian England. Analysis of structure, language and settings. | Literature Blood Brothers, Willy Russell. Read, explore key ideas, context, themes, characters, language and structure of a play
| Language AO1 Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas Understanding the Audience and purpose of a text | Literature Introduction to Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre Context, Elizabethan England Explore Shakespeare’s villains | Language Non-Fiction Extracts Anne Frank. Analysis: biographical writing, emotive language, structure |
English KS4 | Language Baseline Assessments
Creative Writing
Literature- Introduction to Conflict and the Edexcel cluster of Conflict Poems. Analysis: form, structure, tone, language, context.
| Language A03 Understanding the writer’s perspective AO1 Comparing texts
Literature A Christmas Carol. Read, explore key ideas, context, themes, characters, language and structure
| Language Transactional writing AO5 Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts
Literature Blood Brothers Read, explore key ideas, context, themes, characters, language and structure | Language Transactional writing continued
AO1 Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas AO2 To analyse the effect of language and structure AO4 To explore the writers techniques/evaluate texts critically using textual references
Understanding the exam paper questioning Revision and mock exams
Literature Revisit Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Context Elizabethan England Analysis: characters, features of a play, setting. | Year 11s Revision/past papers for GCSE’s
Remainder of Edexcel Conflict cluster poems. Analysis; form, structure, tone and language.
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