Key Stage 3
English
Key Stage 3
1.1 - Understanding Language & Meaning1.2 - Analysing Structure & Organisation1.3 - Understanding Context, Purpose & Audience1.4 - Critical Reading & Comparison1.5 - Analysing Characterisation, Plot & Setting1.6 - Studying Poetry: Forms, Features & Effects1.7 - Studying Prose: Narration, Description & Structure1.8 - Studying Drama: Dialogue, Stagecraft & Performance Choices
2.1 - Narrative Writing Techniques2.2 - Descriptive Writing & Atmospheric Techniques2.3 - Poetic Composition & Stylistic Experimentation2.4 - Scriptwriting & Dramatic Conventions2.5 - Writing to Argue, Persuade & Inform2.6 - Writing Letters, Speeches, Articles & Reviews2.7 - Summarising, Paraphrasing & Organising Ideas2.8 - Drafting, Editing & Proofreading Skills
3.1 - Grammar Fundamentals3.2 - Sentence Construction & Variation3.3 - Vocabulary Development & Etymology3.4 - Cohesion & Coherence in Writing3.5 - Understanding Assessment Tasks & Command Words3.6 - Constructing Analytical Responses3.7 - Organising Ideas in Writing Tasks3.8 - Feedback, Improvement & Reflective Techniques
4.1 - Conventions of Discussion & Collaborative Talk4.2 - Features of Effective Presentations & Speeches4.3 - Structure & Purpose of Debates4.4 - Performance Techniques in Drama & Poetry4.5 - Independent Reading Strategies4.6 - Reading Across Genres & Periods4.7 - Reflective Reading: Journals, Reviews & Personal Responses
6.1 - Introduction to English Literary Heritage6.2 - Pre-1914 Prose: A Christmas Carol (Dickens)6.3 - Pre-1914 Prose: Jekyll and Hyde (Stevenson)6.4 - Pre-1914 Poetry: Christina Rossetti6.5 - Pre-1914 Poetry: Alfred, Lord Tennyson6.6 - Modern Prose: Animal Farm (Orwell)6.7 - Modern Prose: Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck)6.8 - Modern Prose: Noughts & Crosses (Blackman)6.9 - Modern Prose: Goodnight Mister Tom (Magorian)6.10 - Modern Poetry: Carol Ann Duffy6.11 - Modern Poetry: Simon Armitage6.12 - Modern Poetry: Benjamin Zephaniah6.13 - Modern Drama: Our Day Out (Willy Russell)6.14 - Modern Drama: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Stephens)
7.1 - Introduction to Seminal World Literature7.2 - Epic: The Odyssey (Homer)7.3 - Mythic Epic: Journey to the West7.4 - World Novel: Things Fall Apart (Achebe)7.5 - World Novel: The Kite Runner (Hosseini)7.6 - World Short Stories: R.K. Narayan7.7 - World Short Stories: Isabel Allende7.8 - World Short Stories: Haruki Murakami7.9 - World Poetry: Haiku (Japan)7.10 - World Poetry: Pablo Neruda7.11 - World Poetry: Rabindranath Tagore7.12 - World Poetry: African Praise Poetry7.13 - World Drama: Greek Theatre (Adapted Tragedies)7.14 - World Drama: Noh Theatre (Japan)7.15 - Oral Tradition: West African Griot