Overview
The KS3 Learning Map (shown under Course Content) has been designed to embed the full range of GCSE skills at KS3, as well as promote a passion and love for English Language and Literature. Ultimately, we aim for students to speak, read and write with enthusiasm and confidence whilst ensuring they are fully prepared for the challenges of GCSE.
If you have any questions, please email the Head of Department – Kevin King (kking@wigstonmat.org)
Course Content
Year 7
AUTUMN TERM
A prose novel & Literacy Skills
SPRING TERM
Introduction to Shakespeare, ‘A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream’ & Literacy Skills
SUMMER TERM
Narrative writing & ‘Spy’ genre; Introduction to poetry
Year 8
AUTUMN TERM
An introduction to Dickens and the prose novel ‘Great Expectations’ & Literacy Skills
SPRING TERM
‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare, Love and Relationships Poetry & Literacy Skills
SUMMER TERM
Narrative writing: Supernatural / Gothic & Transnational / functional writing
Year 9
AUTUMN TERM
‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck, Sexism/Speech writing & Literacy Skills
SPRING TERM
‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare, Power and Conflict Poetry & Literacy Skills
SUMMER TERM
Pre-20th Century short stories & writing speeches: ‘Trapped’ non-fiction reading & writing