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Autumn Term
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Spring Term
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Summer Term
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Class Focus
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Homework
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Class Focus
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Homework
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Class Focus
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Homework
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Week 1
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Dracula: How does Stoker use language to characterise Count Dracula in the extracts from Chapters Two-Four?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (characterisation, exposition, mood, Gothic fiction, literary conventions, epistolary novel, superstition, supernatural, atmospheric)
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Week 1
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Social justice Anthology: What is Yousafzai’s father’s perspective on the Taliban?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(ideological, intolerance, gender equality, indoctrination, moral integrity, anecdote, imagery)
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Week 1
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Dystopian Short Stories: How does the writer use language to present the building and staff? (EM/IP)
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(dystopian fiction, setting, mood, symbolism, dystopia, totalitarian, fatalistic, totalitarian, tyranny, perfunctory, dehumanise, bureaucratic)
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Week 2
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Dracula: How does Stoker use language to characterise Count Dracula?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (mood, Gothic fiction, literary conventions, epistolary novel, superstition, supernatural, atmospheric)
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Week 2
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Social justice Anthology: What is Yousafzai’s perspective on education/gender equality?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(resistance, activist, gender equality, sexism, anecdote, imagery)
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Week 2
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Dystopian Short Stories: How does Bradbury use language and other narrative techniques to depict the dystopian world in ´The Pedestrian´?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(exposition, characterisation, rising action, motif, symbolism, dictatorship, futuristic, paradox, stagnating, dictatorship, tyranny)
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Week 3
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Dracula: Stoker presents Lucy’s character in chapter sixteen as being possessed and in need of redemption. Do you agree?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (symbolism, climax, redemption, stertorous)
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Week 3
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Social justice Anthology: What is Angelou’s perspective on the encounter with the receptionist?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(normalising/normalised, racism, dialogue)
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Week 3
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Dystopian Short Stories: How does the writer use language to describe the city at night and Leonard’s feelings about walking at night?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(rebellion, societal norms, oppression, futuristic, mood, repressed, oppressive)
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Week 4
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Dracula: In chapter 21, there is a sense that Dracula is unstoppable. Do you agree?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (aquiline, pallor, stertorous, melodramatic, prodigious, supernatural, malignant)
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Week 4
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Social justice Anthology: What is Stephenson’s perspective on civil rights?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(racism, activist, resistance, civil rights, normalised, acceptance, short sentence, one-line paragraph)
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Week 4
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Dystopian Short Stories: How does the writer present the Tyrannosaurus Rex?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(exposition, characterisation, rising action, motif, symbolism, dictatorship, futuristic, paradox, stagnating, dictatorship, tyranny)
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Week 5
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Creative Writing: Structure
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (characterisation, Set the Scene, Pathetic Fallacy)
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Week 5
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Creative Writing: Sentence openers
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(adverb, adjective, preposition)
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Week 5
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Dystopian Short Stories: How does the writer create a sense of mystery?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(characterisation, foreshadowing, perfunctory, interminably, societal norms, nihilistic)
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Week 6
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Creative Writing: Structure
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (Flashback, catalyst, dialogue)
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Week 6
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Creative Writing: Sentence openers
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (subordinate clause, subordinate simile)
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Week 6
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Dystopian Short Stories: How does Jackson use narrative techniques in the exposition to set up the beginning of her story as seemingly innocent?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(characterisation, foreshadowing, setting, exposition)
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Week 7
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Richard III: How does Shakespeare characterise Richard III in the opening scene of the play?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (history play, villainy, amoral, usurp, villainy, treacherous, amoral, Machiavellian)
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Week 7
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Social justice Anthology:
What are Hayden’s, Reynolds’ and Knan’s perspectives on being transgender?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(normalised, acceptance)
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Week 7
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Creative Writing: Sentence openers and forms
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (simple, compound, complex)
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Week 8
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Richard III: How does Shakespeare further characterise Richard in Act I Scene II?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (corrupt, villainous, charismatic, Machiavellian)
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Week 8
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Social justice Anthology:
What is Winterson’s perspective on authenticity?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(authenticity, acceptance, autobiography, dialogue, short sentences, one-line paragraphs)
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Week 8
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Creative Writing: focus on misconceptions – punctuation, sentence forms/openers, ambitious vocabulary
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(multi-clause, semi-colon list)
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Week 9
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Richard III: How does Shakespeare use Acts II and III in the play to convey the theme of evil in the play?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (usurp, depose, ambition, slain, kinsmen, villainous, amoral, corrupt, usurper, Machiavellian)
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Week 9
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Creative Writing: Sentence forms
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (simple, compound, complex)
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Week 9
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Creative Writing and Dystopian Short Stories: Independent Practice
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(all above mentioned)
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Week 10
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Richard III: The lamentation scene (Act IV Scene IV) serves an important purpose in the play. Do you agree?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (usurper, corrupt, tyrant, villainous, Machiavellian, amoral
Key Terminology: rhyming couplets, aside)
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Week 10
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Creative Writing: Sentence forms
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (multi-clause, semi-colon list)
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Week 10
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Social Justice Poetry: What is Osundare’s message in ‘Not My Business’?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(abuse of power, collective responsibility, activist, refrain, imagery, metaphor)
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Week 11
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Richard III: How does Shakespeare present the theme of vengeance and justice in Act V Scene III of the play?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (soliloquy, destiny, vengeance, justice)
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Week 11
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Social Justice Poetry: How does Lola use imagery and metaphor to convey her message? ‘For Those Who Listen When Courage Calls’
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(activist, glass ceiling, ignorance, othering/othered, imagery, metaphor, simile)
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Week 12
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Creative Writing: Ambitious Vocabulary
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (gothic, emotive language)
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Week 12
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Social Justice Poetry: What is Shelley’s message in ‘England in 1819’?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(polemic, homophobia, plosive sounds)
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Week 13
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Creative Writing: Ambitious Vocabulary
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (characterisation, pathetic fallacy)
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Week 13
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Social Justice Poetry: What is Blake’s message in ‘The Chimney Sweeper’?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(exploitation, emotive language)
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Week 14
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Richard III: Independent Practice
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (usurp, depose, ambition, slain, kinsmen, villainous, amoral, corrupt, usurper, Machiavellian
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Week 14
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Social Justice Poetry: What is Angelou’s message in ‘Caged Bird’?
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary
(oppression, metaphor/extended metaphor)
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Week 15
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Creative Writing: Independent Practice
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Core Knowledge – Key Vocabulary (characterisation, pathetic fallacy, catalyst, dialogue)
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Assessment
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Mid-Year UL Assessment
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Assessment
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Assessment
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End of Year UL Assessments
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