Mission Statement
“Our mission in English at The Island Free School is to help you find your voice and empower you to be able to read between the lines. You will learn key reading, writing and speaking skills that will help you to feel confident to communicate your ideas now and in later life and to achieve your aspirations. Through our ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum, you will also be inspired to develop an appreciation for literature and the English language beyond your local context. You will study both English Literature and English Language, in ever increasing depth, because the two subjects go hand in hand. How can you study a novel if you do not understand how the English Language works? How can you create your own masterpiece if you haven’t read a range of texts? In lessons and tasks that are varied, engaging and exciting, you will be encouraged to form and share an opinion, take risks and ask questions not only about what you are studying, but also about the world and how it works”.
Please take a look at what pupils will be learning and how they will be assessed in this subject this term.
Year 9
What will my child be learning this term?
– Poetry from Other Cultures and The Outsiders; pupils will develop their PEA (analytical) skills through the study of poetry and The Outsiders.
How will my child be assessed this term?
– Pupils will have one class assessment that will require pupils to write analytically about one poem.
What will my child be learning this term?
– Pupils will be studying The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
How will my child be assessed this term?
– Pupils will complete a class assessment on the presentation of mystery before completing English Literature P1 Q2 as a cumulative assessment.
What will my child be learning this term?
– Power and Conflict Poetry and Unseen Poetry; pupils will study the ‘power’ poems in their GCSE poetry anthology.
– Pupils will also learn how to approach the unseen poetry questions in English Literature Paper 2
How will my child be assessed this term?
– Pupils will complete an unseen poetry assessment in class and will then be tested in their end-of-year exams.
Year 10
What will my child be learning this term?
– Pupils will study Shakespeare’s play: Macbeth.
How will my child be assessed this term?
– Pupils will complete one in class assessment exploring how the supernatural is presented in the opening of the play.
What will my child be learning this term?
– Pupils are studying the conflict poems in the Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology for English Literature Paper 2.
How will my child be assessed this term?
– Pupils will complete a close analysis of the poem Remains as an in class assessment.
– Pupils will then complete English Literature Paper 2 (leaving out Q1) as their cumulative assessment.
What will my child be learning this term?
– An Inspector Calls; pupils will study the play by J.B Priestley and will also revise all texts studied, for their end-of-year exams.
How will my child be assessed this term?
– Pupils will complete an essay in class and will then be tested in their end-of-year exams.
Year 11
What will my child be learning this term?
– The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Power and Conflict Poetry: Pupils will focus primarily on revising Jekyll and Hyde and poetry, but they will also recap all texts in preparation for their winter mocks.
How will my child be assessed this term?
– Pupils will be assessed in their winter mocks.
What will my child be learning this term?
– Pupils are revising An Inspector Calls and Macbeth.
How will my child be assessed this term?
– Pupils will complete practice essays in class.
What will my child be learning this term?
– Pupils will recap all topics and prepare for their exams.
How will my child be assessed this term?
– Pupils will take their GCSE examinations.
Curriculum Map
Question?
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