English, Drama & Media Studies Curriculum & Courses
Year 7
The Transition Unit
The Library Unit
Spoken and Written English
Self and Senses – Poetry
The Christmas Project – persuade, argue, advise
Class reader
Village Project
Speaking/Listening.
Wider Reading scheme – Study of literary texts.
Year 8
Narrative Fiction
Playscripts
Response to poetry
The School Project
Travel writing
Short Stories
Wider Reading scheme
Speaking/Listening
Macbeth
Year 9
Narrative Fiction
Teenage Magazines
SATs Practice – Example Papers.
Comparative Essay
The Media
Wider Reading scheme
Year 10
Coursework – Shakespeare Play – ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (or alternative)
Exam Preparation :– Writing to inform, explain, describe
Writing to review, analyse, comment
Writing to argue, persuade, advise
Summarising
Language Analysis
Stories from other Cultures – OCR Exam anthology (first 6 stories).
Coursework – Pre 1914 Prose Text (Class Teacher’s own choice).
Coursework – Pre 1914 Poetry Comparison (Class Teacher’s own choice).
Exam – Internal Assessment/Moderation – 3 speaking/listening tasks (assessed over Years 10 and 11).
Year 11
Exam Preparation - Literature Post 1914 Prose Text (From prescribed list).
Exam Preparation – Revision of Writing to inform, explain, describe
Writing to review, analyse, comment
Writing to argue, persuade, advise
Coursework – Writing to explore, imagine, entertain
Exam Preparation – Literature Post 1914 Drama Text (From prescribed list).
Exam Preparation – Literature Post 1914 Poetry (From OCR anthology).
Exam Preparation – Revision - Summarising
Language Analysis
Exam – Internal Assessment/Moderation – 3 speaking/listening tasks.
Year 12
Exam Preparation Prose Text
Exam Preparation Poetry Text
Coursework
Preparation for Year 13
Year 13
Coursework
Exam Preparation Drama Text
Exam Preparation Poetry Text
Exam Preparation - Shakespeare
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