English - Leigh Academy Strood

KS3: MYP English

Intent

Through the MYP Literature and Language course students will focus on independently and collaboratively investigating, taking action and reflecting on their learning through the study of a range of texts that grow in their abilities to form opinions, make decisions, and reason ethically.

Curriculum Journey

Students will move away from identification of devices which is commonly taught at KS2 to exploring the effect of the devices writers use, a skill which they move to developing at GCSE. Students will explore literature that influences other literature, looking origins, the Gothic and Victorian Literature as well as Shakespeare. The skills students develop will prepare them for both Literature and Language at GCSE.

Schedule of learning

Module 1: Origins (Criteria B,C,D)
Module 2: Poetry and Identity (Criteria A)
Modules 3: Spoken Language (Criteria B,C,D)
Modules 4: Introduction to Shakespeare (Criteria A)
Modules 5-6: Blood Brothers (Criteria A-D)

Schedule of learning

Module 1: The Gothic (Criteria B-D)
Module 2: Voices from World War I (Criteria A)
Modules 3-4: Romeo & Juliet (Criteria B-D & Criteria A)
Modules 5-6: A Monster Calls (Criteria A-D)

Schedule of learning

Modules 1-2: Dickens and Victorian Literature (Criteria A)
Modules 3-4: Much Ado About Nothing (Criteria A-D)
Modules 5-6: Power and Protest (Criteria B-D)

Assessment

For each topic, across key stage three, students will carry out research, rehearse, perform and evaluate their own or another individual’s work.

Criteria

How this is assessed

1 – Analysis

Across KS3 students’ analysis will be assessed in two units a year allowing them to develop the skill across a variety of genres of text as well as in both fiction and non-fiction.

This will be assessed as follows:

Year 7: Module 1 – Origins, Module 2 – Poetry and Identity, Module 3 – Spoken Language, Module 4 – Introduction to Shakespeare, Module 5/6 – Blood Brothers.

Year 8: Module 1 – The Gothic, Module 2 – Voices from WW1, Modules 3/4 – ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Modules 5/6 – A Monster Calls

Year 9: Modules 1/2 – Dickens and Victorian Literature, Modules 3/4 – Much Ado About Nothing and Modules 5/6 – Power and Protest.

2 – Organising

3 – Producing Text

4 – Using Language

As with analysis, students will be assessed in two units a year to ensure that they are utilising these skills across a range of text types and genres. Students will have the opportunity to write, amongst other things: poetry, articles and short stories learning to develop empathy as well as ideas and opinions about the world around them.

This will be assessed as follows:

Year 7: Module 1 – Origins, Module 2 – Poetry and Identity, Module 3 – Spoken Language, Module 4 – Introduction to Shakespeare, Module 5/6 – Blood Brothers.

Year 8:

Module 1 – The Gothic, Module 2 – Voices from WW1, Modules 3/4 – ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Modules 5/6 – A Monster Calls

Year 9: Modules 1/2 – Dickens and Victorian Literature, Modules 3/4 – Much Ado About Nothing and Modules 5/6 – Power and Protest.

Final grades are then awarded from a range of 1-8, with each ascending grade demonstrating the students mastery of that particular subject.

Resources

MYP Subject Brief – Language and Literature

KS4: GCSE English Literature

Intent

Our curriculum is a driver for social justice: allowing students at Leigh Academy Strood to become inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people, equipped to participate fully in social life and achieve excellent academic and vocational qualification outcomes which unlock aspirational career and employment opportunities.

English Literature Curriculum Intent

Our curriculum allows students to draw together knowledge, skills and understanding from a variety of literary genres spanning various historical, social and cultural contexts.

English Literature Curriculum Journey

Students’ exploration of a wide variety of Literature genres equips them with the range of text types to be able to study Literature and Language at IB level. Students will utilise the skills they develop in English Language to support their Literature journey as they learn to explore layers of meaning across a variety of text types from different genres and periods across time.

Careers

Pupils studying English Language will be well placed to pursue a career pathway in:

Journalism
Teaching
Public Relations
Marketing

Publishing
Copywriting
Archivist
Librarian

Assessment

Internal Assessment

External Assessment

Students will be assessed internally using full exam questions, regularly, to practise their exam skills and check their understanding.

Mocks will be undertaken twice in year 11 to assess all parts of both exam papers and in year 10 students will also undertake a mock in Literature.

AQA GCSE English Literature: Students are assessed at the end of two years, assessments are extended essay responses:

Paper 1 (40%): Macbeth and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1h45)
Paper 2 (60%): An Inspector Calls, Power and conflict poetry and unseen poetry (2h15)

Year 10
Year 11

Schedule of learning

Modules 1-2: Macbeth
Modules 3: Unseen Poetry
Modules 4: An Inspector Calls
Modules 5-6: Power and Conflict Poetry and Paper 2 Revision

Schedule of learning

Module 1: Jekyll & Hyde
Module 2: Unseen Poetry and An Inspector Calls revision
Module 3: Power and Conflict Poetry Revision
Module 4: Macbeth and Jekyll & Hyde revision
Module 5: To suit individual class

KS4: GCSE English Language

Intent

English Language Curriculum Intent

Our curriculum provides students with the opportunity to explore a range of different methods of communication through the study of fiction and non fiction texts and extracts. Students will develop the ability to write grammatically correct sentences, utilise figurative language and analyse texts.

Curriculum Journey

Students will explore how language shapes meaning and underpins everything they hear and see. Through language analysis and evaluation, as well as developing their own writing skills, students will learn to interpret writers’ messages and meaning. Students will be required to develop their own fiction and non-fiction texts as well as writing and delivering a speech on a topic of their choice. Through the course students will develop the skills and knowledge required to be able to access IB English Literature and Language should they wish to continue in their study of English.

Careers

Pupils studying English Literature will be well placed to pursue a career pathway in:

Journalism
Teaching
Public Relations
Marketing

Publishing
Copywriting
Archivist
Librarian

Assessment

Internal Assessment

External Assessment

Students will undertake assessments across the academic year to assess their understanding of each question.

Year 11 will have two mocks with each paper being assessed and year 10 will have a mock at the end of the academic year to assess Language paper 1.

AQA GCSE English Language: Students are assessed at the end of two years and are assessed in both reading and writing

Paper 1 (50%): Explorations in creative reading and writing (1h45)
Paper 2 (50%): Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives (1h45)

Year 10
Year 11

Schedule of learning

Module 1: Language Paper 1 Section A
Module 2: Language Paper 1 Section B
Module 3: Language Paper 2 Section A
Module 4: Language Paper 2 Section B
Module 5: Paper 1 revision (A&B)
Module 6: Paper 2 revision (A&B)

Schedule of learning

Module 1: Language Paper 1 Section A revision
Module 2: Language Paper 1 and 2 Section B revision
Module 3: Language Paper 2 Section A revision
Module 4: Mock revision and closing the gap tasks
Module 5: To suit individual class

KS5: IB English Literature & Language

Intent

The curriculum for IB English Literature aims to foster a deep appreciation and critical understanding of diverse literary works from various time periods, genres, and cultures. The curriculum encourages students to explore the power of language, literature, and storytelling as vehicles for exploring and challenging personal, cultural, and social perspectives. In this course, students study a wide range of literary and non-literary texts in a variety of media. By examining communicative acts across literary form and textual type alongside appropriate secondary readings, students will investigate the nature of language itself and the ways in which it shapes and is influenced by identity and culture.

Curriculum Journey

IB English Literature builds on the foundation laid during GCSE by expanding and deepening students’ literary knowledge, analytical skills, and critical thinking abilities. IB English Literature challenges students to engage with more complex texts, explore a wider range of literary genres, and delve into critical analysis with greater depth and sophistication. It serves as a bridge between GCSE and the next part of the curriculum model by expanding students’ literary knowledge, strengthening their analytical and critical thinking abilities, and equipping them with the skills necessary for success in higher education or employment.

Careers

Pupils studying English Literature will be well placed to pursue a career pathway in:

Writer/Author
Editor
Journalist
Content Writer

Copywriter
Literary Agent
Researcher
Public Relations Specialist

Texts

Literary texts will be a selection of the following:

The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams
The Vegetarian – Han Kang
The Visit – Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The World’s Wife – Carol Ann Duffy
The Bloody Chamber and other Stories – Angela Carter
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Doll’s House – Henrik Ibsen
Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi

Assessment

Internal Assessment

External Assessment

Individual Oral (15 minutes) 20%

This component consists of an individual oral that is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the end of the course.

Supported by an extract from both one non-literary text and one from a literary work, students will offer a prepared response of 10 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of questions by the teacher, to the following prompt: Examine the ways in which the global issue of your choice is presented through the content and form of two of the works that you have studied. (40 marks)

Paper 1: Guided literary analysis (2 hours 15 minutes) 35%

The paper consists of two non-literary passages, from two different text types, each accompanied by a question. Students write an analysis of each of the passages. (40 marks)

Paper 2 Comparative essay (1 hour 45 minutes) 25%

The paper consists of four general questions. In response to one question, students write a comparative essay based on two works studied in the course. (30 marks)

Higher level (HL) essay 20%

Students submit an essay on one non-literary text or a collection of non-literary texts by one same author, or a literary text or work studied during the course. (20 marks)
The essay must be 1,200-1,500 words in length.

Year 12
Year 13

Schedule of learning

Modules 1-3: Literary – texts 1 and 2 are taught and students begin to compare thematically based on Paper 2 exam. Non-literary – Varied bodies of work including examples of transactional writing, film and television scripts, media texts, memoirs, diary, biography writing, interview and essay writing.
Modules 3-4: Literary – texts 3 and 4 are taught and comparisons are developed to support student choices in their exam. Non-literary – Varied bodies of work including examples of transactional writing, film and television scripts, media texts, memoirs, diary, biography writing, interview and essay writing.
Module 5: Internal assessment preparation
Module 6: Internal assessment & Mocks

Schedule of learning

Modules 1-2: Literary – Students work to complete their higher level essays and are taught texts 5 and 6. Non-literary – Further exploration of other modes of text via a variety of bodies of work.
Modules 2-4: Literary – Revision of literary texts with a focus on comparative planning and exam preparation. Non-literary – Revision and further exploration of other modes of text via a variety of bodies of work.