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English Curriculum Overview

Term 1 - September to December
Year group Half term 1 Half term 2
Year 7 Dystopian Fiction
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Dystopian Fiction - Writing unit
A range of dystopian extracts – using Hunger Games as a starting point
Year 8 Pre 1914 Literary heritage
Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde By Stevenson
Detective Fiction & Murder Mystery Writing

Hercule Poirot & Miss Marple - Agatha Christie 1920
Sherlock Holmes – Sir Conan Doyle 1887
The Landlady - ROALD DAHL 1959
Year 9 Modern Prose
Boys Don’t Cry by M. Blackman
Modern Prose
Boys Don’t Cry & Imaginative writing
Year 10 AQA English Language Paper 1
Reading - Explorations in Creative Reading

Edexcel English Literature Paper 1
Shakespeare - Macbeth
AQA English Language Paper 1
Writing - Explorations in Creative Writing

Edexcel English Literature Paper 1
Shakespeare - Macbeth
Year 11 GCSE AQA English Language Paper 2
Reading and Transactional writing
– Writers’ View Points

An Inspector Calls recap and exam preparation ready for Nov mocks
GCSE AQA English Language Revision of Paper 1
Skills/ Creative writing

Macbeth Revision and exam skills ready for Nov mocks
Term 2 - January to April
Year group Half term 3 Half term 4
Year 7 Fiction Reading and Writing: Literary Heritage and Contemporary Extracts Non Fiction Reading and Writing
Year 8 Fiction Reading and Writing: Literary Heritage and Contemporary Extracts Detective Fiction
Year 9 Contemporary Poetry and Imaginative Writing Contemporary Novel: 'Boys Don't Cry'
Year 10 English Language Paper 2 AQA English Literature: Conflict Poetry Edexcel
Year 11 English Literature Revision: Macbeth and AIC Edexcel, English Language Revision: Paper 1 AQA English Literature Revision: Macbeth and AIC, Edexcel English Language Revision: Paper1 AQA
Term 3 - April to July
Year group Half term 5 Half term 6
Year 7 Shakespeare The Tempest Poetry from other Cultures
Year 8 Non Fiction – Speeches Romeo and Juliet
Year 9 Contemporary Novel: ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ Non Fiction Reading
Year 10 English Literature Edxcel Conflict Poetry English Literature: An Inspector Calls Edxcel
Year 11 English Literature Revision: AIC Edxcel English Language Revision: Paper 1 and paper 2 writing AQA On Line Functional Skills

Suggested reading material to support subject learning

Key Stage 3

Year 7

Fiction Reading
  • Everest Trilogy - Gordon Korman
  • Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
  • Lemons by Melissa Savage
  • Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L.Holm
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis
Gothic Writing
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
  • Goosebumps (series of books) by R.L Stine
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
  • Room 13 by Robert Swindells
  • Skulduggery Pleasant (series of books) by Derek Landy
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • BBC Bite Size - Helpful guides to writing your own story
Non-Fiction Reading/Writing
  • Teenink.com - Articles written by teenagers for teenagers
  • BBC Bite Size - Helpful guides to writing your own story
Poetry from Different Cultures
  • A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby
  • A Dangerous Game by Malorie Blackman
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  • Zebra Crossing Soul Song by Sita Brahmachari
  • The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
Shakespeare - The Tempest
  • Shakespeare - The Tempest
  • RSC - Shakespeare's The Tempest

Year 8

War Poetry
  • Great Britain’s, Great War by Jeremy Paxman
  • A Short History of the First World War by Gary Sheffield
  • Frightful First World War by Terry Deary (Horrible Histories)
  • World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
  • Britain’s youngest soldier was a boy aged 12 (History Extra article)
  • History.com information about WW1
  • BBC WW1 video clips and information
  • YouTube - BBC Documentary on WW1
  • Clips from Great Britain’s Great War
  • YouTube - Armistice: The Endgame of WW1 (Timeline)
  • Voices of the First World War, collection of Podcasts (BBC Radio 4)
  • Imperial War Museum WW1 Podcasts (IWM)

Year 9

Of Mice and Men pre-reading
  • The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
  • Welcome Home Jellybean by Marlene Fanta Shyer
  • Wonder by R.J.Palacio
  • An article on migrant workers
  • Vanityfair.com - The glamorous side of Hollywood

Key Stage 4

Year 10 and Year 11

Christmas Carol
  • Amazon books - Christmas Carol
  • Symbolism of ghosts within novels
  • Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
  • Why things are better than you think, Hans Rosling
An Inspector Calls
  • An introduction to An Inspector Calls
  • Wider Reading Booklet - The life of J.B. Priestley
  • An Inspector Calls - Overview
Macbeth
  • The Demonology of King James (available from amazon)
  • Macbeth facts
Poetry
  • Sparknotes - Old Testament
  • The First Casualty by Ben Elton
  • Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
  • Making Sense of the Troubles: A History of the Northern Ireland (available from amazon)

To find out more about the curriculum Newhouse Academy delivers please contact Hannah Gregory-Harris on 01706 369436 or email gregory-harrish@newhouseacademy.co.uk

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