Key Stage Three: Years 7, 8 and 9
| Term | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| Term 1 | Non Fiction: Autobiography | Novel: The Hound of the Baskervilles or Coram Boy | Shakespeare:
Romeo and Juliet |
| Term 2 | Novel: Rooftoppers
|
Non Fiction: Travel Writing | Novel:
Of Mice and Men |
| Term 3 | Creative Writing: Story structure | War Poetry | Non Fiction:
Comparing non fiction texts from different time periods. |
| Term 4 | Poetry: Teacher’s choice | Writing stories with a twist | Writing:
Gothic stories Transactional writing |
| Term 5 | Shakespeare:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Novel: Teacher’s choice | Short stories for critical literacy |
| Term 6 | Novel: Private Peaceful or
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas |
Shakespeare:
The Tempest or Taming of the Shrew |
AQA GCSE Power and Conflict poems |
What to expect to study in English at Key Stage Three:
- 1 Shakespeare play per year
- 1 creative writing unit per year
- 1 whole-class novel per year
- 1 poetry unit per year
- 1 non-fiction unit per year