Week 1:

• Welcoming the students.

• Classroom expectations

• General pastoral policies

Week 2: 

• Introduction to "A Monster Calls".

• Author preview.

• Revising  punctuation and parts of speech.

Week 3:

• Character traits.

• Digital timelines for "A Monster Calls." 

• Key novel elements through a word glossary and a "Story Map." 

Week 4:

• Novel reading and annotation.

• Reading comprehension

• Summary writing.

Week 5:

• Symbolism in Literature.

• Comparing texts from different cultures and times.

• Book Club Task Cards during Reading lessons.

Week 6:

• Text interpretations & analysis.

• How a writer uses words and literary tricks, finding both clear and hidden meanings in the writing.

Week 7:

• Symbolism project presentations

• Peer feedback practice.

• Deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words in context using a range of strategies.

• Library rules & expectations.

Week 8:

• Writing process introduction & practice.

• Introducing mind maps.

• Brainstorming ideas using writing prompts.

Week 9: 

• Workstations process & expectations.

• Prefix, homonyms, homographs, homophones, and synonyms.

• Vocabulary Day preparations.

• Introducing Humor & Sarcasm in Literature.

Week 10:

• Techniques used by writers to add humor & sarcasm.

• Book recommendations posters & presentations.

• Summary writing (tips & steps).

• Note-taking practice.

• Fact, Bias, and Opinion.

Week 11:

• Listening assessment.

• Practice writing humor/sarcasm memory.

• Sentence openers & connectives in writing.

Week 12:

• Writing assessment.

• Charlie Chaplin Humor & Sarcasm in movies - presentations.

• Figures of speech (oxymoron, paradox, bathos, anticlimax, irony, hyperbole, litotes, and climax).

Week 13:

• Humor in personal writing.

• Reading comprehension practice.

• Jigsaw reading.

• Nostalgia in literature.

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Week 1:

• Ancient/Modern Myths & Legends around the world.

• Myths & Legends Research/Presentations.

• Mythical or legendary characters from books, TV series or films.

Week 2: 

• Speaking Assessment (Myths & Legends Presentations)

• Compare & Contrast between Ancient and Modern Myths & Legends.

• Creating our own Myth/Legend short story.

Week 3:

• Compare and contrast the movie with the original myth, focusing on character portrayal, plot differences, and thematic variations.

Week 4:

• Complete research about famous quests from films, games or books they have read.

• Grammar practice (plural nouns and suffixes).

• Explore and think about ‘argument’ or ‘debate’. 

• Explore different persuasive techniques, phrases or discourse markers.

Week 5:

• Key to persuasion and how to be used in debates.

• Exploring different debate structures.

• Writing a debate report.

Week 6:

• Completing the writing assessment.

• Introduction to chapter 2: Express Yourself.

• Grammar practice: Suffixes & connectives.

Week 7:

• Exploring historical diaries.

• Literacy Week preparations.

• Slam poetry writing.

Week 8:

• Literacy Week

Week 9: 

• Compare & contrast between letter writing and diary writing.

• Peer feedback practice.

• Analysing language more deeply through litotes. 

• Using emotive language in writing. 

Week 10:

• Exploring formal vs informal registers.

• Analyzing historical diaries.

• Reading Comprehension Assessment.

Week 11:

• Speaking Assessment: Historical Diaries Research Project.

Week 12:

• Explain possible interpretations, explicit and implicit, of a writer’s use of linguistic and literary techniques.

• Create detail and convey shades of meaning through the grammatical structure of sentences.

• Practice of using infinitive verbs to express purpose, and understanding inference. 

Week 13:

•  Use a range of sources to develop and extend the range of language used in written work. 

• Describe the purpose of a summary writing.

• Use a range of reading strategies to identify and distinguish between main and  subsidiary points in texts.

• Comparing two leaflets.

• Diving into the diverse sources of news and news reports, as well as exploring different methods of accessing news from around the world. 

• Features of news items: layout, visuals, and human interest.

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Week 1:

• Blackout Poetry exploration.

• World's Poetry Day - March 21.

• Make decisions about the level of support needed to deliver a speech or presentation, e.g. reading aloud, using notes, visual aids. 

• Exploring different biased news reports.

Week 2: 

• Write and design leaflets, and practice writing reports using knowledge of their own surroundings and circumstances.

• Cover topics such as politics, the environment, sport and local events/issues.

• Work confidently as part of a group, and develop awareness of a variety of topics such as bias, purpose and human interest.

Week 3:

• Apply their new key skills and literary techniques, such as language choice, structure and text presentation, to plan and write their own reports and news features.

• Writing Practice : News Report

Week 4:

• Develop critical analysis skills by evaluating the format, impact, and effectiveness of various performance mediums (film, TV, podcast, play).

• Improve oral communication skills through concise presentation delivery.

• Evaluate own and others’ talk, including giving constructive feedback. 

• Introduce praise poems

• Understand rhyme in poetry

• Create praise poems about a subject of the learners' choice.

Week 5:

• Use non-verbal communication techniques to enhance meaning. 

• Explain how a writer uses simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences for effect in their writing.

• Engage in critical thinking by comparing and evaluating performances.

• Explore the elements of storytelling, character development, and expression through drama.

• Create a character profile.

• Listening Assessment.

Week 6:

• Reading Comprehension Assessment.

• Students perform their plays (Speaking assessment)

• Exploring Modern plays. 

Week 7:

• Tone of voice and register in English.

• Presenting the non-verbal communication types and features.

• Writing a short one-act play with a specific cultural or historical context. 

• Library lesson: skimming and analyzing different historical books.

Week 8:

• Writing Assessment.

• Short act play reflection and feedback.

• Creating a new play by using class workstations, each focusing on a different aspect: dialogue, characters, set & design, plot, and setting.

• Introducing: The Future of English.

• Exploring different languages and sharing personal experiences.

Week 9: 

• Old Vs Modern English.

• Research: History of English.

• Translating old English into Modern English

• Writing a report about the translation. 

• Rhyming Couplets and Middle English.

Week 10:

• Understanding dialect.

• Presentations: different English dialects.

• Reading and analysing middle English poetry.

Week 11:

• Revision Week - End of year.

• Reading and Writing practices.

Week 12:

• End of year feedback.

• Sharing year 9 expectations. 

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