Term 1

Term 1 Overview 

Learners will discuss the impact of visual elements in The Giver, and adapt it to their own writing. When reading, learners will analyse and respond to a range of ideas, viewpoint and purposes, and establish a clear viewpoint in their own writing. Learners will write to express multiple viewpoints, adapt their communication for impact, plan and deliver a presentation, and analyse the meaning and impact of variations in communication. Learners will read a range of non-fiction texts, analysing the different viewpoints, exploring the points of agreement and disagreement and explaining how social, cultural and historical contextual factors inform viewpoints.

Term 2

Term 2 Overview 

Learners will analyse the use of linguistic and literary techniques in a poem, explore points of agreement and disagreement in their own and other’s analysis, and use linguistic and literary techniques for effect in their own writing. earners will use rhetorical punctuation in their own writing and analyse its use in the writing of others. They will also analyse the effect of structural features in a text and experiment with them in their own writing. Learners will give a reasoned response that synthesises information from a range of sources. Learners will analyse how structural, literary and linguistic features can be combined to enhance meaning in a text and use combinations of features in their own writing.

Term 3

Term 3 Overview 

Learners will study J.B.Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls to analyse the critical and social context of when texts are produced, personally responding to this. Building from this, learners will study character viewpoint and biases in comparison to those of the playwright. In addition to this, learners will explore the use of dialogue, gesture, setting and stage direction in the creation of tone and mood of a play, applying all of this to their own dramatic performances. 

Learners will analyse and respond to the themes, range of ideas and viewpoints in information texts, and will manipulate language in their own writing to express complex ideas and opinions. Learners will analyse how a reader’s preferences and opinions can shape the meaning of a text and write their own prose text. Learners will show evidence of reading ahead, analyse the purpose of using formal and informal language in a text, and vary the degree of formality in their own writing to enhance meaning.