KS3 Curriculum Booklet 2017 -18

Curriculum Overview KS3 – Year 8 Subject: English Overview effective from[date ]: September 2017

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1 Summer 2

GCSE link: paper 1, Section A/B

GCSE link: Language Paper 2, A/B

GCSE link: Literature Paper 2, Section B

GCSE link: Literature Paper 1, Section B

GCSE link: Language Paper 1, Section B

GCSE linlk:Literature Paper 1, Section B

Media Texts

Legends and Heroes

Introducing Will.I.Am

Spooks and Spirits

Cultures and Societies

Novel Study

Assessed by:

Assessed by: an essay response on an extract from the novel.

Assessed by: creative writing response

Assessed by: creative writing response based on an image

Assessed by: formal presentation on a character from chosen play

Assessed by: analytical essay comparing 2 texts from same culture but different eras

Writing a newspaper article; presenting the article as a newsreport for a news show.