AQA (KS4)
KS3 & KS4 English
Unit sequence
Introducing our new curriculum sequence for 2023/2024!
Units that make up our curricula are fully sequenced, and aligned to the national curriculum.
Highlight a thread
Threads are groups of units across the curriculum that build a common body of knowledge
Year group
Year 7
1
Step into the unknown: fiction reading and creative writing
2
'The Tempest'
3
Poetry about place and home
4
Sherlock Holmes: short stories
5
'The Twisted Tree': fiction reading
6
Dystopian settings: descriptive writing
Year 8
1
Myths and legends re-told: poetry and short stories
2
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
3
Writing with passion
4
Single poet study: Maya Angelou
5
Victorian childhood: non-fiction reading and writing
6
A monster within: reading gothic fiction
7
Gothic poetry
8
A history of language
Year 9
1
'Lord of the Flies'
2
Women's rights across the ages: non-fiction reading and writing
3
Malevolent characters: descriptive and narrative writing
4
A world at war: short stories
5
A world at war: poetry
6
'Small Island'
7
'Othello'
Year 10
1
Modern text: first study
2 unit options
2
Macbeth: Lady Macbeth as a machiavellian villain
3
Nineteenth century text: first study
2 unit options
4
Poetry anthology: first study
3 unit options
5
Non-fiction: crime and punishment
6
Fiction: read around the world
7
Spoken language: the language of change
8
Fiction: science fiction writing
9
Non-fiction: changing views
Year 11
1
Modern text: first deep dive
2 unit options
2
Macbeth: a tragic hero
3
Nineteenth century text: first deep dive
2 unit options
4
Poetry anthology: continued study
3 unit options
5
Unseen poetry
6
Modern text: second deep dive
2 unit options
7
Macbeth and masculinity: the struggle for power
8
Nineteenth century text: second deep dive
2 unit options
9
Fiction: books that changed my world
10
Non-fiction: teenage kicks
11
Fiction: inner musings
12
Non-fiction: explorers
13
Writing masters
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