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, legends and stories that inspire
2
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
3
Taking a stand
4
Single poet study: Maya Angelou
5
Victorian childhood: non-fiction reading and writing
6
A monster within: reading and writing 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: fiction writing
4
Literary perspectives from the First World War
5
Comparing poetry from the First World War
6
'Small Island'
7
'Othello'
Year 10
1
Modern text: first study
2
Macbeth: Lady Macbeth as a machiavellian villain
3
Nineteenth century text: first study
2 unit options
4
Poetry anthology: first study
2 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
Macbeth: a tragic hero
3
Nineteenth century text: first deep dive
2 unit options
4
Poetry anthology: continued study
2 unit options
5
Unseen poetry
6
Modern text: second deep dive
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