KS3 & KS4 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of sentence structure, deliberate language choices and descriptive writing from 'A step into the unknown'. It gives pupils a deeper and more focused opportunity to extend and apply their understanding of descriptive writing to new contexts. This content prepares them for the writing elements of the Year 8 unit 'A monster within', where they continue to refine their language choices in descriptive writing by applying it to a different context with new semantic fields.

1. Understanding dystopias
2. Using accurate sentences to describe dystopian settings
3. Using compound sentences to describe dystopian settings
4. Using complex sentences to describe dystopian settings
5. Creating atmosphere in dystopian descriptions
6. Using similes to create atmosphere in dystopian descriptions
7. Using a range of sentence types to describe dystopian settings
8. Using punctuation accurately in dystopian descriptions
9. Using sophisticated punctuation in dystopian descriptions
10. Describing a setting to reflect dystopian themes
11. Using a model description to create a clear tone
12. Planning a description of a dystopian setting
13. Writing a description of a dystopian setting
14. Using vivid imagery to describe dystopian settings
15. Using feedback to improve dystopian descriptions
16. Revising sentence and punctuation types for a dystopian description