KS3 & KS4 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of non-fiction reading and writing from the unit 'Crime and Punishment'. In this unit, pupils focus more closely on how writers express their viewpoints, and practise comparing those viewpoints. They develop thier non-fiction writing skills by looking at how more complex techniques, such as anaphora, can be used thoughtfully to improve their speech and opinion writing. They also start to move from emulating to crafting original voices. This unit builds towards the unit 'letter writing', where pupils will further develop their original voice.

1. Developing reading skills and personal responses to non-fiction texts
2. Using inference and embedded quotations to craft effective summaries
3. Considering and understanding the attitude of a non-fiction text
4. Crafting an effective comparison of non-fiction texts
5. Considering and emulating the use of direct address in the opening of a speech
6. Considering and emulating the use of anaphora in speech writing
7. Considering and emulating onomatopoeia and alliteration in speech writing
8. Using colons, dashes, and semicolons effectively in opinion writing
9. Considering and emulating the use of rhetorical questions in opinion writing
10. Considering and emulating the use of extended analogies in non-fiction writing
11. Considering and analysing the use of anecdotes in a non-fiction text
12. Considering and emulating the use of similes in non-fiction writing
13. Considering and analysing attitude in non-fiction writing
14. Analysing and comparing language techniques in non-fiction writing
15. Considering and emulating the use of hyperbole in opinion writing
16. Using comparatives and superlatives to effectively compare non-fiction texts
17. Planning a speech and building your counter-argument
18. Using rhetorical devices to write an effective speech