KS3 & KS4 English curriculum

This unit builds on pupils' knowledge of non-fiction conventions and comparison from the the unit 'Women's rights across the ages'. Here, pupils start to explore increasingly complex texts and also develop more sophisticated and nuanced comparisons between texts. They also develop their summarising skills to show that they have comprehended what they have read, and develop their ability to emulate sophisticated skills from other non-fiction writers. This unit builds towards the unit 'Changing views', where pupils develop additional techniques to express themselves in non-fiction writing.

1. Reading and comparing two texts about prisons: London (1862) and Norway (2013)
2. Developing a summary of a non-fiction text by including inferences
3. Using credible statistics in a piece of non-fiction writing
4. Summarising a non-fiction text: 'a letter to my son' (the Guardian, 2014)
5. Comparing texts about drug misuse: ‘Confessions’ (1821) and ‘A letter to’ (2014)
6. Using figurative language in non-fiction writing
7. Planning an open letter using single paragraph outlines
8. Reading an opinion article and creating rhetorical questions
9. Using structural features effectively in non-fiction texts
10. Using the conventions of website content creatively
11. Planning and writing website content
12. Revising and editing non-fiction writing