KS3 & KS4 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' expertise in non-fiction reading and writing from 'Crime and punishment', 'Changing views' and most recently 'Letter writing'. Here, they begin to read and emulate more sophisticated techniques, such as the use of humour and credible evidence, to help them make their writing more powerful and unique. This unit prepares pupils for the final non-fiction unit, 'Explorers', where they continue to spot insightful comparisons and then create their own account writing.

1. Exploring attitudes to teenagers across time
2. Applying reading strategies to non-fiction texts
3. Comparing ideas and advice on love in different centuries
4. Exploring how love has changed over time
5. Exploring vivid childhood accounts
6. Using juxtaposition and foreshadowing in childhood accounts
7. Understanding and planning open letters
8. Writing an open letter
9. Using and understanding irony in non-fiction writing
10. Writing humorously
11. Analysing a dramatic description of an event
12. Structural methods in a dramatic account
13. Withholding information and timing revelations
14. Using dialogue effectively
15. Analysing and improving an article
16. Using credible expert views in a non-fiction article
17. Planning an effective article
18. Writing an effective article