Year 7 units
- 3
'The Tempest'
28 lessons - 4
Poetry about place and home
14 lessons - 5
Sherlock Holmes: short stories
22 lessons - 6
'The Twisted Tree': fiction reading
32 lessons - 7
Dystopian settings: descriptive writing
16 lessons
Year 8 units
- 1
Myths, legends and stories that inspire
28 lessons - 2
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
28 lessons - 3
Participating in effective debates
4 lessons - 4
Taking a stand
14 lessons - 5
Single poet study: Maya Angelou
20 lessons - 8
Gothic poetry
6 lessons - 9
A history of language
8 lessons
Year 9 units
- 1
'Lord of the Flies'
24 lessons - 3
Malevolent characters: fiction writing
10 lessons - 6
Creating and performing slam poetry
4 lessons - 7
'Small Island'
35 lessons - 8
'Othello'
25 lessons - 9
Simon Armitage: writing your world
10 lessons
Year 10 units
Literature
- 1
Modern text: first study
3 optionsLiteratureAnimal Farm: the pigs and power
26 lessonsLeave Taking: a sense of belonging
29 lessons - 2
Shakespeare: first reading
2 optionsLiterature - 3
Nineteenth century text: first study
2 optionsLiteratureA Christmas Carol: Scrooge's redemption
26 lessonsJekyll & Hyde: duality and evil
26 lessons - 4
Poetry anthology: first study
3 optionsLiterature
Year 11 units
Literature
- 1
Modern text: first deep dive
3 optionsLiterature - 2
Shakespeare: first deep dive
2 optionsLiterature - 3
Nineteenth century text: first deep dive
2 optionsLiteratureA Christmas Carol: a ghost story
7 lessonsJekyll & Hyde: the divided city
7 lessons - 4
Poetry anthology: continued study
3 optionsLiteratureLove and relationships poetry continued
12 lessonsPower and conflict poetry continued
12 lessonsWorld and lives poetry continued
12 lessons - 5
Unseen poetry
Literature20 lessons - 6
Modern text: second deep dive
3 optionsLiterature - 7
Shakespeare: second deep dive
2 optionsLiterature - 8
Nineteenth century text: second deep dive
2 optionsLiterature - 9
Shakespeare: the third deep dive
2 optionsLiterature - 10
Modern text: third deep dive
3 optionsLiterature - 11
Nineteenth century text: third deep dive
2 optionsLiterature