English KS3

Key Stage 3

At KS3 the English Faculty has developed schemes of work which address the objectives as outlined in the Secondary Strategy.

In Year 7, students complete the following units of work:-

• Transition from Year 6
• Autobiography/Biography
• Shared Text
• Language Study – KAL/Shakespeare
• Fables/Story form and structure
• Poetry
• Media

Year 7 students are taught their English lessons in the specially adapted Learning Base. This aids their progression from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3. The English lessons are designed to incorporate drama, art, music, reading, writing and ICT.

Once a week, students in Year 7 are invited to come to the Book Café and discuss their favourite books with other Year 7 students.

In Year 8, students complete the following units of work:-

• Poetry 
• "A Christmas Carol" 
• Crime and horror - Narrative Writing 
• The cult of a celebrity 
• Shared Text
• Superheroes 

In Year 9, students complete the following units of work:-

• Shared Text
• 'Much Ado About Nothing'
• Inform, Explain, Describe
• Anaylse, Review, Comment
• Imagine, Explore, Entertain
• Argue, Persuade, Advise
• Reading Booster
• Poetry Comparison
• Gothic Horror