English

Novel- Trash or similar.

Focus- Inspire and engage in reading for pleasure and develop moral consciousness. 

Non Fiction.

Language exploration.

Aspects of the modern Novel: wider contexts, genre and different viewpoints.

Exploring poetry and approaching ‘unseen texts’. An exploration of a variety of forms and methods with a focus upon cultural diversity and ethics.This unit is key in developing subject specific terminology. 

The 19th Century Extracts including Frankenstein, Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice. or the study of a whole 19th century text eg.War of The Worlds, Oliver Twist.

Exploring Creative Writing through

Ray Bradbury Illustrated Man  (sci-fi). 

Short Stories- A 19th Century Perspective.

Develop a varied vocabulary, exposure to entertaining and enlightening ‘heritage’ writers.  

Classic Poetry.

Language and Performance.

Introduction to Shakespeare (Link to Drama).

                                                Introduction to the main plot, characters, themes.

English Language appreciation and the celebration of words! 

Poetry – A wider appreciation.

How do we read and why do we read? Develop a rich appreciation of the different ways in which we read both fiction and non-fiction texts.

English Language appreciation and the celebration of words. 

Creative Writing exploration.

Viewpoints and perspectives- exploring non- fiction texts (Media links). Challenging Ideas. Power of the media, why we need journalism, fake news, the power of the celebrity.

Shakespeare   

Whole text Shakespeare- Detailed study of Romeo and Juliet. 

Heritage – By The Tides of the Humber

The specification offers the attraction of two equally balanced papers, relating reading sources to the topic and theme of writing tasks. The reading sources act as a stimulus for writing tasks, providing students with a clear route through each paper.

Each paper has a distinct identity to support high quality provision and engaging teaching and learning. Paper 1, Exploration in Creative Reading and Writing, looks at how writers use narrative descriptive techniques to engage the interest of the readers. Paper 2, Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives, looks at how different writers present a similar topic over time.

Spoken language study will emphasise the importance of the wider benefits that speaking and listening skills have for students. The endorsed unit will draw on engaging, formative tasks that can lead to a single summative assessment.

The course offers a range of literary texts for study.

There are two summative examinations. Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19^th century novel and Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry.

Students study one whole Shakespeare text, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth are popular choices. One 19^th century novel is taught with The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and A Christmas Carol being the current set texts.

William Golding's Lord of the Flies, Orwell's Animal Farm and Priestley's An Inspector Calls are set texts.

A wide variety of poetry is studied with units on Power and conflict and Love and relationships being offered. Students will study all of the 15 poems in their cluster.