English in Year 9
The Year 9 curriculum has been designed to provide a firm basis for study at GCSE as a number of tasks mirror those that will be encountered in Years 10 and 11. This also includes using GCSE style mark schemes and assessments. As with Years 7 and 8, Practice Papers will be used each term to test writing and comprehension skills.
Topics Covered per Half Term
| Term |
Topic |
Assessment |
| Autumn 1 |
Transactional Writing
- Persuasive Techniques
- Emotive Language
- Structuring Writing
- Developing Argument
- Form
- Layout
- Sentences
- Vocabulary
- Punctuation
- Grammar
- Spelling
|
Reading
- Students read article 1 – Journey to the centre of the Earth
- Respond to questions 1-5 in answer booklet Spring 1: Topic: Non-fiction ‘Ripper’
|
| Autumn 2 |
War Poetry
- Social Context
- Meaning
- Form/Structure
- Inference
- Figurative Language
- Use of Quotations
- Structured Response
|
Writing
- ‘Part-time jobs’
- Students complete planning sheet and write on A4
|
| Spring 1 |
Non-fiction ‘Ripper’
- Retrieving Information
- Inference
- Analysis
- Language
- Use of Quotations
- Structured Response
- Persuasive Language
- Comparison of texts
- Structured Essay
|
Reading
- ‘Strange Lands’
- Students read article 2 – Magnificent Desolation’
- Respond to questions 6-9 in answer booklet
|
| Spring 2 |
Shakespeare ‘Macbeth’
- Plot
- Character
- Setting
- Themes
- Social Context
- Vocabulary
- Dramatic Technique
- Theatre Conventions
- Use of Quotations
- Structured Response
|
Writing
- ‘Talented or Terrible?’
- Students complete planning sheet and write on A4
|
| Summer 1 |
Horror Writing
- Genre
- Style
- Structure
- Opening Hook
- Paragraphing
- Sentences
- Vocabulary
- Figurative Language
- Punctuation
- Grammar
|
Reading
- 'Strange Lands’
- Students read article 3-Stranger in the City
- Respond to questions 10-13 in answer booklet
|
| Summer 2 |
Novel: ‘Of Mice and Men’ / ‘To Kill A Mocking Bird’
- Reading Comprehension
- Narrative Structures
- Plot
- Character
- Theme
- Social Context
- Use of Quotations
- Structured Response
|
Spoken Language |
