Throughout years 7 to 9, the English schemes of work aim to open up a world of inspiration and creativity for our pupils, while also developing skills that are essential for creating independent and informed citizens. It is a chance to discover how literature makes sense of the world through stories, poems, novels and plays. A selection of the literature studied includes, but is not limited to:
Gangsta Granny – David Walliams
Boy – Roald Dahl
Holes – Louis Sacher
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne
Private Peaceful – Michael Morpurgo
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece – Annabel Pitcher
The Undrowned Child - Michelle Lovric
Stone Cold – Robert Swindells
A selection of Shakespeare plays
Through the teaching of literature, we build pupils’ literacy and language skills in order to prepare them for their progression into Key Stage 4. The study of language skills includes reading a variety of continuous and non-continuous extracts, selecting and locating key information, inferring and comparing, and synthesising and summarising.
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