Welcome to the English Department

Staff

Mrs S Jones - Joint Head of Department

Miss J Wales - Joint Head of Department

Miss L Goff - English Teacher

Ms K Samson - English Teacher

Ms K Wilson - English Teacher

Miss L Jack - Drama Teacher

Mrs D Ward - Librarian

The English Department believes that every child matters and this established Department strives to see all pupils succeed. We have made steady progress with KS3 SATs results and GCSE exam results, as well as supporting targeted Year 7 students as part of the National Strategy for English.

The English Department believes that students will achieve more through carefully planned programmes of extended schemes and activities which involve a variety of skills and all modes of communication.

Within such programmes there is a clear direction and purpose.

Reading , writing, speaking and listening are inter-related skills and are of equal importance. With this in mind, the Department tries to maintain a balance, avoiding undue emphasis on one specific skill.

Links
GCSE Bitesize – English Language

GCSE Bitesize – English Literature

BBC Learning English

Key Dates

Year 11

Friday 11 February 2011 - Paper 1 Section A Mock Exam

Friday 11 March 2011 - Paper 2 Section B Writing to Describe Mock Exam

Friday 25 March 2011 - Paper 2 Section A Poetry from Other Cultures Mock Exam

Wednesday 6 April 2011 - Paper 1 Section A Mock Exam

Year 11 GCSE Exams

Monday 16 May 2011 (am) - Paper 1

Wednesday 18 May 2011 (pm) - Paper 2

Tuesday 24 May 2011 (am) - English Literature

Year 10

16 - 20 May 2011 - Controlled Conditions Coursework English Literature Unit 3

WednWednesday 8 June 2011, 9.00 am - English Literature Unit 2

Units at Key Stage 3

Teaching at Key Stage 3 operates on a rotation system. Each class will, however, cover all the key units during each year group. Each unit assesses key objectives in the outcomes/assessed work which allow progression throughout the Key Stage. The units that are covered are:

Year 7

•  Introductory Unit/Transition Unit - Accent and Dialect

•  Drama Unit - "The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty"

•  Fiction Text - "Millions"

•  Three Types of Writing Unit

•  Media Unit - Advertising

•  Ballad Unit

•  Autobiography Unit

Year 8

•  Supernatural Poetry Unit

•  Fiction Text - "Face"

•  Drama Unit - Macbeth

•  Non-fiction Writing Unit - SS Kampala

•  Non-Fiction Unit - Eco-campaigners

•  Other Cultures Unit

Year 9

•  Fiction Text - "Stone Cold"

•  Richard III

•  Media and Non-Fiction Unit

•  GCSE "Bridging" Unit

•  Film Review Unit

•  Mystery/Thriller Story Writing Unit

•  Unseen Poetry

•  Speaking and Listening

•  Spoken Language

Units at Key Stage 4

Year 10

Classes are taught in the main in 'home groups' for their English and English Literature courses. For three of the coursework units they move on a carousel rotation to specialist teachers. Each coursework unit is given a defined period of time with clear deadlines for students.

•  Conflict Poetry English Literature Unit 2

•  Speaking and Listening English Language Unit 2

•  Recreations English Language Unit 3

•  Spoken Language English Language Unit 3

•  Unseen Poetry English Literature Unit 2

•  Romeo & Juliet English Literature Unit 3

•  Understanding and Producing Non-Fiction Texts Unit 1

Year 11

In Year 11 classes remain with their 'home' teacher and cover the following units:

•  Of Mice and Men

•  Other Cultures Poetry

•  Reading Paper 1

•  Writing to Argue, Persuade, Advise

•  Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, Pre-1914 Poetry

•  Writing to Inform, Explain, Describe