Curriculum Pathway

Academic Year 2021-2022

Department: Languages
Department Details Assessment Types
Subject: English First Language Assessment Type 1: Written assessments (summaries, letters,
reports, reviews, story writing, etc.)
Head of Department: Dominic Jacques
Head of Department Email: [Link]@[Link] Assessment Type 2: Speaking assessments (debates,
presentations, interviews, iGCSE speaking cards)
Subject Teacher: James Schultz
Assessment Type 3: Listening comprehension
Assessment Type 4: Reading comprehension
Assessment Type 5: End of year exams

Year Term Unit(s) of Work Core Knowledge & Concepts

7 1 Suspense genre fiction ● To write a suspenseful piece of fiction effectively, understanding the core concepts involved
● Planning and writing complete paragraphs
Paragraph planning ● Study of journalistic writing
● Planning and execution of a piece of journalistic writing
Journalistic writing ● Understanding the difference between facts and opinions and using them both to effect in writing
● Students will work on 4 main areas of speaking skills, focusing on fluency and coherence, lexical
Facts and Opinions resource, grammatical range and accuracy and pronunciation.
● Grammar: learn about word class, word order, present continuous, present perfect, present simple
Strong and weak statements (negatives and questions), and various past tense forms.
adjectives ● IDC: Students will work on 4 main areas of speaking skills, focusing on fluency and coherence, lexical
resource, grammatical range and accuracy and pronunciation.
Grammar

2 Vowels and double ● To understand and be able to use both active and passive verbs effectively
consonants ● Understanding the timeline of fiction and drama
● To evaluate differences between modern and archaic English
● To understand the differences between biography and autobiography writing
Active and passive verbs
● Writing both biographical and autobiographical accounts
● To write descriptively within narrative
Pre-20th Century fiction ● Students will work on 4 main areas of speaking skills, focusing on fluency and coherence, lexical
and drama resource, grammatical range and accuracy and pronunciation.
● Grammar: learn about question tags, prepositional & phrasal verbs, verbs with two objects, modal
Biography and verbs, Yes/No Questions and short answers, and Open-ended question forms (when, where, why,
Autobiography how, whose?)
● IDC: Students will work on key areas of written communication including coherence and cohesion,
Writing descriptive lexical resource and grammatical range and accuracy in both academic and creative writing.
narratives

3 Pre-20th century poetry ● Reading, writing and understanding poetry

● Evaluating grammar in prose and literature
Grammar in prose ● To learn how to structure a poem effectively
● Evaluating poetry structure
Structuring poetry ● Learning how to evaluate and write characters
● How to make a piece of writing flow effectively
Character study and ● Students will work on 4 main areas of speaking skills, focusing on fluency and coherence, lexical
reports resource, grammatical range and accuracy and pronunciation.
● Students will learn how to use various determiners (some, any, no, none, etc.), articles, and if clauses
Linking words and ● Students will combine their skill sets from term 1 and term 2 to develop their verbal and written
sentences communication skills, culminating in a final project to combine and showcase the development of
their skills in both speaking and writing.
Year review ● IDC:Students will combine their skill sets from term 1 and term 2 to develop their verbal and written
communication skills, culminating in a final project to combine and showcase the development of
their skills in both speaking and writing.

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 8 1 Spelling & sentence ● Spelling tricks and tips, how to remember difficult spelling words
construction ● Constructing sentences and paragraphs effectively
● Punctuation in different writing formats
● Formality in writing, when and how to apply high or low formality
Punctuation and stylistic
● Understanding and practicing using synonyms and antonyms
techniques
● Students will work on key areas of written communication including coherence and cohesion, lexical
resource and grammatical range and accuracy in both academic and creative writing.
Formality & letter writing ● Students will learn how to write fact files using a growing range of appropriate subject-specific
vocabulary and syntax to talk about related topics.
Parenthetical phrases ● IDC: Students will work on key areas of written communication including coherence and cohesion,
lexical resource and grammatical range and accuracy in both academic and creative writing.
Synonyms/Antonyms

2 Non-fiction texts ● Understanding the style and tone of a variety of factual texts
● Reading, evaluating and writing poetry
Features of poetry across ● Working on literature around myths, legends and cultures
time and culture ● Practice on tone and style in writing, using different writing formats
● Understanding report writing
Myths and Legends for ● To plan a piece of writing before beginning the writing process
different cultures ● Students will work on key areas of written communication including coherence and cohesion, lexical
resource and grammatical range and accuracy in both academic and creative writing.
Tone in Language ● Be able to use a wide range of modal forms, for a range of functions, on a range of general and
curricular topics
Report writing - ● Focus on verbs and prepositions followed by -ing structures
Formal/informal ● Use a growing range of dependent prepositions following adjectives
● IDC: Students will work on key areas of written communication including coherence and cohesion,
Story planning lexical resource and grammatical range and accuracy in both academic and creative writing.

3 Character development ● Understanding how to develop character in narrative

● Creating and describing a character
Restrictive and ● Planning the details of a story before writing
nonrestrictive clauses ● Using prefixes and suffixes in writing
● How to vary sentence length to make written work more effective
Story structure ● Grammar skills: Use a growing range of gerunds as objects and subjects
● Use a range of reported speech forms on a range of general and curricular topics
Prefixes and suffixes ● Write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of general and curricular topics, with
little support
Sentence length and ● Students will combine their skill sets from term 1 and term 2 to develop their verbal and written
writing communication skills, culminating in a final project to combine and showcase the development of
their skills in both speaking and writing.
Relative pronouns, ● IDC: Students will combine their skill sets from term 1 and term 2 to develop their verbal and written
antecedents, communication skills, culminating in a final project to combine and showcase the development of
conditionals, reported their skills in both speaking and writing.
speech

9 1 Narrative viewpoint ● An in-depth look at how narrative works and how to create it effectively
● Understanding archaic language and how language changes
Understanding archaic ● Practice at varying sentence length and structure
language ● Introduction to genre; how genres are different and variety within genres
● Learn how to write in a specific genre
Complex sentences &
● Practice in writing dialogue, including both group and individual assignments
embedded clauses
● Grammar will focus on past simple and continuous, present simple and continuous, will and
Fantasy story-writing going to, present perfect and continuous, modals, and question forms.
● Students will work on key areas of written communication including coherence and cohesion, lexical
Direct and reported resource and grammatical range, and accuracy in both academic and creative writing.
speech ● IDC: Students will work on key areas of written communication including coherence and cohesion,
lexical resource and grammatical range, and accuracy in both academic and creative writing.

2 Examining different text ● Study of a variety of text types and how they are individually effective
types

Figurative language and ● Introduction to figurative language, and how to interpret it

how to identify it ● How to write figuratively in prose
Varying sentence
structures ● Practice on creating diverse sentence structures for effect

Travel writing ● Writing to advise or persuade, and completing numerous essays

● Writing to inform
Presenting an effective ● Speaking formally and effectively relating to a variety of topics
oral argument

Poetry and poetic ● Poetic imagery and interpretation

imagery
● Grammar will focus on phrasal verbs, linking verbs, quantifiers, pronouns, and prepositions.

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 ● Students will work on key areas of written communication including coherence and cohesion, lexical
resource and grammatical range, and accuracy in both academic and creative writing.
● IDC: Students will work on key areas of written communication including coherence and cohesion,
lexical resource and grammatical range, and accuracy in both academic and creative writing.

3 Presenting character in ● Using skills on character development and using them in narrative writing
narrative writing ● Using persuasion techniques in writing effectively
● Responding to narrative and other texts, how to interpret meaning
Using language to convey ● Responding to non-fiction texts and how to analyze effectively
meaning ● Skill summarization and reflection
● Grammar will focus on adjectives, comparatives, superlatives, and adverb and adverb phrases
Travel work:
advertisement and ● Students will combine their skill sets from term 1 and term 2 to develop their verbal and written
non-fiction communication skills, culminating in a final project to combine and showcase the development of
their skills in both speaking and writing.
Responding to narrative ● IDC: Students will combine their skill sets from term 1 and term 2 to develop their verbal and written
communication skills, culminating in a final project to combine and showcase the development of
Skill revision their skills in both speaking and writing.

Year review

10 1 Travel reading & writing ● Using reading skills in writing to find specific information
IGCSE ● To use effective persuasive techniques in an assessed piece of writing
Summarizing skills ● Analysis of non-fiction writing and using evidence in responses
● Using setting, imagery, and figurative language in narrative work
Conditions and evidence ● Writing and speaking to argue and persuade, key skills and techniques
● Travel writing will include vocabulary practice, writing practice, and reading and information
Setting, imagery & selection
figurative language ● Travel writing will be assessed for the topic of writing after practice - 500-word pieces assessed by
0500 coursework writing standards
Writing to argue and ● Writing to argue and persuade will be practiced, examples will be shown and techniques will be
persuade transferred

2 Using data and statistics ● Using data and statistics in responsive writing as evidence
● Analysis of persuasive and argumentative pieces of writing, examples of techniques used
● The core differences between descriptive and narrative and how to write both effectively
Writing techniques:
● Responsive writing, using skills learned on effective methods including evidence, persuasion, and
Writing to argue, writing
argumentation
to persuade
● Speaking skills including presentations, speeches, and forming opinions
● Writing to argue and persuade will be assessed in the form of a coursework-size piece of writing by
Descriptive vs narrative students. 500-800 words, topics will be decided by students
writing ● Descriptive and narrative practice, students will write pieces of their own, following closely the
criteria of the coursework mark scheme for 0500
Writing to respond ● Writing to respond will be practiced, the original text will be unified across the class, responses
individually
Conversational speaking ● Speaking will be assessed to the standards of Second Language English, based on Second Language
with prompts speaking prompts

3 Summarizing skills ● Summary work, including the structure and formality

● Writing techniques, covering all previous work
● Coursework outline and skills needed
Writing techniques
● Exam outline, practice, and skills needed
● Mock coursework will be produced, submitted as assessments, mark scheme will be 0500 -
Coursework practice coursework MS
Exam skills ● Past paper 0500 practice, skills, and areas for improvement assessed individually and as a class
Year review ● The yearly review will include areas for improvement to prepare for the following year’s exams.

11 1 Coursework production ● Developing and using writing skills related to coursework topics and submission
IGCSE ● Developing and using reading and responsive skills
● Developing fluency in reading, writing, speaking, and vocabulary
● Students will produce their coursework during this term, all 3 pieces will be drafted, edited,
re-written, and submitted during this time
Vocabulary Practice ● Vocabulary will be the primary focus of skill transfer throughout this term
● Vocabulary practice will include mind mapping, listing, thesaurus work, vocabulary in practice, etc.

2 Exam practice ● Developing and using writing skills related to the coursework components
● Developing and using reading and responsive skills
● Developing fluency in reading, writing, speaking, and vocabulary
Coursework evaluation
● Past paper practice, review, and self-appraisals will be made
and completion
● Focus on sections of the exam paper which students, individually and as a group, struggle with
● Final evaluations and edits on coursework before submission

3 Exam period