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Curriculum Overview KS3 –
Year 8
Subject: English
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
Autumn 2
Autumn 1
Spring 1
Summer 1 Summer 2
Spring 2
GCSE linlk:Literature
Paper 1, Section B
GCSE link: Literature
Paper 1, Section B
GCSE link: Language
Paper 1, Section B
GCSE link:
Literature Paper 2,
Section B
GCSE link:
Language Paper 2,
A/B
GCSE link: paper 1,
Section A/B
Novel
Study
Assessed by:
an essay
response on an
extract from
the novel.
Legends
and Heroes
Assessed
by:
creative
writing
response
Media Texts
Assessed
by:
Writing a
newspaper
article;
presenting
the article as
a newsreport
for a news
show.
Cultures and
Societies
Assessed by:
analytical
essay
comparing 2
texts from
same culture
but
different
eras
Introducing
Will.I.Am
Assessed by:
formal
presentation
on a
character
from chosen
play
Spooks and
Spirits
Assessed
by: creative
writing
response
based on an
image