THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND DRAMA - CURRICULUM
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We currently offer AQA Spec B English and English Literature to all our students, and OCR English Literature A level and AQA Drama and Theatre Studies A levels.
GCSE Drama is offered as an option after Year 9.
There follows an outline of our curriculum with some its special features highlighted!
| Year Seven |
Autobiography… Who am I? |
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Basic Writing Skills |
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Use of the Library |
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Cross-curricular project |
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Creative Writing Competition |
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ICT/English Project |
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Use of Reference Books |
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Poetry Terms |
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Discover a Poet Project |
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Learning Poems by Heart |
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Grammar and Spelling |
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Letter Writing |
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Independent Reading Project |
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Prose, Poetry , Drama Texts, Creative writing |
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| Year Eight |
Travel Writing-Invent a dream destination! |
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Research Project on Shakespeare and his Theatre |
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Knowledge about Language Work |
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Personal Spoken Language Profile: where my words come from |
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Advertising/ Language of Persuasion |
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Independent Reading Project |
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Prose, Poetry, Drama Texts, Creative Writing |
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Grammar and Spelling |
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| Year Nine |
Prose, Poetry, Drama and Creative Writing |
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Formal Literature Essays |
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Formal Debating |
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The Language of Film and Television |
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Detailed Study of a Shakespeare Play |
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Group Performance of a Shakespeare Scene |
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Grammar and Spelling |
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| Year Ten |
Education/ Choosing a Teacher |
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Design Your Own School |
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Interviews/ CVs |
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Monsters and Misfits- Frankenstein |
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First World War History and Poetry |
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Newspapers |
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Individual Talks and Debates |
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| Year Eleven |
Creative Writing |
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Lord of the Flies |
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The Merchant of Venice |
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The Sonnet |
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Drama Role Play |
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| Year Twelve |
Introduction to A level work |
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A History of English Literature |
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Antony and Cleopatra |
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A Streetcar Named Desire |
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Chaucer |
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The Novel |
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| Year Thirteen |
Hamlet |
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The Remains of the Day |
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Modern Drama |
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Critical Approaches |
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THEATRE STUDIES |
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| Year Twelve |
Perform part of a published play |
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Learn how to write about acting, design, directing |
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Learn about a theatre practitioner |
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| Year Thirteen |
Write a play |
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Learn more about plays from a performance point of view |
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Learn more about the art of directing |
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