| (Sept – Oct) | (Nov – Dec) | (Jan – Feb) | (Mar – Apr) | (May – Jun) |
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| Topic Title | Units 1 and 2: Spine-chilling Suspense and Manic Media | Units 3 and 4: Hazardous Hobbies and Food for Thought | Units 5 and 6: | Units 7 and 8: | Unit 9: Nurturing Nature |
| Joyous Journeys and Dating the Drama | Sizzling Science and Hairy History |
| Key Skills and Content | ● Using verbs to create suspense | ● Analysing non-narrative poetry | ● Practising with context clues | ● Exploring genre | ● Researching different types of poems |
| ● Continuing the story | ● Analysing extended metaphors in real life | ● Creating different types of oral sentences | ● Investigating semantic fields | ● Experimenting with the language of poetry |
| ● The key features to writing suspense | ● Using analogy | ● Writing descriptive accounts | ● Researching made-up words | ● Comparing and contrasting poems |
| ● Developing imagery | ● Kennings | ● Analysing the value of literature in the modern world | ● Reviewing formal letter writing Exploring dialogue | ● Structuring poems |
| ● Arguing a main issue | ● Using facts and opinions | ● Experimenting with play-writing | ● Talking about the past | ● Imagining the scene |
| ● Exploring features of media texts such as: TV news programmes, front page stories, and news reports | ● Advert designs and slogans | | ● Planning and writing a biography | ● Writing a character report |
| ● Researching antithesis | | | ● Writing haikus and longer poems |
| ● Using emotive words for effect | | | |
| Summative Assessment | Teacher choice of assessment including writing powerful descriptions of horrible beings, suspense stories, interview scripts and news reports | Teacher choice of assessment including writing analogy poems, debates, recipes, advert designs and radio charity appeals | Teacher choice of assessment including writing blog posts, role-plays, and class stories | Teacher choice of assessment including writing formal letters, monologues, science-fiction stories, and mini-autobiographies | Teacher choice of assessment including writing short laments, essays, haikus and limericks |
| Year 7 Language projects | Podcast episodes and mini news websites using Google Sites | Safety gear designs and restaurant menus | Virtual Reality tours and audio dramas | Sci-fi board games and | Digital time capsules |
| history storyboards |
