| (Sept – Oct) | (Nov – Dec) | (Jan – Feb) | (Mar – Apr) | (May – Jun) |
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| Topic Title | Frozen in Time | Frozen in Time | Tightrope | Sky Hawk | Sky Hawk |
| Key Skills and Content | • Recognising elements of story genre | • Balancing humour and tension | ● Exploring setting and characters | ● Analysing effective opening/settings | ● Comparing layout of emails and letters |
| • Establishing character | • Literary conventions | ● Building the Plot | ● Exploring relationships | ● Exploring dramatic tension and crisis |
| • Setting context | • Building tension and suspense | ● Developing characters | ● Using verbs and adjectives in descriptive writing | ● Recreating a news interview |
| • Historical and cultural Context | • Appreciating story climax and ending | ● Understanding narrative structure | ● Exploring the themes of nature and conservation | ● Analysing the writer’s craft |
| • Recognising the | | ● Following the evidence | ● Developing characterisation | ● Comparing parallel structures |
| effectiveness of plot devices and language | | ● Effects of plot twists | ● Experimenting with pathetic fallacy | ● Exploring dilemmas faced by a character |
| • Examining thematic elements | | ● Analysing narrative resolution | | ● Identifying the key components of a review |
| Summative Assessment | Teacher choice of assessment including writing diary extracts | Teacher choice of assessment including writing letters and character analyses | Teacher choice of assessment including writing monologues and chapter additions | Teacher choice of assessment including creating role-plays | Teacher choice of assessment including writing reviews |
| Yr 7 Literature Projects | Secret agent’s dossiers, PPT presentations, and comic strips | Machine designs with futuristic technology and secret codes | Calligraphy graffiti art and mp3 character recordings | Sustainable Future Dream Tree Houses and ‘Green events’ proposals | Journey tracing using Google Earth |
