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| Topic Title | The London Eye Mystery | The London Eye Mystery | Wonder | Wonder | A Study in Scarlet |
| Key Skills and Content | • Understanding and retrieving information | • Assessing parallels and differences between characters | • Making deductions about book covers | • Identifying different language features | • Analysing the impact of book covers |
| • Making predictions about a text | • Considering key themes in the story | • Making predictions about plot and characters | • Considering alternative perspectives | • Identifying features of the detective genre |
| • Commenting on the writer’s use of language | • Commenting on structural features | • Selecting quotes that reveal character feelings | • Understanding how tension is created | • Exploring the presentation of character through description |
| • Exploring idiomatic language | • Inferring information from the text about characters and events | • Understanding the narrative of a modern poem | • Sustaining a character in role-play | • Identifying figurative language and explaining its effects |
| • Relating texts to their historical context | | • Identify sensory imagery | • Reflecting on reading skills | • Planning the plot of a detective story |
| • Identifying links between setting and plot development | | • Creating a setting to appeal to a reader’s senses | | • Role-playing in a chat show format |
| • Exploring persuasive language and presentational devices | | | | |
| Summative Assessment | Teacher choice of assessment including writing diary entries | Teacher choice of assessment including writing articles and reviews | Teacher choice of assessment including conducting class debates and writing poetry | Teacher choice of assessment including producing role-plays | Teacher choice of assessment including writing formal letters and reviews |
| Yr 9 Literature Projects | Poster designs | Billboard campaigns | Short stories | Literary journals and sketchbooks | Pastry art stories |
