English
The school’s motto is ‘comprehensive excellence’. In English, we believe in equipping pupils with the knowledge and skills to achieve their best.
Through the study of fiction and non-fiction texts, pupils explore a variety of authors and genres, deepening knowledge of language, style and form whilst developing their reading and writing skills and knowledge of contemporary and canonical texts. Pupils also gain an appreciation of historical contexts and culture, linking their learning to the wider curriculum as well as British values and social and political topics.
We have a strong team of enthusiastic teachers who support pupils in their study of English.
Subject: ENGLISH
Exam Board: AQA
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Unit 1
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Unit 2
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Unit 3
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Unit 4
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Unit 5
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Year 7
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Genre Study:
Storytelling - Language and Legends
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Prose:
The Weight of Water
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Creative Writing:
Detective Fiction
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Non-Fiction: What makes us human?
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Drama:
Frankenstein (Pullman)
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Year 8
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Genre Study:
Dystopia
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Non-Fiction:
The Media
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Prose:
The Weight of Water
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Drama:
Richard III
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Poetry:
War
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Year 9
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Genre Study:
The Gothic
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Drama:
Twelfth Night
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Non-Fiction: The Language of Protest
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Prose:
Animal Farm
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Poetry:
Nature
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Autumn 1
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Autumn 2
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Spring 1
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Spring 2
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Summer 1
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Summer 2
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Year 10
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Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
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Poetry:
Power and Conflict
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Language: Paper 1
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Drama: An Inspector Calls
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Language: Paper 2
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Poetry Revision (including unseen poetry)
Spoken Language Assessment
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Year 11
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Prose:
The Sign of Four
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Revision:
Poetry and Creative Writing
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Revision:
Lit P2
Lang P1
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Revision:
Lit P1
Lang P2
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Revision:
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GCSE Exams
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www.reephamcollege.com/for-students-and-parents/subjects
Key Stage 5: Language
Year 12:
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UNIT 1
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UNIT 2
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UNIT 3
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UNIT 4
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TEACHER 1
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Representations (spoken language)
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Language Diversity:
Accent and dialect
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Child Language Acquisition
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NEA:
Original Writing and Commentary
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TEACHER 2
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Representations (written language)
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Language Diversity:
Gender
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Language Diversity:
Occupation
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NEA:
Language Investigation
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Year 13:
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UNIT 1
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UNIT 2
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UNIT 3
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UNIT 4
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TEACHER 1
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NEA:
Original Writing and Commentary
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Language Diversity:
Social Groups
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Revision
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Revision
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TEACHER 2
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NEA:
Language Investigation
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Language Change
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Language Diversity:
World Englishes
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Revision
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Key Stage 5: English Literature
Exam Board: AQA
Year 12:
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UNIT 1
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UNIT 2
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UNIT 3
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TEACHER 1
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Shakespeare: Othello
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Pre-1900 poetry anthology and Rebecca (comparison)
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NEA preparation – comparative literature essay
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TEACHER 2
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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The Handmaid’s Tale and Carol Ann Duffy Poetry (comparison)
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NEA preparation – comparative literature essay
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Year 13:
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UNIT 1
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UNIT 2
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UNIT 3
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UNIT 4
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TEACHER 1
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NEA:
Comparative Literature Essay
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Unseen Poetry
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Revision
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Revision
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TEACHER 2
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NEA:
Comparative Literature Essay
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Unseen Prose
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Revision
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Revision
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Accommodation and Resources
- The English department is situated largely in its own block and most of the main school lessons are taught there. A Level lessons are taught in the main College building.
- Each room has its own interactive projector and visualiser.
- The department is well resourced with sets of class books for KS3, a range of revision resources for GCSE and an extensive range of text books and reading material for both A Level Literature and A Level Language.
- We subscribe to www.englishandmedia.co.uk with pupils having full access to the back catalogue of resources on the website. We also subscribe to www.babelzine.co.uk which is a publication dedicated to the study of language and linguistics. This is particularly useful for our A Level students.
Extra-curricular Activity and Trips
The English curriculum aims to enrich pupils beyond the classroom with activities such as reading clubs, writing competitions and author visits. For example, Y7 enjoyed a visit from Tom Palmer and Y8 have a Japan Day inspired by the reading of Tsunami Girl with visits from the author and illustrator. Promoting a love of reading is a goal for the department and we work closely with the library to do this. Each year, there is Carnegie Shadowing Group and opportunities to visit the local primary school to share our love of reading with younger pupils. Y7 also enjoy ‘Reepham Stories’, when they explore their local area to inspire a piece of creative writing.
