English

English Curriculum

English Curriculum Pathways & Learning Journey (Click Images to open files)

KS4 English Curriculum

AQA GCSE English Language

Students will draw upon a range of texts as reading stimulus and engage with creative as well as real and relevant contexts. Students will have opportunities to develop higher-order reading and critical thinking skills that encourage genuine enquiry into different topics and themes.. Students will be able to demonstrate a confident control of Standard English and write grammatically correct sentences, deploying figurative language and analysing texts.

Students will be able to:

• Study a wide range of texts including literature and literary non-fiction as well as other writing such as reviews and journalism.
• Read and evaluate texts critically and make comparisons between texts
• Summarise and synthesise information or ideas from texts
• Use knowledge gained from wide reading to inform and improve their own writing
• Write effectively and coherently using Standard English appropriately
• Use grammar correctly and punctuate and spell accurately
• Acquire and apply a wide vocabulary, alongside a knowledge and understanding of grammatical terminology, and linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language
• Listen to and understand spoken language and use spoken Standard English effectively.

Assessment

Paper 1: 1 hour 45 mins, 50% GCSE

Paper 2: 1 hour 45 mins, 50% GCSE