At Key Stage 3 we will study:-
Year 7
Unit of work | Texts include |
Expressions of Self | The Speeches of:
Malala Yousafzai Oprah Winfrey Emma Watson Lupita Nyong Martin Luther King Michelle Obama
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Wildlife | Selection of non-fiction texts
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The Natural World | ‘Wind’ by Ted Hughes: 1957
‘Death of a Naturalist’ by Seamus Heaney: 1966 ‘Cut Grass’ by Philip Larkin: 1971 ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats: 1820 ‘Nature is What We See’ by Emily Dickinson: 1863 ‘Sonnet 29’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1850
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Gothic Writing | ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker: (1897)
Extract from ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ by Edgar Allan Poe: 1839 Extract from ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier: 1938 Extract from ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allan Poe: 1843 Extract from ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley: 1823 Extract from ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ by Washington Irving: 1820 Extract from ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 1902
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Great Expectations | Extracts from ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens: 1860
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Year 8
Unit of work | Texts include |
The Art of Storytelling | |
The Media | Jaws (film, 1975)
Room 8, short film (2015)
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Twelfth Night | Extracts from ‘Twelfth Night’ by William Shakespeare: 1602 |
Voices and Perspectives | ‘Flag’ – John Agard
‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ – Chinua Achebe ‘Still I Rise’ – Maya Angelou ‘Praise Song for my Mother’ – Grace Nichols ‘Once Upon a Time’ Gabriel Okara
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Great Expectations | Extracts from ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens: 1860
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Travel Writing | ‘Animal Farm’ – George Orwell
‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ – George Orwell ‘Road to Wigan Pier’ – George Orwell
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Year 9
Unit of work | Texts include |
American Worlds | The Cruicible
Of Mice and Men To Kill a Mockingbird Poetry of Walt Whitman Poetry of Robert Frost Poetry of Langston Hughes Poetry of Allen Ginsberg Poetry of Emily Dickinson Poetry of Gwendoline Brookes |
Outsiders | Oliver Twist
Maus |
Blood Brothers | Blood Brothers by Willy Russsell |
Spoken Language |
Eaton Bank Book Club
We would like to welcome all new parents to Eaton Bank English Department and introduce you to our school Book Club.
Having talked with many, many parents over the years, we know that you share our desire to get children reading more and engaging with excellent writing. Reading is the fundamental skill that increases success in every area of school life – we want to encourage both reading for pleasure and wider reading by introducing students to high quality texts that complement their studies across the wide school curriculum whilst opening their eyes to the wider world.
In September 2018 we launched Eaton Bank Book Club and enrolled all our students as members. Each lower school Year group reads a challenging text each term and explores its ideas, characters and vocabulary in their timetabled Book Club Meetings.
Text 1 | About | Text 2 | About | |
Year 7 | The Bone Sparrow
Zana Fraillon |
A beautiful, vivid and deeply moving story about a refugee boy who has spent his entire life living in a detention centre. This novel reminds us all of the importance of freedom, hope, and the power of a story to speak for anyone who’s ever struggled to find a safe home. | Ghost Boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes |
A poignant and gripping story about how children and families face the complexities of race in today’s world. |
Year 8 | I Am Thunder
Muhammad Khan |
I Am Thunder is the debut novel from stunning YA voice, Muhammad Khan, which questions how far you’ll go to stand up for what you believe. | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of The Universe
Benjamin Alire Saenz |
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship-the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be. |
Year 9 | The Hate You Give
Angie Thomas
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Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl’s struggle for justice. | The Weight of a Thousand Feathers
Brian Conhagan |
Angry, stirring and tender, this is a bold, questioning exploration of the lengths to which we’ll go for the people we love. |
Each half term students will complete a levelled piece of work for reading and writing. These tasks will be awarded a National Curriculum level and will be completed in their ‘gold’ assessment books.
If you have any queries, please contact Mrs V Lewis – v.lewis@eatonbank.org
How are you reading this? How do you learn and pass on what you learn to others?
You are already an expert at English, and your GCSE courses in English Language will help you build upon and develop further the key skills of communication. The courses will help you understand and use both written and spoken words. English Literature helps us share the lives of other people and often puts into words experiences we all have, but in an exciting and interesting manner.
In your English studies you will be involved in reading novels, stories, plays and poems as well as studying newspaper and magazine articles, films and television. You will also learn how to tailor your writing to suit a range of different audiences and purposes.
All students will study GCSE Edexcel English Language and English Literature. Their results will be based on their performance in external examinations in reading and writing and a range of literature. Speaking and listening assessments will still be graded and reported but they will no longer count towards their overall grades.
The GCSE courses are divided into the following content and skills:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Assessment – Two exams:
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Assessment – Two exams:
COMMITMENTS/DEADLINES:
Homework assignments will be set regularly over the three years of the course and will be marked by subject staff. Moderating procedures will be standardised externally. It is important that students are responsible in planning their workload over time and meeting the stipulated deadlines.