- KS3 assessment overview sheet Pupil sheet
- Reading Progression grid FXO Reading progression grid
- Writing Progression grid FXO Writing progression grid
- Speaking and Listening Progression grid FXOSpeaking and Listening progression grid
KS3 units
Year 7
- FXO Y7 Curriculum Map 2022-2023 Y7 Curriculum map
- FXO Y7 Reading Journal 2022-2023 Y7 Reading Journal 2022-2023 v1
Unit 1: Mythology
- Y7 Mythology 2022 Teacher Guide: U1 Mythology Teacher Guide
- Y7 Mythology 2022 Pupil booklet: U1 Mythology Pupil Booklet
- Y7 Mythology 2022 Accompanying Powerpoints: U1 Mythology PPT SOW
- Y7 Mythology 2022 Homework booklet: U1 Mythology Homework booklet
- Y7 Mythology 2022 Linked reading: U1 Mythology Linked reading
Unit 2: The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket
- Y7 Barnaby Brocket Teacher Guide 2022 U2 Novel Barnaby Brocket Teacher Guide
- Y7 Barnaby Brocket Pupil Booklet 2022 Unit 2 BB Pupil Booklet (1)
- Y7 Barnaby Brocket Knowledge Organiser U2 Novel Knowledge Organiser
- Y7 Barnaby Brocket Accompanying Powerpoints 2022 Unit 2 Barnaby Brocket PPT SOW
- Y7 Barnaby Brocket Homework Booklet 2022 U2 Novel Barnaby Brocket Homework booklet
- Y7 Barnaby Brocket Linked Reading 2022
Unit 3: Memoir Writing
Y7 Memoir Writing – taken from the fabulous Elisabeth Bowling and converted into a 12 lesson scheme:
- Y7 Memoir Writing – Medium Term Plan Memoir MTP
- Y7 Memoir Writing – Knowledge Organiser U3 Y7 Memoirs Knowledge Organiser
- Y7 Memoir Writing – Memoir Student booklet Memoir booklet
Unit 4: Poetry – identity
A unit exploring a number of poems all linked to place.
- Y7 Poetry – Teacher guide / Medium / Short Term Planning Unit 4 Poetry Teacher Guide MTP STP
- Y7 Poetry – Pupil booklet Unit 4 Poetry Pupil Booklet
- Y7 Poetry – Anthology Y7 Poetry Anthology
- Y7 Poetry – PPT SOW Poetry SOW PPT
Year 8
- FXO Y8 Curriculum Map 2022-2023: y8-curriculum-map
- Y8 Reading Journal Y8 Reading journal 2022-2023 (1)
Unit 1: 19th century fiction – Settings
- Y8 19th century fiction 2022 Teacher Guide: Y8 19th century fiction Teacher guide
- Y8 19th century fiction 2022 Pupil Booklet: Y8 19th century fiction Pupil booklet
- Y8 19th century fiction 2022 Accompanying Powerpoints: Unit 1 19th century fiction PPT SOW
- Y8 19th century fiction 2022 Homework booklet: y8-19th-century-fiction-homework-booklet v2
- Y8 19th century fiction 2022 Linked reading: Y8 19th century fiction Linked reading v2
Unit 2: Protest Poetry
First teaching 2022 – building unit as I go so work in progress…(Powerpoint SOW to follow)
- Y8 Protest Poetry Booklet 2022 Y8 Protest Poetry Pupil Booklet
- Y8 Protest Poetry Linked Reading Y8 Protest Poetry Linked Reading
Unseen poetry Structure strip Y8 Unseen poetry structure strip original
Unit 3: Modern Drama – Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers 2022 Booklet BB 2022 booklet (PPT version) BB 2022 booklet (PDF version)
Blood Brothers – Knowledge Organiser BB Knowledge organiser
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- L1: SOI Where do writers get their inspiration? L1 BB SOI
- L2: What is the purpose of a text if it is considered to be didactic? L2 BB The Pact
- L3: What choices do directors make when considering how to present their characters on stage? L3 BB Characterisation
- L4: How are plays (and musicals) structured? L4 BB Dramatic structure
- L5: Can you ever leave the past behind? How do writers create dramatic tension? L5 BB Dramatic tension
- L6: What is an anagnorisis? L6 BB Anagnorisis
- L7: the ending of the play L7 BB The ending
- L8: How does a drama text differ from a prose text or a piece of poetry? What are some of the considerations that are needed in order to develop a performance piece? L8 Text as performance
- L9: Blood Brothers as a tragicomedy L9 Tragicomedy
- L10: The Prologue L10 The Prologue
- L11: Monologue, duologue, soliloquy and song L11 monologue duologue soliloquy or song
- L12: Symbols and motifs L12 Symbols and motifs
- L13: The role of the narrator L13 The role of the narrator
- BB essay prep booklet: BB Essay prep booklet
Unit 7: Speeches
Short burst writing: rhetorical devices Short burst writing rhetorical devices
- L1: L1 What is rhetoric
- L2: L2 What is ethos
- L3: L3 What is logos
- L4: L4 What is pathos
- L5+6: L5 Elizabeth I speech
- L7: L7 Churchill speech
Unit 8: 19th century novel – A Christmas Carol
Other resources
- Reading journal Reading journal 2021-2022
- Grammar workbook Grammar workbook
- Grammar workbook 2 Grammar workbook 2
- Character writing stimulus https://designbump.com/47-powerful-photographs-of-people-from-around-the-world/
- Reading mat for WHAT HOW WHY reading-literacy-mat (1)
- Imaginative writing prompts imaginative-writing-prompts11 (1)
SOW
Y9 Imaginative writing: focus on mood / atmosphere and shifts
- Y9 – Imaginative writing student booklet Y9 Imaginative writing booklet
Old units of work
- Y7 Language through time Poetry Language through time poetry
- Y8 Lamb to the Slaughter and The Speckled Band Lamb to the Slaughter and Speckled Band
- Y8 The Power of Rhetoric – Booklet 1 The Power of Rhetoric workbook1 Booklet 2 The Power of Rhetoric workbook2
- Y8 Non-fiction articles and comparison Non-fiction articles and comparison
- Y8 Writing to inform Writing to inform
- Y9 Writing to Argue Writing to Argue
- Y9 Romeo and Juliet comprehension booklet Romeo and Juliet booklet
- Text structure booklet Text Structure booklet
- Frankenstein Context booklet Frankenstein context booklet
- Lord of the Flies Context booklet Lord of the Flies context booklet
- Charles Dickens Context booklet Charles Dickens booklet
- Our Day Out comprehension booklet Our Day Out Big comp 1 Our Day Out Big comp 2
- Our Day Out – non-fiction articles linked reading and comp Our Day out non-fiction articles
Mythology unit 2021
- Knowledge Organiser Y7 Mythology Knowledge Organiser
- Anthology Y7 Mythology extracts book
- Powerpoints 2021: Mythology SOW 2021
- Show me what you know – Knowledge tests: Show me what you know quiz
- Show me what you know – Knowledge tests 2: Y7 Show me what you know knowledge quiz
- Week 1: Simple sentences Week 1 Simple Sentences
- Week 2: Compound sentences Week 2 Compound sentences
- Week 3: Complex sentences with an embedded clause Week 3 Complex sentences
- Week 4: Complex sentences Week 4 Complex sentences
- Week 5: Appositives Week 5 Appositives
- Week 6: Varying our sentence starts Week 6 Varying our sentences
- Week 7: Varying our sentence starts Week 7 Varying our sentences