Quick Links Home About Parents Students Curriculum News & events Vacancies Contact us Home Curriculum English English Intent: The Twickenham School English Department follows the whole school policy for curriculum provision. In addition to this, the English department will also: build on prior learning in key stages 1 and 2 in order to develop a life-long enthusiasm for English encourage all students to consider further study of English and entry to English related careers post-16 and beyond develop students’ interest in English in the wider world through activities such as school visits, clubs and competitions. The English curriculum is based on our aims to ensure students are exposed to a wide variety of literature and develop and practice their skills in reading and writing. It is our intention to ensure that students have had every opportunity to develop as confident communicators with knowledge of a diverse range of texts both contemporary and from the literary tradition. Our curriculum is spirally sequenced so that students revisit and build key skills in reading and writing as they progress from KS3 to KS4. In each year, students study poetry, drama and a prose text, plus a Shakespeare text in addition to creative writing and non-fiction reading and writing. We place emphasis on speaking and listening as an essential element of our curriculum and work with the Jack Petchey Speak Out competition in Year 10 in preparation for the Spoken Language Endorsement at GCSE.At KS3 and KS4 all students are taught in mixed ability classes and follow the topics outlined on the curriculum sequence document. The units at KS3 build students’ skills, knowledge and subject terminology in preparation for KS4. Specification: All students study both AQA GCSE English Language and Literature in KS4. AQA | English | GCSE | English Language AQA | English | GCSE | English Literature Curriculum Sequence Implementaton: Year Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 7 Origins Fairy Tale Carnival Short stories (Grimm’s, Celtic, Asian, Arab) Retellings Origins Beowulf Epic Poem Origins (Olde English) Identity Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Modern novel Identity Pygmalion Victorian play text Dilemmas and Disasters Non-Fiction Biographies (Anthology) *Newspaper Articles * Literary Journalism Dilemmas and Disasters A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare Play text 8 A Fearful World A Wrinkle in Time Modern novel A Fearful World Dracula Victorian play text Gothic horror Myths and Magic The Odyssey Epic Poem Origins (Greek) Myths and Magic The Tempest Shakespeare Play text Visionaries Romantics Romantic Poetry Visionaries Speeches Non-fiction 9 Secrets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Modern play Secrets Sherlock Holmes Short story anthology Victorian text Dreamers Of Mice & Men Modern novel Dreamers Non-Fiction Biographies *Speeches (Anthology) Disturbed Minds Macbeth Disturbed Minds Contemporary poetry Classical poetry 10 Modern Texts - 20th century play/drama An Inspector Calls Introduction to Lan Paper 1 - Explorations in Creative Writing Introduction to Poetry Relationships Poetry 1789 to present day: Poetry Anthology ‘Love and Relationships’ or ‘Power and Conflict’ clusters Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Introduction to Lan Paper 2 – Non-fiction Spoken Language Speaking and Listening endorsement to be completed in class. 11 Poetry: Revision of Anthology and Unseen Poetry C19th Literature A Christmas Carol REVISION: Lan Paper 1 Lit Paper 1 REVISION: Lan Paper 2 Lit Paper 2 REVISION: Lan Paper 1 & 2 Lit Paper 1& 2 Conclusion of GCSE examinations PAGE DOWNLOADS Twickenham Spelling Tips Poster.pdf Curriculum Key Stage 3 curriculum Key Stage 4 curriculum Careers information English Mathematics Science Art & Design Performing Arts Food and Nutrition Geography History Computer Science and Business Studies Modern Foreign Languages Music Physical Education Religious Studies Personal Development and Citizenship TWICKENHAM SCHOOL Percy Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 6JW Email Us 020 8894 4503 Get Directions Terms of use Sitemap Privacy policy Parent View Cookie Usage High Visibility Version School website by * Cookie Policy: We use cookies on this site to improve your user experience. MORE INFORMATION ALLOW ALL COOKIES MANAGE PREFERENCES