English

Pupils study a range of drama, poetry and prose, including a different Shakespeare play each year. Pupils also study the correct rules of spelling, punctuation and grammar for one hour a week. There are five to seven one-hour English lessons per week. We also run additional, after-school reading support for our weakest readers.

Year 7 English

The Michaela Year 7 English curriculum prepares all pupils to express themselves coherently, accurately and concisely in writing and speech.

• UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
• UNIT 2: THE HOBBIT
• UNIT 3: CREATIVE WRITING
• UNIT 4: JULIUS CAESAR
• UNIT 5: INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
• UNIT 6: TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
• UNIT 7: ANCIENT HEROES 

Year 8 English

The Michaela Year 8 English curriculum builds on the pupils’ knowledge from Year 7 and focuses on deeper understanding and analysis.

• UNIT 1: CANTERBURY TALES
• UNIT 2: ROMEO AND JULIET
• UNIT 3: CREATIVE WRITING
• UNIT 4: SHERLOCK HOLMES
• UNIT 5: POETRY
• UNIT 6: TRANSACTIONAL WRITING

Year 9 English

In Year 9, we continue the study of great literature and challenge pupils to compare different texts by frequently recapping on those previously studied.

• UNIT 1: OLIVER TWIST 
• UNIT 2: OTHELLO
• UNIT 3: SPEECH WRITING 
• UNIT 4: 19TH CENTURY GOTHIC FICTION
• UNIT 5: UNSEEN POETRY
• UNIT 6: 20TH CENTURY PLAY

KS4 English

Pupils will sit Edexcel GCSE English Language and Edexcel English Literature at the end of year 11.
The GCSE courses provide pupils with access to a broad range of texts from the literary canon, building on their knowledge from Key Stage 3.

English Language

1. C19 Fiction: reading
2. Creative writing
3. C20 and C21 non-fiction: reading
4. Transactional writing

English Literature

1. A Christmas Carol
2. Animal Farm
3. Macbeth
4. Conflict Poetry 
5. Unseen Poetry