en-r-1ReadingReading for pleasure and range
Read a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, including whole books and plays, and texts from the English literary heritage
4 mapped lessons
English · Key Stage 3
English syllabus
Twenty-five fixed objectives across Reading, Writing, Grammar and vocabulary, and Spoken English — each connected to substantive teaching and marked answers.
Featured unit · Year 8
Reading to Writing
Seven connected chapters move from close reading and comparison to sentence craft, planning, drafting and precise editing.
- Chapter 13 marked
The evidence trail: retrieval and inference
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- Chapter 23 marked
How language and structure steer a reader
en-r-3 · en-g-2
- Chapter 33 marked
Compare two viewpoints fairly
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- Chapter 43 marked
Sentence craft: control pace and emphasis
en-g-1 · en-g-2 · en-w-6
- Chapter 53 marked
Plan for purpose and audience
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- Chapter 63 marked
Draft an article that earns trust
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- Chapter 73 marked
Edit like a reader, proof-read like a detective
en-w-3 · en-w-4 · en-w-6
Official objectives
25
Fixed KS3 curriculum statements
With real lessons
25
Linked to textbook teaching and marked questions
Lesson films
33
Films across the mapped lesson collection
Teaching year
Showing 25 of 25 objectives. Years are a suggested sequence and may be changed in Curriculum Tracker.
English
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Reading, writing and spoken language
Year 7
8 objectivesen-r-2ReadingInference and evidence
Understand increasingly challenging texts, making inferences and referring to evidence in the text
2 mapped lessons
en-w-4WritingThe writing process
Plan, draft, edit and proof-read, considering how their writing reflects the audiences and purposes for which it was intended
3 mapped lessons
en-g-1Grammar and vocabularyGrammar in context
Extend and apply the grammatical knowledge set out in English Appendix 2 to analyse more challenging texts
3 mapped lessons
en-s-1Spoken EnglishSpoken English
Speak confidently and effectively, using Standard English confidently in a range of formal and informal contexts
4 mapped lessons
en-w-6WritingAccuracy in writing
Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation
3 mapped lessons
en-g-4Grammar and vocabularySpoken and written language
Know and understand the differences between spoken and written language, including differences associated with formal and informal registers, and between Standard English and other varieties of English
2 mapped lessons
en-s-4Spoken EnglishPerformance and improvisation
Improvise, rehearse and perform play scripts and poetry in order to generate language and discuss language use and meaning, using role, intonation, tone, volume, mood, silence, stillness and action to add impact
2 mapped lessons
Year 8
10 objectivesen-r-3ReadingReading non-fiction and sources
Read critically, knowing how language, including figurative language, vocabulary choice, grammar, text structure and organisational features, presents meaning
9 mapped lessons
- Reading a source closely3 marked
- Setting, plot and characterisation under pressure4 marked
- How language and structure steer a reader3 marked
- Imagery and sound in poetry3 marked
- Structure and form3 marked
- A story inside a story: narrative structure4 marked
- Allegory: how a fable becomes politics4 marked
- Setting and suspense in the Gothic tradition4 marked
- An inverted world: form carries the theme4 marked
en-r-4ReadingComparing viewpoints
Compare and contrast the treatment of themes and viewpoints across two or more texts
5 mapped lessons
en-w-1WritingExtended writing
Write accurately, fluently, effectively and at length for pleasure and information, including well-structured formal expository and narrative essays
2 mapped lessons
en-w-2WritingPersuasive writing
Write for a wide range of purposes and audiences, selecting and organising ideas and information appropriately
4 mapped lessons
en-w-3WritingDrafting and redrafting
Amend the vocabulary, grammar and structure of their writing to improve its coherence and overall effectiveness
3 mapped lessons
en-g-2Grammar and vocabularyLanguage for effect
Study the effectiveness and impact of the grammatical features of the texts they read
5 mapped lessons
en-g-3Grammar and vocabularyVocabulary building
Draw on new vocabulary and grammatical constructions from their reading and listening, and use these consciously in their writing and speech
2 mapped lessons
en-s-2Spoken EnglishPresenting an argument
Give short speeches and presentations, expressing their own ideas and keeping to the point
2 mapped lessons
en-r-8ReadingPoetic conventions
Recognise a range of poetic conventions and understand how these have been used
1 mapped lesson
en-w-5WritingFormality and register
Consciously control levels of formality, including through the use of Standard English, and know when it is appropriate to use
3 mapped lessons
Year 9
7 objectivesen-r-5ReadingLiterary study
Study setting, plot and characterisation, and the effects of these on the reader
8 mapped lessons
- Character, conflict and the shape of a play4 marked
- Setting, plot and characterisation under pressure4 marked
- Structure and form3 marked
- Scrooge and the structure of redemption4 marked
- Nostos: the shape of a homecoming4 marked
- Squealer and the corruption of language4 marked
- The island and the descent from order4 marked
- First-person narration and seeing through August4 marked
en-s-3Spoken EnglishDebate
Participate in formal debates and structured discussions, summarising and/or building on what has been said
2 mapped lessons
en-r-6ReadingPoetry across time
Read a wide range of poetry, including representative Romantic poetry, to develop the habit of reading widely and often
1 mapped lesson
en-r-7ReadingLiterary heritage
Read and appreciate the depth and power of the English literary heritage through the study of Shakespeare, seminal world literature and poetry since 1789
5 mapped lessons
en-r-9ReadingPersonal and critical response
Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these responses
2 mapped lessons
en-r-10ReadingContext and tradition
Draw on knowledge of the purpose, audience for and context of the writing, including its social, historical and cultural context and the literary tradition to which it belongs
8 mapped lessons
- Context and stagecraft: writing for a real audience4 marked
- Social and historical context in the novel4 marked
- Reading with context in mind3 marked
- Victorian context: poverty, pity and Dickens's purpose4 marked
- Creation, responsibility and the Romantic context4 marked
- The oral tradition behind the written poem4 marked
- Post-war context: the beast within4 marked
- The haunted past and the Gothic tradition4 marked
en-w-7WritingFormal and academic writing
Write formal and academic essays as well as personal and creative writing, summarising and organising material, and supporting ideas and arguments with any necessary factual detail
3 mapped lessons