English – Year 7 / Key Stage 3
27 units
1. The Oral Tradition
History of English Literature and Language
3 lessons
2. Epic Poetry
History of English Literature and Language
6 lessons
3. The Canterbury Tales: 'General Prologue'
The Canterbury Tales and paired texts
8 lessons
4. The Refugee Tales: 'Prologue', ed. Anna Pincus and David Herd
The Canterbury Tales and paired texts
4 lessons
5. The Canterbury Tales: 'The Knight's Tale', Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales and paired texts
12 lessons
6. Telling Tales, Patience Agbabi
The Canterbury Tales and paired texts
9 lessons
7. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare (Introduction and Act 1)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
6 lessons
8. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare (Act 2)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
5 lessons
9. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare (Act 3)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
4 lessons
10. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare (Act 4&5)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
3 lessons
11. Contemporary Short Stories (1/2): The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
Contemporary Short Stories (Love)
4 lessons
12. Contemporary Short Stories (2/2): Sweetness by Toni Morrison
Contemporary Short Stories (Love)
6 lessons
8 lessons
14. The sonnet through time: Introduction to the sonnet
The sonnet through time
3 lessons
15. The sonnet through time: 'Sonnet 18', Shakespeare
The sonnet through time
4 lessons
16. The sonnet through time: 'Death, be not proud', Donne
The sonnet through time
4 lessons
17. The sonnet through time: 'If thou must love me', Barrett-Browning
The sonnet through time
5 lessons
18. The sonnet through time: 'If we must die', Claude McKay
The sonnet through time
5 lessons
19. The sonnet through time: 'The sonnet-ballad', Gwendolyn Brooks
The sonnet through time
5 lessons
20. Creative writing: short stories
Creative writing
4 lessons
21. Creative writing: poetry
Creative writing
5 lessons