Communications

KS3 English

Year 7

Monsters, Myths and Legends
The Tempest (full text study)
Varied fiction and poetry
Creative Writing

Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens): Crime and Victorian Villains
Oliver Twiat (full text study)
Varied fiction and non-fiction
Transactional writing

Refugee Boy (Benjamin Zephaniah) and Multicultural poetry: texts about and from around the world.
Refugee Boy (full text study)
Poetry from 20th and 21st Century
Creative writing: Spoken language

Year 8

Powerful Voices.

Non-fiction reading
Transactional writing

Shakespeare’s Defiant Women (Shakespeare)

Multiple Shakespearean texts

War Poetry Through the Ages.

Poetry from 19th – 21st Century

Dystopian Fiction.

Varied Fiction

Hook, Line and Story.

Narrative and Descriptive Writing based on a full text study.
Spoken Language.

Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Full text study

Year 9

Blood Brothers (Willy Russell):

Full text Study

Gothic Writing:

Narrative writing based on a collection of short stories

Macbeth (Shakespeare):

Full text study

The Edge of Society Poetry:

Poetry from 19th – 21st Century

Heroes (Robert Cormier):

Full text study

Fact and Fake News: Written and Spoken Language from the Media

Non-fiction reading
Transactional writing
Spoken Language

English Language

Year 10

Paper 2 English Language (Autumn)

Paper 1 English Language (Spring)

Year 11

Spoken Language NEA (Autumn)

Paper 1 & 2 Revision (Spring)

English Literature

Year 10

  • An Inspector Calls (Autumn)
  • Power and Conflict Poetry
  • Unseen Poetry (Spring)
  • A Christmas Carol (Summer)

Year 11

  • Power and Conflict Poetry
  • Unsee Poetry (Autumn)
  • Romeo and Juliet (Autumn)
  • Revision (Spring)

GCSE Media

Year 10

  • Media Language and Representation in Advertising, Film, Magazines and Newspapers: Quality Street, NHS 111, 007 franchise, GQ, Vogue, The Sun and The Guardian.
  • Media Industries and Audiences in Radio, Film, Newspapers and Video Games: Desert Island Discs and Fortnite

Year 11

  • Non-Examined Assessment: Create Your Own Media Products
  • Television Crime Dramas: Trigger Point and The Sweeney
  • The Music Industry: Lizzo, Stormzy and Duran Duran

GCSE Drama

Year 10

  • Component 1: Devised piece
  • Component 2: Scripted piece
  • Component 3: Live Theatre Review

Year 11

  • Component 3: Full exam practice (Noughts and Crosses)

Please contact Mrs Victoria James to find out more information on the Communications curriculum: vjames@hightunstall.hartlepool.sch.uk.

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