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Year 9
Curriculum Map
This curriculum map provides an overview of the English journey students will experience throughout the academic year. It outlines the sequence of literary texts, writing forms, and language topics alongside key assessment points designed to monitor and support student progress. The curriculum is carefully sequenced to build knowledge progressively, with each unit providing the foundation for future learning, ensuring all students develop strong reading comprehension, writing proficiency, and communication skills appropriate to their age and stage. For detailed information about the specific knowledge and skills taught in each unit, please visit our Knowledge and Skills page.
| Half Term | Unit(s) of Work | Key Assessments |
| Autumn 1 | To Kill a Mocking Bird | Reading Assessment: How Atticus Finch presented in the novel? |
| Writing Assessment: Tom Robinson’s perspective of the jury’s verdict. | ||
| Autumn 2 | Speaking Assessment: Free Tom Robinson | |
| Spring 1 | Out of the blue | Writing Assessment: Eye Witness Account |
| Speaking Assessment: Discussion on The Falling Man image. | ||
| Spring 2 | The People Speak Anthology | Writing Assessment: Write a Speech on a chosen topic. |
| Speaking Assessment: Presentation - Written Speech | ||
| Summer 1 | Boys Don't Cry | Reading Assessment: How does Blackman create a dramatic scene? |
| Summer 2 | Speaking Assessment: Discussion – Ideas of Masculinity | |
| End of Year Exam |