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Year 9
Mosslands School English Department
Year Nine Curriculum Map
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Year Nine |
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
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Text |
19th Century Novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
AQA Poetry Anthology Power and Conflict War Poetry |
Modern Drama An Inspector Calls |
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End of Unit Assessment |
(Literature Paper 1 2017) Explore how Dickens uses the Cratchit family to show the struggles of the poor.
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(Literature Paper 1 2017) Compare how poets present the effects of war in Bayonet Charge and in one other poem. |
(Literature Paper 1 2017) How does Priestley use the character of the Inspector to suggest ways that society could be improved. |
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Key Knowledge |
Life in Victorian England Characterisation Themes: poverty and redemption Development of narrative plot Motifs and Symbolism |
Context of key poems eg Crimean War, Life in Trenches, Kamikaze pilots of WW2.
Poetic devices and structure |
Life in 1912 and 1945. Russian revolution Sinking of the Titanic. Social Class and responsibility. Drama conventions/ structure. Characterisation. Plot development. |
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Key Vocabulary |
Allegory, gothic, redemption, ignorance, want, intrusive narration, omniscient narration. |
Stanza, simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, rhyme, repetition, onomatopoeia, dramatic monologue, perspective, emotive language. |
Dramatic irony, euphemism omniscient, tension, community, capitalism, socialism, revelations. |
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Grammar and Writing |
Paper 1: Descriptive writing Narrative writing Paper 2: Writing to argue Writing to persuade Literature: Analytical writing |
Paper 1: Descriptive writing Narrative writing Paper 2: Writing to argue Writing to persuade Literature: Analytical writing |
Paper 1: Descriptive writing Narrative writing Paper 2: Writing to argue Writing to persuade Literature: Analytical writing |