Year 9 - English

Unit 1 - Novel study – Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black

Students will start by learning about the Gothic genre, and the social, cultural and historical context of the novel; they will read for meaning, practising comprehension skills, understanding the text and the writer’s ideas, techniques and viewpoint; we will consider narrative structure and perspective think about theme and practise summarizing skills. Talking and listening opportunities include debate, role play and discussion.

Unit1

• Writing: Descriptive writing - a gothic scene
• Reading: IGCSE style extract analysis linking to genre, focusing on the writer’s language and structural techniques

Unit 2 – Persuasive and Argument Writing

Students will revisit and build on their knowledge of these key IGCSE writing types, reading different examples and practising the use of features of the writing.

Unit 3: Themed Poetry

Students will study a collection of poems that are all linked by theme. They will build on their existing knowledge and be introduced to more complex terminology about both language and structure use in poems. Key skills of reading for meaning, inference and analysis will be used and linked to a contextual understanding of the poems; an opportunity for students to practise their own poetry writing skills.

Unit 2:

• Writing a persuasive argument in the style of an IGCSE response

Unit 3:

• A GCSE style analytical response to an unseen poem

Students will study their IGCSE drama text, building on prior knowledge and learning more about Shakespeare and the context of the play, becoming familiar with the plot, characters and themes, whilst studying the language and structure of the play.

Literature reading response: GCSE style extract based analysis

Year 9 exam TBC