ENGLISH KEY STAGE 3

            The main aim of the English Department during  Years 7-9 is to aid our students on their way to becoming confident and accurate speakers, listeners, readers and writers of the English language, and to help them to develop their ability to put the skills they have acquired to effective use in a wide variety of situations, in familiar and unfamiliar contexts and in both formal and informal registers.

            To develop effective speaking and listening skills, pupils learn to:

Pupils are given opportunities to talk in a range of contexts, and learn to adapt their output to various audiences, becoming aware of register, and of how tone, intonation, inflection and gesture can alter meaning. Students practise their oral skills in a variety of groupings, including pairs, small group and class discussions, some teacher-directed and others not, and  in class debates, where it is hoped that opinions and beliefs can be expressed openly and freely. They are encouraged to listen attentively to others, and to develop tolerance towards those with whom they do not always agree.

To develop as effective readers, pupils are taught to:

In English classes, our students read, analyse and evaluate a wide range of texts, drawn from a variety of genres, including plays, novels, short stories and poetry, both from the English literary heritage and from other cultures and traditions. Non-fiction texts include autobiographies, diaries, letters, leaflets, magazine articles, and newspaper reports. Students are given opportunities to read texts which show quality in language use, and which portray issues and events relating to contemporary life or past experience in ways which are interesting and challenging.

Weekly library sessions encourage pupils to read widely and independently for enjoyment, to develop as responsive and enthusiastic readers. They are urged to read increasingly demanding texts and to be discriminating in what they read, reviewing books and commenting on them to their class.

To develop as effective writers, pupils are taught to use:

To develop as writers of narrative, pupils learn to draw on their own experience of good fiction, and to use their knowledge of story structure, description of setting, organisation of plot, and means of conveying character and relationships. To develop their ability to write non-fiction, they learn different ways of organising and expressing ideas and information in discursive, argumentative, persuasive and other types of writing.

The fact that the majority of our students at St. Anne´s are not first-language users of English obviously means that in addition to following National Curriculum specifications, general coursework must be complemented by specific grammar tuition and vocabulary buildiing exercises. We firmly believe that a solid foundation of grammar and a knowledge of how language works are necessary  to give the students the tools they need to speak and write effectively. During Years 7-9, students revise and consolidate the grammar they already know, and are introduced to new, increasingly complex structures and linguistic devices, which they are encouraged to use in their spoken and written production.

     

Key Stage 3 Reading List

Obviously, we don’t expect you to read all of these books, and there will be some that you will already have read, but these are some suggestions of books that we think you would enjoy.

Award Winners

Old Favourites

Key Stage 3 Classics (You might want to read these in abridged versions)

Easy Reads

Film & TV Books

Non-Fiction

Multicultural Books

     

KEY STAGE 3 – LITERATURE TEXTS

 

TERM 1

TERM 2

TERM 3

YEAR 7

“ABOMINATION” by Robert Swindells

“ROMEO AND JULIET” “TWELFTH NIGHT” by William Shakespeare

“FRANKENSTEIN”

by Mary Shelley

 YEAR 8

“SKELLIG” by David Almond

 

 

 

Poetry – Poems about animals

“A TALE OF TWO CITIES” (abridged) by Charles Dickens

 

Poetry – Poems about People

 

 

“PRIVATE PEACEFUL” by Michael Morpurgo

 

Poetry – Narrative Poems

YEAR 9

“THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS” by John Boyne

 

Poetry – Poems describing places

“ANIMAL FARM” by George Orwell

 

 

Poetry – Poetry of the First World War

“RIVERBOY” by Tim Bowler

 

 

 

Poetry – Symbolism in Poetry

     

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