English
(Alternative provision)
Today a reader tomorrow a leader
Vision
It is our goal to promote and embed a culture of lifelong learning.
English is the vehicle to provide all pupils with direction and support, enabling them to thrive and reach their potential. We aim to embed reading for purpose and pleasure, whilst we will offer a bespoke curriculum tailored to the individual needs of every child. Pupils will have the opportunity to reach and develop their potential. All pupils will have access to accreditation and will be encouraged to aim high. Along with offering accreditation we will develop the social currency of each student to give them the best possible chance to not only realise their potential, but to succeed in an ever-changing society.
End points
- Our students will have the ability to engage with and function within society.
- Students will understand and respect, cultural differences.
- All pupil will be able to write legibly and read fluently as they develop confidence and independence.
- Pupils will use English as a medium to be interested and interesting, we will promote culture of lifelong learning that is innovative and fun.
Domains of Knowledge
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Fiction/Narrative
Writing to describe and narrate- imaginative and creative use of language |
Transactional/Non-fiction
Writing for a range of audiences and purposes, adapting style to form and to real –life contexts |
Poetry and drama and spoken language
Use of imagery Presenting information and ideas Responding to spoken language |
English Language
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· Suspense and mystery · Si-fi / horror · Dystopian futures · Detective/mystery · Action/adventure
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· Letters · Forms · Informative writing · Persuasive writing · History / culture · Current affairs
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· Play writing · Narrative poetry · Performance poetry (role play) · Monologues
Speaking and listening · Debates · Short drama (Macbeth) · Class reading and book debates · Speech |
· Themes and conventions · Context · text types · Genre and form · Grammar and structure · effect on reader · Spoken language · Spelling |
Key Concepts
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Propositional knowledge |
Procedural knowledge |
| Grammar | |
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Tier 1: Word, word classes, sentence, text, noun, adjective, verb, present tense, past tense, future tense, singular, plural, phrase, adverb, conjunction, preposition,
Tier 2: pronoun, possessive, possessive pronoun, suffix, noun phrases, statement, question, exclamation, command, paragraph, direct speech, indirect speech, clause, main clause, subordinate clause, adverbial, fronted adverbials, article, synonym, antonym, determiner, relative clause, independent clause, model verbs,
Tier 3: progressive, present perfect, compound, verb inflections, modal, relative pronoun, passive (voice), active (voice), subjunctive, syntax, fragments, appositive verbs, abstract verbs auxiliary verbs expanded noun phrases |
Tier 1: subordination, co-ordination, subject-verb agreement,
Tier 2: text purpose and audience,
Tier 3: analysis of writers breaking rules, cohesion/cohesive device, ambiguity
All tiers: Appropriate rules of grammar (and exceptions), Standard English, sentence types |
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Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary specific to units taught, phoneme, grapheme, split digraph, syllable, trigraph, homophones, hyphenated words, vowel, consonant, subject, object, family of words, root words Use functional skills spelling booklets |
Common spellings, meta-language, Prefixes and suffixes, possessive apostrophe, regular plurals, irregular plurals, etymology, |
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Capital letter, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, apostrophe, inverted commas (or ‘speech marks’), brackets, dashes, hyphen, parenthesis, ellipsis, semi-colon, colon, bullet point, colons and semicolon, |
Punctuation for effect, negative language, |
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Language Techniques & Elements of Rhetoric |
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Adjective, verb, adverb, noun phrase, simile, metaphor, personification, Synonym, antonym, dialogue, direct and indirect speech, alliteration, rhetorical questions, Direct address, Juxtaposition, pathetic fallacy zeugma, parataxis, hyperbole, anaphora, assonance. chronology, imagery |
Descriptive language, language for effect, Standard English, cohesive devices, Imagery, Idioms, Colloquialisms, Dialect, Accent, Slang, Humour, Irony, Use of colour in descriptions, Symbolism, Contrast, Tone, Rule of three, statistics and facts : DAFOREST |
| Character | |
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Protagonist, antagonist, hero, victim, villain, rebel, creator, lover, explorer, magician, ruler, jester, fool, sage, foil, archetypal, dual nature |
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Audience Impact & Literary Criticism |
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Reader reception, awareness of impact, viewpoints, critique; reader response, cultural, new historicism, psychoanalytic/Freudian, feminist, Marxist, new criticism, post-colonial, structuralism, post-structuralism, using quotes accurately, facts and opinions |
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