English
Subject intent
At Hans Price, English is driven by a collaborative, dynamic and forward-thinking team who have developed a strong curriculum, which champions oracy, creativity and a love of reading. English is at the heart of the curriculum because it enables students to have the ability to think critically about themselves and the world around them. We want students to read widely across genres to enhance their cultural capital and give them an increased sense of empathy, self-agency and freedom of imagination. We want to develop students’ ability to craft writing, including knowledge and skills for rhetoric and grammar: to express themselves effectively and creatively. At Hans Price, we pride ourselves on fostering a true appreciation for English in our students. We cultivate a classroom environment where students feel success daily, feel safe to take risks, and feel a real sense of belonging. We strive to send them out into the world as skilled communicators and confident writers with a rich literary knowledge and lifelong love of reading; as a result, we prepare them for life.
Link to KS4 specification
English Language specification
English Literature specification
Curriculum plan
| Year 11 | Literature Paper 2 Preparation/Revision Modern Play ‘An Inspector Calls’ Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology Revise all poems for first PPE Unseen Poetry Language Revision Revise Language Paper 1 for PPE | Literature Paper 1 Revision ‘Macbeth’ A Christmas Carol Language Revision Revise Language Paper 2 for PPE | Literature Revision Paper 1 ‘Macbeth’ A Christmas Carol Paper 2 ‘An Inspector Calls’ Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology Unseen Poetry Language Revision Paper 1 Creative Reading and Writing Paper 2 Writer’s Viewpoints and Perspectives |
| Year 10 | 19th Century Novel A Christmas Carol Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology Storm on the Island, Prelude, Kamikaze, Checking out me History, London Language Specification Language Paper 1 Creative Reading and Writing. | Shakespearean Play Macbeth Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology Ozymandias, My Last Duchess, Charge of the Light Brigade, Remains, Tissue | Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology Exposure, Bayonet Charge, Poppies, War Photographer, Emigree Language Specification Language Paper 2 Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives Spoken Language Endorsement Students write and perform their own presentations/speeches
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| Year 9
| Unit 1 Becoming and Belonging
Modern Play A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller Poetry: The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus Subway by Joyce Kilmer Harlem by Langston Hughes Extracts: Prose: The Bell Jar (extract) by Slyvia Plath Autobiography: Becoming (extract) by Michelle Obama The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins | Unit 2 – Time and Place 19th Century Text: War of the Worlds by HG Wells Poetry: An Address to Potential Aliens John Hegley Stars and Planets Norman MacCaig Extracts: The Time Machine by HG Wells 1 and 2 Short Story: Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury Flash Fiction: The choice by Wayland Hilton-Young Give it up by Franz Kafka ’
| Unit 3 – Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet The Merchant of Venice Poetry: Invisible Kisses by Lemn Sissay Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy Come and be my baby by Maya Angelou The Poison Tree by William Blake |
| Year 8
| Unit 1 – Rhetoric and Revolution
Modern Play: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Poetry:
Non Fiction:
| UNIT 2 – Fear and Foreboding Gothic Novel: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Poetry:
Short Stories:
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Non Fiction:
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| Year 7
| UNIT 1 – Sense of Self Modern Novel: Some Places More Than Others by Renee Watson
Poetry:
Non Fiction:
| UNIT 2 – Growing and Learning 19th Century Novel: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (taught as extracts) Poetry:
Non Fiction:
| UNIT 3 – Shakespeare Shakespeare: The Tempest
Poetry:
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