Time |
Content Domain |
Topic |
24/7 Learning Reference or Knowledge Organiser Ref |
Autumn Term |
Animal Farm |
Understanding context- The Russian Revolution |
Knowledge Organisers 7.1 – 7.7 |
Connotations versus denotations |
Character connotations |
Persuasive techniques |
Understanding different perspectives |
Inference and deduction |
Irony and foreshadowing |
Comparative analysis |
Fact versus opinion |
Evaluating and justifying ideas |
The features of non-fiction |
Word choices and their effect |
Pathetic fallacy |
Understanding symbolism |
Understanding narrative structure |
Spring Term |
Gothic Fiction |
Understanding context- Gothic writing in the 18th and 19th Centuries |
Knowledge Organisers 7.8 – 7.13 |
Reading for meaning |
Structural techniques |
Building tension and suspense |
Sentence structures for effect |
Engaging a reader |
Imagery |
Creating settings and atmosphere |
Improving vocabulary choices for impact |
Punctuation for effect |
Analysing language and structure |
Writer’s intention |
Exploring contexts and their impact |
Developing a critical analysis |
Inference and deduction |
Summer Term |
Romeo and Juliet |
Understanding context- Shakespearean influences |
7.14 – 7.19 |
Analysing characterisation |
Understanding stage directions and their role |
Using reference to a text |
Analysing a writer’s intention |
Analysing texts critically |
Inference and deduction |
Dramatic irony |
Analysing language and its impact |
Analysing form and structure |
Analysing themes across a text |
Connotation versus denotation |
Developing personal responses to a text |
Alternative interpretations |
Symbolism |