| 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 |
