Time |
Content Domain |
Topic |
24/7 Learning Reference or Knowledge Organiser Ref |
Autumn Term |
Of Mice and Men |
Understanding context- 1920s America (The Great Depression) |
Knowledge Organisers 8.1 – 8.7 |
Using evidence and reference to text |
Descriptive devices |
Word classes |
Language and its effect |
Purpose and intention |
Engaging a reader |
Persuasive devices |
Writing to persuade |
Organising ideas and using cohesive devices |
Analysing structural choices |
Analysing themes across a text |
Characterisation |
Symbolism |
Creating links across characters and themes |
Spring Term |
Maze Runner |
Dystopian genre |
Knowledge Organisers 8.8 – 8.13 |
Descriptive devices |
Varying sentence structures for effect |
Developing suspense and tension |
Features of dystopian writing |
Analysing language and its effect |
Analysing structural choices |
Developing a critical analysis |
Understanding a writer’s intention and message |
Linking ideas to context |
Using punctuation for effect |
Varying vocabulary choices to suit tone and style |
Organising ideas effectively |
Creating semantic fields |
Alternative interpretations |
Summer Term |
Poetry |
Inference and deduction |
Knowledge Organisers 8.14 – 8.19 |
Poetic forms |
Analysing structure |
Making comparisons between texts |
Figurative language |
Analysing language choices and their impact |
Linking texts to their contexts |
Critically exploring a writer’s choices |
Consideration of message and purpose |
Word classes |
Analysing form and tone |
Using reference to text |
Comparing ideas and beliefs |
Analytical essays |
Alternative interpretations |