| 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 |
