Welcome to English

The English curriculum at Archbishop Ilsley is designed to submerse students into a vast range of texts that will challenge, engage and excite. Students education at KS3 will explore a chronological canon of literature in a variety of different forms starting with Greek mythology and ending with the World Wars. We aim to provide students with the tools and knowledge to enjoy the beauty of language and evaluation of a writer’s craft.

Through reading, staff explore with students the relevance of literature in today’s society; having a chance to reflect and develop culturally, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. Our curriculum’s purpose is to equip students to be lifelong learners, critical thinkers, and through English, learn about the world we live in. The colourful variety of texts students study and read through our reading programme, helps them to express their ideas by writing with creativity and purpose. We also promote the use of oracy, encouraging students to discuss complex ideas presented by writers we study.

To be able to identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas from a range of different texts.
To explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers.
Students will critically analyse texts by recognising writers’ viewpoints and perspectives.
They will respond to ideas/themes by having a personal response whilst using textual evidence to support their ideas.
Where appropriate, they will understand the relationships between texts and the context they were written.

Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences.
Be able to organise information and ideas.
Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.

Students will be able to demonstrate presentation skills in a formal setting.
Listen and respond appropriately to spoken language, including to questions and use spoken Standard English effectively in speeches and presentations.

Theatre visits.
Theatre companies perform in school.

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