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 * Year Nine English Term 3**
 * Ten Things I Hate About You and Taming of the Shrew Resources**

Week 1

Here are some Of Mice and Men resources:





Prepare a cheat sheet for the of mice and men essay. Of MIce and Men Common Assessment Task
 * Week 2**

Skillworks: Page 41 & 42 Yellow insight book: Page 59-65

Identify and explore ideas in classical texts Begin watching ‘Taming of the Shrew’ Richard Burton and Ellizabeth Taylor Class discussions, explanations of film, Shakespeare etc.
 * Week 3**

Ten Things I Hate About You []

(including ICT/CATS/ feedback strategies) || **Explicit Teaching of Literacy Skills** Spelling, Grammar and Reading Skills || **Teaching and Learning Resources** (including ICT and feedback strategies) || Class discussions, explanations of film, Shakespeare etc. || Comprehension
 * **WEEK** || **WEEK COMMENCING** || **Explicit Teaching of Writing, Reading and Speaking & Listening Skills According to VELS** || **Teaching and Learning Resources**
 * According to National Curriculum**
 * 1 || Monday 16th July || Identify and explore ideas in classical texts || Begin watching ‘Taming of the Shrew’

Vocabulary || Skillworks: Page 41 & 42

Yellow insight book: Page 59-65 || Analyse knowledge of classical texts and apply to their own lives || Further discussion of film – themes, ideas and characters.
 * 2 || Monday 23rd July || Understanding of how texts are shaped (language, purpose, audience, themes, relationships, plot, costume etc) based on the values and attitudes of the era in which they are written

Writing task that links TOTS to their own lives. Creative piece.

Begin watching ‘Ten Things I Hate About You’ || Vocabulary

Phonics – syllables

Spelling || Skillworks: Page 43 & 44

Yellow insight book: Page 53-58 || Analyse knowledge of contemporary texts and apply to their own lives || Finish watching film. || Pronouns
 * 3 || Monday 30th July || Identify and explore the ideas in contemporary texts

Punctuation || Skillworks: Page 45 & 46

Insight book: Page 22 & 23 ||
 * 4 || Monday 6th August || Identify the difference between a classical and contemporary text. || Lots of resources available (See Ben, Rob, other year nine teachers) || Vocabulary

Comprehension || Skillworks: Page 47 & 48 ||
 * 5 || Monday 13th August || 

also -

Understanding that texts are open to a range of interpretations. || Compare dialogue, setting, themes, music, relationships, characters, values etc from the two films. || Vocabulary

Grammar – compound words || Skillworks: Page 49 & 50 ||
 * 6 || Monday 20th August || Identification of the language used in a variety of texts.

Analysis of why the language has been used for that specific text. ||  || Parts of speech – conjunctions

Verb tenses

Punctuation – brackets

Vocabulary || Skillworks: Page 51 & 52

Yellow Insight book: Page 47

Yellow Insight book: Page 18-20 ||
 * 7 || Monday 27th August || Ability to express their own ideas in hand written or electronic form. || Finish unit. CAT ? || Comprehension

Vocabulary || Skillworks: Page 53 & 54 ||
 * 8 || Monday 3rd September || Understanding of audience and purpose.

Understanding the context of a text. || Begin Unit on Poetry || Word origins

Homophones

Spelling

Vocabulary || Skillworks: Page 55 & 56 ||
 * 9 || Monday 10th September || Identify and explore ideas in classical texts.

Understanding that texts are open to a range of interpretations. || ????Poetry resources???? || Phrases

Direct and indirect speech

Punctuation - apostrophes || Skillworks: Page 57 & 58

Yellow Insight Book: Page 39 ||
 * 10 || Monday 17th September || 

Have both units completed before end of term. || 10 || Vocabulary

Comprehension

Tone

Styles of writing – slang || Skillworks: Page 59 & 60 ||


 * Term 4 **

(including ICT/CATS/ feedback strategies) || **Explicit Teaching of Literacy Skills** Spelling, Grammar and Reading Skills || **Teaching and Learning Resources** (including ICT and feedback strategies) || Ability to understand that there are multiple perspectives on an issue. Recognition of bias in writing. || Text type feature charts.
 * ** WEEK ** || ** WEEK COMMENCING ** || **Explicit Teaching of Writing, Reading and Speaking & Listening Skills According to VELS** || **Teaching and Learning Resources**
 * According to National Curriculum**
 * 1 || Monday 8th October || Understanding the difference in structures between different text types. (Editorial, letter of opinion etc)

Reading relevant articles, letters of opinion, editorials on a specific issue.

Create issues booklet on a range of current issues (3 or 4) with different articles and viewpoints.

“How is the issue covered in different articles, letters etc?” || Vocabulary

Comprehension: Purpose and audience

Suffixes || Skillworks: Page 61 & 62

Yellow Insight Book: Page 63 ||
 * 2 || Monday 15th October || Have a clear understanding of contention, supporting arguments, evidence and how they are used.

Hold an argument of what evidence is and why it is important. || Analyse articles, letters etc. Identify contention, arguments, evidence, techniques.

“What is evidence?, How is it used? Etc” || Clauses

Indirect speech

Adjectives || Skillworks: Page 63 & 64

White Insight Book: Page 75 ||
 * 3 || Monday 22nd October || Have a comprehensive understanding of all facets of an issue.

Identify difference between formal and informal language.

Understanding of audience and purpose prior to constructing a text.

Ability to express their own ideas in hand written or electronic form. ||  Writing for specific audiences, planning for purposeful writing. || Comprehension

Nouns & verbs – affect/effect

Language – euphemisms & colloquialisms || Skillworks: Page 65 & 66

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 * 4 || Monday 29th October || Ability to develop a **sustained** argument and support it with evidence. || Ensure students oral presentations are persuasive and use evidence and arguments. Ensure they are working towards their contention throughout the whole piece. || Vocabulary

Spelling || Skillworks: Page 67 & 68 || Effectively use non verbal techniques – eye contact, gestures, tone facial expressions. || Presentations. Main assessment for unit. || Conjunctions
 * 5 || Monday 5th November || Being able to perform a speech without completely relying on cue cards/A4 pages of writing.

Simple, compound and complex sentences || Skillworks: Page 69 & 70

smb://1lhsdc/staff/KLA/English/2. Middle/Year 9/Sentence structure worksheets// ||
 * 6 || Monday 12th November ||  || CV Writing – skills to be added || Vocabulary

Reading comprehension

Colloquial language || Skillworks: Page 71 & 72

http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-vocabulary/slang-worksheets/ ||
 * 7 || Monday 19th November ||  ||   || Metonymy || White Insight Book: Page 40 & 41 ||
 * 8 || Monday 26th November || **Start Year 10 text – EG Animal Farm**

//**REPORT**// || **Start Year 10 text – EG Animal Farm//**


 * WRITING** ||  ||   ||
 * 9 || Monday 3rd December || **REPORT** || **WRITING** ||  ||   ||
 * 10 || Monday 10th December |||||||| End of Year Program ||
 * 11 || Monday 17th December ||||||||^  ||