The Wellington AcademyYear 9 Curriculum Map 2017-2018

Unit 1: (10 weeks) Unit 2: (8 weeks) Unit 3: (10 weeks) Unit 4: (8 weeks)Novel

Animal Farm

Non-fiction - Documentary

Moving to Mars, Monica and David, Blackfish, Paperclips

Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

PoetryNothing’s Changed, Hurricane Hits England, Stewart Island.

Presents from my aunt in Pakistan

Formative marking

Reading focus (7 weeks): AO1: Inference and interpretationAO3.2: The significance of context

Reading focus (5 weeks): AO1: Inference and interpretationAO4: A personal and critical response

Reading focus (7 weeks): AO1: Inference and interpretationAO2.1: The construction of meaning and effects using language

Reading focus (5 weeks): AO2.1: The construction of meaning and effects using languageAO2.2: The construction of meaning and effects using structureAO3.1: Comparison of ideas, perspectives and texts

Writing focus: (persuade) (3 weeks)AO5.2: Crafting of structural and organisational devices to suit form, purpose and audienceAO6.1: Technical accuracy: Sentence structuresAO6.2: Technical accuracy: Punctuation

Writing focus: Writing to (review) (3 weeks)AO5.1: Crafting of language devices to suit form, purpose and audienceAO6.2: Technical accuracy: PunctuationAO6.3: Technical accuracy: Vocabulary and spelling

Writing focus: (describe) (3 weeks)AO5.1: Crafting of structural and organisational devices to suit form, purpose and audienceAO6.1: Technical accuracy: Sentence structuresAO6.3: Technical accuracy: Vocabulary and spelling

Writing focus: (evaluate) (3 weeks) AO5.2: Crafting of structural and organisational devices to suit form, purpose and audienceAO6.2: Technical accuracy: PunctuationAO6.3: Vocabulary and spelling

Summative assessment

Section A: KnowledgeSection B: Reading SkillsSection C: Writing Skills

Section A: KnowledgeSection B: Reading SkillsSection C: Writing Skills

Section A: KnowledgeSection B: Reading SkillsSection C: Writing Skills

LibraryIndependent reading / Group reading / AR quizzing / Reading journal / Intervention work

Grammar programme

Stage 1: How words workRevision of previous years, plus: subject, direct object, indirect object, the passive, auxiliary verbs, participles, word endings.

Stage 2: Clear sentencesRevision of previous year, plus: restrictive and non-restrictive clauses, colons, hyphens, punctuating speech.

Stage 3: Coherent textsRevision of previous year, plus: text, purpose and audience.

Homework VocabularyHome reader Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, 1984

VocabularyHome reader: 19th century novel (Wordsworth Classics)

VocabularyHome reader: paired or group where possible - second Shakespeare play

Vocabulary: Home reader: TBC