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Year 7: Language through time Autumn Term: 4 weeks: 16 lessons Overview of unit: In this unit students will study a range of poetry across time, focusing on how language has been used to present either a physical or metaphorical journey. Key knowledge: 1. History of the English Language: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Modern English 2. Journeys – the difference between physical and metaphorical journeys 3. Comprehension of key texts with a focus on the journey presented: Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, All the World’s a Stage and The Ballad of Dick Turpin 4. Key linguistic and literary terms: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, simile, metaphor, personification, sensory language 5. T(technique), E(supporting example), E(explanation), E(effect) framework for responding to language based questions Assessment Objectives: AO1: Inference and interpretation AO2: The construction of meaning and effects using language AO1: Students should be prepared to be able to Identify relevant quotations and then identify the most apt quotations Understand the difference between denotation and connotation Make inferences and then interpretations and then multiple interpretations Explain their inferences (linked to AO2) and then explicitly explain how an effect is created AO2: Students should be prepared to be able to Identify linguistic devices within a text Explain what the reader learns through the use of a particular language device Comment upon how the use of a particular language device affects the reader and then make explicit reference to explain the effect on the reader Use key terms when writing about language and then use key terms consistently (and accurately) Formative assessment: 1. Beowulf – How has language been used to present the journey to kingship in Beowulf?

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Year 7: Language through time Autumn Term: 4 weeks: 16 lessons

Overview of unit: In this unit students will study a range of poetry across time, focusing on how language has been used to present either a physical or metaphorical journey. Key knowledge:

1. History of the English Language: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Modern English

2. Journeys – the difference between physical and metaphorical journeys3. Comprehension of key texts with a focus on the journey presented: Beowulf, The

Canterbury Tales, All the World’s a Stage and The Ballad of Dick Turpin4. Key linguistic and literary terms: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, simile,

metaphor, personification, sensory language5. T(technique), E(supporting example), E(explanation), E(effect) framework for

responding to language based questionsAssessment Objectives:AO1: Inference and interpretationAO2: The construction of meaning and effects using language

AO1:Students should be prepared to be able to Identify relevant quotations and then

identify the most apt quotations Understand the difference between

denotation and connotation Make inferences and then

interpretations and then multiple interpretations

Explain their inferences (linked to AO2) and then explicitly explain how an effect is created

AO2:Students should be prepared to be able to Identify linguistic devices within a text Explain what the reader learns through

the use of a particular language device Comment upon how the use of a

particular language device affects the reader and then make explicit reference to explain the effect on the reader

Use key terms when writing about language and then use key terms consistently (and accurately)

Formative assessment:1. Beowulf – How has language been used to present the journey to kingship in

Beowulf?2. The Canterbury Tales – How has language been used to present The Knight’s

journey?3. All the World’s a Stage – How has language been used to present the journey

through life?Summative assessment:The Ballad of Dick Turpin

MA/HA - longer extract with one essay based questionQ1 How has Noyes used language to present Dick Turpin’s journey to York?

LA – smaller extracts to aid comprehension Q1 Where is Turpin travelling from and where is he going to?Q2 ‘Neck and neck they rode together.’ Who is the ‘they’?

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Q3a Which words in these lines are the adjectives?Q3b What do the adjectives reveal about the highwayman?Q4 What literary technique has been used here and what does it reveal about Bess?Q5 How has Noyes used language here to describe Black Bess?

Teaching Plan Subject terminologyNoun, verb, adjective, adverb, simile, metaphor, personification, sensory language, alliteration, inference, interpretation, technique, evidence, example, explanation, effect

Week 1 What is the difference between a

physical and metaphorical journey? Beowulf (Heaney adaptation) –

reading and comprehension Making inferences Identifying language techniques and

explaining what we learn from their usage.

Week 2 The effect on the reader TEEE (Technique, supporting

example, explanation, effect) Formative assessment: Beowulf The Canterbury Tales: the qualities

of a knight and his journey

Text based vocabularyBeowulf: scourge, mead-benches, foundling, flourish, waxed, yield, tholed, renowned, prudent, steadfastThe Canterbury Tales: chivalry, courtesy, roster, mortal, slain, heathen, sovereign, illustrious, meekly, vileness, wight, array, steeds, fustian, jupon, habergeon, pilgrimage All the World’s a Stage: mewling, furnace, woeful, ballad, pard, capon, pantaloon, sansThe Ballad of Dick Turpin: yokel, proclamation, mute, nigh, whirled, crested, spurned, wraith, boughs, slake,

Week 3 The Knight’s physical journey The Knight’s metaphorical journey Formative assessment: The

Canterbury Tales All the World’s a Stage: reading and

comprehensionWeek 4

A creative approach to understanding the seven ages

Formative assessment: All the World’s a Stage

Highwaymen, The Ballad of Dick Turpin and our impressions of Turpin

The Ballad of Dick Turpin and the theme of travel.

Extension vocabulary

Assessment criteria:Learning Mastering Extending Extending +

AO1 Beginning to make inferences about character, setting or eventsUses some textual references

Inferences made and supported by relevant textual referenceMakes a brief explanation

Inferences and deductions are made. These are supported by relevant textual references which are clearly explainedA brief analysis is offered

Emerging interpretations are evident.Comments are securely based in more apt quotation choices.A full analysis is offered including attempts to identify different layers of meaning.

AO2.1 Identifies basic language featuresComments offered on general effect

Identifies language features with a brief explanation, using emerging subject terminologyMakes a link of how the

Explains how language features are used and shows a broad understanding, using subject terminologyExplains how language

Exploration of how a range of language features have been used to achieve effects and influence readersExplicit explanations as

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language has been used to achieve effects and influence readers

features are used to achieve effects and influence readers

to how effects have been created are offeredMore frequent and accurate use of subject terminology