Curriculum Sequencing Documents - English
Coherence and Connections English at Louth Academy
- The Sequencing of the curriculum for English reflects the links between themes and concepts that create a deeper understanding of Literature. The sequence allows our students to engage with and reflect on broad themes and concepts that are covered throughout their school experience. Revisiting these concepts and themes allows the students to make links between characters, situations and narratives; generating a deeper lasting understanding.
- Practical Application: This could be as simple as using signposting statements. Where have we seen this before? What does this remind us of? How does this have a relationship with what we have learned previously? How does our understanding of the previous concept inform our understanding of this one?
Link to whole school focus- Cognitive Load Theory
- Cognitive load theory informs our curriculum sequencing by revealing the role of memory in helping students build the cognitive architecture required to access the English curriculum effectively.
- As working memory is limited, we need to sequence our curriculum to reduce cognitive load by drawing on prior knowledge and logically sequencing episodes of learning with the curriculum design, so they accumulate in small stages, securing understanding and skills at one stage before moving on to the next and avoided extraneous cognitive load.
English Literature: What concepts, themes and skills are essential to a broad and balanced curriculum?
Key themes and concepts
Human experience Power and conflict Perspectives Identity Morality and ethics Supernatural Natural World
Key skills
Understanding relationships between text and meaning
Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings
→ Scroll right to view the table.| Year | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Theme | Safety |
Safety | British Values | British Values | Consequence | Consequence |
| 7 |
In Search of Adventure: An adventure novel: Human experience Identity Understanding relationship between text and meaning |
In Search of Adventure: An adventure novel: Human experience Identity Understanding relationship between text and meaning |
Poetry Alive: Forms of poetry and developing range of poetic techniques. Human experience Perspectives Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas |
Other Worlds: Short stories. Perspectives Awareness of how methods affect readers |
The Play’s the Thing: Frankenstein. Morality and ethics Supernatural Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas |
The Play’s the Thing: Frankenstein. Morality and ethics Supernatural Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas |
| Theme | Travel | Travel | Empathy | Empathy | Togetherness | Togetherness |
| 8 |
A Different Story: Study of poetry written by marginalised groups in history. Human experience Identity Perspectives Morality and ethics Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers |
It’s a Mystery: Who Dunnits: study of the genre alongside study of a ‘whodunnit’ class novel. Perspectives Identity Morality and ethics Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas |
All the World’s a Stage: Shakespeare’s life and times. Human experience Identity Perspectives Awareness of context on readers and writers Understanding relationship between text and meaning |
All the World’s a Stage: Shakespeare’s life and times. Human experience Identity Perspectives Awareness of context on readers and writers Understanding relationship between text and meaning |
Relationships: Study of a class novel which explores complexities of human relationships. Human experience Perspectives Morality and ethics Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas |
Relationships: Study of a class novel which explores complexities of human relationships. Human experience Perspectives Morality and ethics Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas |
| Theme | Save the planet | Save the Planet | Poverty and the Economy | Poverty and the Economy | Human Impact and Technology | Human Impact and Technology |
| 9 |
New Ways of Seeing: Poetry appreciation. Human experience Identity Perspectives Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
Power and Conflict: London, Ozymandias, Prelude, My Last Duchess, Storm on the Island. Power and conflict Perspectives Natural World Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
Other Worlds: a classic novel Morality and ethics Identity Power and conflict Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
Other Worlds: a classic novel Morality and ethics Identity Power and conflict Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
An Inspector Calls: Modern Drama Text Human experience Identity Perspectives Morality and ethics Awareness of context on readers and writers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
An Inspector Calls: Modern Drama Text Human experience Identity Perspectives Morality and ethics Awareness of context on readers and writers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
| Year | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Theme | Ambition | Ambition | Health | Health | Power and Conflict | Power and Conflict |
| 10 |
A Christmas Carol: 19th Century novel Human experience IdentitySupernatural Perspectives Morality and ethics Awareness of how methods affect readers Awareness of context on readers and writers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
A Christmas Carol: 19th Century novel Human experience Identity Supernatural Perspectives Morality and ethics Awareness of how methods affect readers Awareness of context on readers and writers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
Macbeth: Shakespeare Power and conflict Morality and ethics Supernatural Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
Macbeth: Shakespeare Power and conflict Morality and ethics Supernatural Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
Macbeth: Shakespeare Power and conflict Morality and ethics Supernatural Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
War poetry: Charge of the Light Brigade, Remains, Exposure, Bayonet Charge, War Photographer. Power and conflict Morality and ethics Human experience Identity PerspectivesNatural World Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
| 11 | Macbeth (3 weeks only) Macbeth: Shakespeare Power and conflict Morality and ethics Supernatural Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
An Inspector Calls: Modern Drama Text (9 weeks) Human experience Identity Perspectives Morality and ethics Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol: 19th Century novel Human experience Identity Supernatural Perspectives Morality and ethics Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
Poetry: Teachers to check with individual classes (Coverage may differ due to COVID restrictions) and cover ALL Power and conflict poems. Human experience Power and conflict Perspectives Identity Morality and ethics Supernatural Natural World Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
Exam Preparation Human experience Power and conflict Perspectives Identity Morality and ethics Supernatural Natural World Understanding relationship between text and meaning Understanding the need to use supporting evidence for ideas Awareness of context on readers and writers Awareness of how methods affect readers Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
English Language: What concepts, themes and skills are essential to a broad and balanced curriculum?
Key themes and concepts
Human experience Power of words Perspectives Identity Morality and ethics Overcoming barriers and Challenges
Key skills
Understanding relationships between text and meaning
Developing speaking and listening skills Communicate meaning accurately Use language creatively Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Developing perspectives
→ Scroll right to view the table.| Year | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Theme | Safety |
Safety | British Values | British Values | Consequence | Consequence |
| 7 |
Life Writing: Autobiographical writing. Human experience Developing speaking and listening skills |
The Art of Persuasion: Advertisements. Power of words Understanding relationships between text and meaning |
Myths and Legends: Where do stories come from? Identity Understanding relationships between text and meaning |
The Quest: Adventure Stories. Overcoming barriers and Challenges Use language creatively |
Letters of Note: Letter writing. Perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Breaking News: Newspapers. Perspectives Morality and ethics Developing perspectives |
| Theme | Travel | Travel | Empathy | Empathy | Togetherness | Togetherness |
| 8 |
Out and About: Descriptive writing and travel writing Human experience Power of words Use language creatively Understanding relationships between text and meaning |
Out of this World: Science Fiction Morality and ethics Human experience Use language creatively Communicate meaning accurately |
All in the mind: Articles Perspectives Identity Developing perspectives Developing speaking and listening skills |
Hear my Voice: A Refugee’s story Overcoming barriers and ChallengesIdentity Understanding relationships between text and meaning Developing perspectives |
A Victorian Childhood: Children’s Literature. Human experience Power of words Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings |
A Victorian Childhood: Children's Literature. Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Use language creatively |
| Theme | Save the planet | Save the Planet | Poverty and the Economy | Poverty and the Economy | Human Impact and Technology | Human Impact and Technology |
| 9 |
The Art of Story Telling: Short Stories. Human experience Power of words Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Use language creatively |
Something to Say: Speeches Power of words Perspectives Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges Developing speaking and listening skills Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Shaping Moments: Autobiographical writing. Power of words Overcoming barriers and Challenges Identity Understanding relationships between text and meaning Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Use language creatively |
What it is to be Human: Articles Perspectives Morality and ethics Understanding relationships between text and meaning Developing perspectives |
Ha Ha Very funny: Humorous Writing Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Developing speaking and listening skills Use language creatively |
The Art of Articles: Non fiction reading and writing Perspectives Morality and ethics Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Use language creatively Communicate meaning accurately |
| Year | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Theme | Ambition | Ambition | Health | Health | Power and Conflict | Power and Conflict |
| 10 |
Literary Fiction: Reading and Writing Short stories. Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Human experience Understanding relationships between text and meaning Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Original Writing: Reading and Writing Short stories. Power of words Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges perspectives Understanding relationships between text and meaning Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Travel Writing. Power of words Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges perspectives Understanding relationships between text and meaning Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Transactional Writing: Non fiction writing. Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Human experience perspectives speaking and listening skills Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Points of View: Making speeches. Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges perspectives Understanding relationships between text and meaning speaking and listening skills Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Eye Witness accounts. Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges perspectives Understanding relationships between text and meaning speaking and listening skills Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
| 11 | Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges perspectives Understanding relationships between text and meaning Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Developing speaking and listening skills Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing. Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges perspectives Understanding relationships between text and meaning Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Developing speaking and listening skills Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Viewpoints and Perspectives. Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges perspectives Understanding relationships between text and meaning Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Developing speaking and listening skills Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Viewpoints and Perspectives. Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges perspectives Understanding relationships between text and meaning Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Developing speaking and listening skills Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
Exam Preparation Power of words Morality and ethics Identity Human experience Overcoming barriers and Challenges perspectives Understanding relationships between text and meaning Understanding that language and structure can be analysed to reveal a variety of meanings Developing speaking and listening skills Use language creatively Developing perspectives Communicate meaning accurately |
