Department Staff

HoD

Teaching Staff

Mrs J Whitaker (j.whitaker@applemore.hants.sch.uk)

Mrs M Scudder

Ms F Dunne

Mrs C Goldhawk

Mrs H Lowe

Ms E Papachristu

Key Stage 3 (Topics)

Year 7

The Weird & The Wonderful

• Cabinet of Curiosities
• An Introduction to Non-Fiction
• The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
• Gothic
• The Tempest

Year 8

Place & Society

• Dystopia
• The World We Lie In
• Long Way Down
• Twelfth Night
• Trael Writing

Year 9

Voice & Identity

• Making Your Voice Heard
• Conflict: Romeo and Juliet
• The Hate U Gie
• Poetry Anthology
• Sherlock Holmes

Key Stage 4 (Topics)

Courses & Assessment Methods

English Language

(Eduqas)

100% Exam

Paper 1 (40%)

Paper 2 (60%)

English Literature

(Eduqas)

100% Exam

Paper 1 (40%)

Paper 2 (60%)

Year 10

• Fiction analysis and ealuation
• Creatie writing
• Non-fiction analysis, ealuation and comparison
• Transactional writing

• A Christmas Carol
• Shakespeare (Romeo & Juliet OR Macbeth)
• Poetry Anthology
• Unseen Poetry

Year 11

• Fiction analysis and ealuation
• Creatie writing
• Non-fiction analysis, ealuation and comparison
• Transactional writing

• An Inspector Calls
• Poetry Anthology
• Unseen Poetry
• Reision of all Literature texts studied across KS4

Curriculum Accessibility

Provisions for SEND students

• Alternatie methods of recording.
• Use of reader, scribe/ laptop where appropriate.
• Personalised and dyslexia friendly resources.

X-Curricular

Clubs

• The Apple Seed – Student Newspaper

Trips/Events

• LitFest
• Theatre trips
• KS5 college master classes

Resources

Apps

• Memrise

Software

Links/Websites

• BBC Bitesize https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
• Eduqas OER https://oer.eduqas.co.uk/
• SparkNotes https://www.sparknotes.com/
• No Fear Shakespeare https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/

Future Pathways

Further Education

• AS/ A Leel English Language
• AS/ A Leel English Literature
• AS/ A Leel English Language & Literature (combined)

Career and Progression

• University
• Employment (copyrighting/ journalism/ teaching/ speech & language therapy/ publishing/ adertising/ Film & TV/ and many, many more!)