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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

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Links/Websites

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!)