GCSE English SCHEME OF WORK

BGLZ
Term A
Week
1

Date

Component

Topic

Introduction

23.09.
15

Reading
Literary Texts

Romeo & Juliet

30.09.
15

Reading
Literary Texts

Romeo & Juliet

How writers build a character.

Importance of motivation.
Ls to write Romeo and Juliets
diaries.

07.10.
15

Reading
Literary Texts

Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeares language, incl.

iambic pentameter, blank and
rhymed verse, and prose.

14.10.
15

Reading
Literary Texts

Romeo & Juliet

Essay writing skills. Use

PETER model. Introduction to
reading for inference.

21.10.
15

Practice
paper

Romeo & Juliet

James Kenworth

Introduction

Activity

16.09.1
5

Course content/structure.
Ground rules. ILPs. Class
profile. Mandatory texts list.
Micro-lesson guidelines.
Book/film clubs.
Introduction to Shakespeare,
Elizabethan life and theatre.
Analyse and understand
meaning of Prologue.

Assessment

LLN/ICT.

notes
Ls to complete ILPs.

Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups

Micro-lesson:
SPAG.

Homework: Ls to compile
a list of adjectives to
describe each of the main
characters in R&J.

Micro-lesson:
SPAG.

Homework: Ls to compile
a short glossary of
Shakespearean
words/terms, and bring
them into class to
discuss/review.
Homework: Ls to choose
their favourite lines/words
of Shakespeare/R&J and
explain the reasons for their
choice.

Micro-lesson:
SPAG.

Micro-lesson:
SPAG.

Homework: Using
examples from the text to
support your answer,
explain how the Prologue
sets key themes in Romeo &
Juliet.
Choose your favourite
scene/part/moment in R&J
and deliver a 3 minute

04.11.
15

Speaking and
Listening

Romeo & Juliet

Ls to write/create/devise a
front page news item about
the deaths of Romeo and
Juliet, writing in the style of a
tabloid or broadsheet
newspaper.

11.11.
15

Speaking and
Listening

Romeo & Juliet

Introduction to 5-minute
modern Romeo and Juliet.
Guidance on how to write a
play, incl. dialogue and stage
directions.

18.11.
15

Speaking and
Listening

Romeo & Juliet

10

25.11.
15

Speaking and
Listening

Romeo & Juliet

11

02.12.
15

Speaking and
Listening

Romeo & Juliet

12

09.12.
15
James Kenworth

Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity

Micro-lesson:
SPAG.

Written work
Micro-lesson:
Feedback from
SPAG.
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Essay writing/literary analysis
Written work
Micro-lesson:
practice.
Feedback from
SPAG.
pairs/groups
Script writing and rehearsal.
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Essay writing/literary analysis
Written work
Micro-lesson:
practice.
Feedback from
SPAG.
pairs/groups
Script writing and rehearsal.
Group discussion
Ls to confirm costumes/props,
Observation/monitorin
etc.
g of activity
Essay writing/literary analysis
Written work
Micro-lesson:
practice.
Feedback from
SPAG.
pairs/groups
Script writing and rehearsal.
Group discussion
Ls to confirm costumes/props,
Observation/monitorin
etc.
g of activity
Speaking and Listening Controlled Assessment
Romeo & Juliet performance

presentation to class
exploring the reasons for
your choice.
Review practice paper
answers.
Review ILP targets.
Homework: Ls to read a
play, or an extract/sample,
and make notes of how a
play differs from a novel or
poem.
Homework: Ls to write a 1minute play, using the
classic 3-act structure, ie
beginning, middle and end.

Homework: Ls to learn an
audition piece from R&J
and perform for class.

Homework: start reading

Of Mice and Men

Performance to invited audience.

Performance
Review ILP targets.

GCSE English SCHEME OF WORK

BGLZ
Term B
Week
1
2
3

Date
06.01.1
6
13.01.1
6
20.01.1
6

Component
Reading
Literary Texts

Reading
Literary Texts

Topic
Romeo & Juliet

Wilfred Owen

Of Mice and
Men
R&J

27.01.1
6

03.02.1
6

Reading
Literary Texts

Reading
Literary Texts

Wilfred Owen

Of Mice and
Men
R&J
Wilfred Owen

Of Mice and
Men
R&J

James Kenworth

Activity

Assessment

LLN/ICT.

notes

Micro-lesson:
literary terms.

Ls to complete
ILPs.

Introduction.
Reading Literary Texts Controlled Assessment
Romeo & Juliet
Introduction to Owen, WW1 and WW1
Written work
poetry. (Documentary) OR Imperial
Feedback from
War Museum First World War
pairs/groups
Galleries exhibition.
Group discussion
Introduction to Steinbeck, Great
Observation/monitorin
Depression, American Dream.
g of activity
R&J revision/practice.

Literary devices/techniques used in

poetry, and how Owen uses these
devices in Dulce et Decorum est.
Themes and characterization in
Mice/Men.
R&J revision/practice.
Literary devices/techniques used in
poetry, and how Owen uses these
devices in Futility and 1914.
Ls to write Lenny and George diaries.

Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity

Micro-lesson:
literary terms.

Micro-lesson:
literary terms.

Homework: Ls to
read poems chosen
by the tutor, and
prepare notes on
how poetry differs
from novel or a
play.
Homework: Ls to
read/study Futility
and prepare notes.

Homework: Ls to
complete Mini-Saga
reading between
the lines exercise,
and bring into class
to discuss

10.02.1
6

24.02.1
6

Reading
Literary Texts

Reading
Literary Texts

Wilfred Owen/
Of Mice and
Men/
R&J

Essay writing skills. Use PETER model.

Refresher on reading for inference.

Wilfred Owen

Literary devices/techniques used in

poetry, and how Owen uses these
devices in Anthem for Doomed Youth.
Ls to write/create/devise a front page
news item about the shooting of
Lennie, writing in the style of a tabloid
or broadsheet newspaper.
Ls to write WW1 soldiers diaries.
Mice/Men practice paper

Of Mice and
Men

02.03.1
6

Reading
Literary Texts

Wilfred Owen
Of Mice and
Men

09.03.1
6

Reading
Literary Texts

Wilfred Owen

Of Mice and
Men

10

16.03.1
6

Reading
Literary Texts

Wilfred Owen
Of Mice and
Men

11

23.03.1
6

James Kenworth

Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity

Micro-lesson:
literary terms.

Micro-lesson:
literary terms.

Review ILP targets.

Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Literary devices/techniques used in
Written work
poetry, and how Owen uses these
Feedback from
devices in 1914.
pairs/groups
Review Mice/Men practice paper
Group discussion
answers.
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Use drama conventions to support an
Written work
analysis of Dulce et Decorum est.
Feedback from
Use drama conventions/creative
pairs/groups
writing to support an analysis of
Group discussion
themes/subjects in Mice/Men.
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Reading Literary Texts Controlled Assessment
Of Mice and Men

Micro-lesson:
literary terms.

Homework: Ls to
research examples
of literary devices
in poetry, and bring
them into class to
discuss/review.

Review R&J practice paper answers.

Micro-lesson:
literary terms.

Micro-lesson:
literary terms.

GCSE English SCHEME OF WORK

BGLZ
Term C
Week
1
2
3

Date
13.04.1
6
20.04.1
6
27.04.1
6

04.05.1
6

11.05.1
6

Component

Topic

18.05.1
6

Assessment

LLN/ICT.

notes

Introduction.
Reading
Literary Texts
Reading
Literary Texts

Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen

Refresher sessions on Owen and WW1,

esp critical analysis and literary devices.
Refresher sessions on Owen and WW1,
esp critical analysis and literary devices.

Wilfred Owen

Information
and ideas

Imaginative
writing
Information
and ideas

James Kenworth

Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
CA

Descriptors

Ls to answer question paper in small

groups/pairs, and to make notes of what
descriptors (criteria) they think the
examiners are looking for in a successful
paper.
as above.

Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity

Past papers
practice

Ls to prepare a brief presentation on

summarizing and presentational features

Written work
Feedback from

Activity

Micro-lesson:
creative
writing.

Micro-lesson:
creative
writing.
Micro-lesson:
creative
writing.

Micro-lesson:
creative

Ls to complete
ILPs.
Reading Literary
Texts Controlled
Assessment
Owen

Homework: Ls to
write a short piece
of creative writing,
ie a poem, story,
and receive peer
feedback.
Review ILP targets.

Imaginative
writing

of passages/texts.
Creative writing exercises, incl.
tips/techniques on
narrative/POV/characterization/
dialogue.
Review/analyse TV & radio broadcasts, &
newspaper report/blog/mag article &
compare stylistic features of each format.
Creative writing exercises, incl. letter,
diary & blog writing.

08.06.1
6

Information
and ideas

How to summarize in your own words,

and use of language review.

15.06.1
6

Imaginative
writing
Information
and ideas

Imaginative
writing

25.05.1
6

Information
and ideas

Imaginative
writing

10

22.06.1
6

11

29.06.1
6

12

06.07.1
6

Imaginative
writing
Controlled
Assessment
Information
and ideas
Written
Exam
Review/plenar
y

James Kenworth

Past papers
practice

Creative writing exercises, incl.

monologue writing,
Refresher session.

pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity

writing.

Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
Written work
Feedback from
pairs/groups
Group discussion
Observation/monitorin
g of activity
CA

Micro-lesson:
creative
writing.

Homework: Ls to
select a current
news topic and
summarize key
points.

Micro-lesson:
creative
writing.

Homework: Ls to
write a short
monologue, and
receive peer
feedback.

Micro-lesson:
creative
writing.

Exam

Review ILP targets.

James Kenworth