English
Overview
Key Stage 3
Year 7 Topic Overviews and Homework
Year 7 – Autumn term – Detective fiction and writing
Year 7 – Spring term – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Year 7 – Summer Term – Lakes PoetryHomework Booklet – Year 7
Year 8 Topic Overviews and Homework
Year 8 – Autumn term – Gothic Prose
Year 8 – Spring term – Refugee Boy
Year 8 – Summer term – Poetry and Prose
Year 9
Year 9 – Autumn term – Romeo and Juliet
Year 9 – Spring term – Of Mice and Men
Year 9 – Summer term – Poetry and Prose texts
Key Stage 4
Year 10 Topic Overviews and Homework
Year 10 – W – English Language P2 docx
Year 10 – Winter – Poetry (Power and Conflict)
Year 10 – Spring – An Inspector Calls
Year 10 – Spring – English Language Paper 1
Year 10 – Summer 1 – English Language Paper 1
Homework – Year 10 Power and Conflict – Revision
Homework – Year 10 Language P2 Q5 skills – Revision
Homework – Year 10 Power and Conflict
Homework – Year 10 Language paper 1 practice Q5
Homework – Year 10 MACBETH – Challenge
Homework – Year 10 Summer 1 AIC
Homework – Year 10 Summer 1 MACBETH
Homework – Year 10 Summer 2 AIC
Homework – Year 10 Summer 2 10 MACBETH – Challenge
Homework – Summer Revision – Homework Booklet
Year 11 homework booklets
Homework – Year 11 Winter 1 Lang P2 Q5
Homework – Year 11 Winter 2 ACC – Revision
Homework – Year 11 Winter 2 Language P2 Q5 skills – Revision
Homework – Year 11 Winter1 Macbeth – Revision
Homework – Year 11 Spring 2 AIC
Homework – Year 11 Spring Language paper 1 practice Q5
Homework – Year 11 – Easter Revision Homework
Key Stage 5
At KS5, the English department offers A2 English Language and A2 English Literature provided by AQA.
Both courses attract a high number of students and we like to offer students various enrichment opportunities to support their studies. We currently have around 80 students studying English Language and/or English Literature in our Sixth Form.
Enrichment
Promoting and Supporting “Reading for Pleasure”
Reading is at the heart of everything we do here at West Lakes Academy. The department applied for ‘Reading School’ status from Scholastic earlier this year and we are thrilled to announce that this was approved. This is testament to all of the work the whole academy does in promoting reading for pleasure.
All students at KS3 have a reading record bookmark. As an academy, we are encouraging pupils to fill in the ‘new vocabulary’ section on the back when reading, whether it be when reading during tutor time, in the library or reading textbooks in lessons.
The department runs several different reading clubs that shadow awards over the course of the school year, including the Roald Dahl Funny Award for students in Year 7, the Carnegie Children’s Literature Award for Key Stage 3 students and the Man Booker for students in Key Stage 5.
Some Sixth Form students are reading ambassadors for students of year 7 and 8 and they listen to students read during library time. They also take part in paired reading with Year 7 students, encouraging them to develop their reading skills and strategies. We also have 20 reading ambassadors across years 8 and 9. These students visit local primary schools to listen to younger students read and to promote their love for reading.
The department also runs the academy’s “Shelfie” in the Library. Each week, a member of staff displays their top ten favourite books and comments on why others should read them. In their tutor groups, students also contribute to our “Student Shelfie”.
English Prefects and Ambassadors
Some students in Year 10 are given the opportunity to become English Prefects. They lead our student voice and help support younger students with their English studies. They have also created our own YouTube channel and upload videos to help students with their SPaG skills.
We also have Year 12 English Language and English Literature Prefects. In this role, students support younger students in their English lessons and promote English and a love for reading across the academy.
Extra-Curricular Activities
The English department arrange a number of extra-curricular activities for students including educational visits and visiting speakers. We work closely with Dove Cottage in Grasmere and our students are given the opportunity to gain an Arts Award in conjunction with them. Lecturers from the University of Cumbria visit the academy to provide students with sessions that will extend their learning/knowledge and enrich them. We regularly schedule trips to the cinema or hold in school live screenings of plays and adaptations which link to texts we are studying as part of the curriculum.
We provide our students with the opportunity to take part in national competitions, such as Poetry by Heart, and we have had students’ work published in a collection of creative writing stories alongside other schools. As part of being a Reading School, we host the Scholastic Book Fair to promote a love of reading throughout the academy.
