Students will build on and develop skills taught at upper KS2, by reading a range of fiction and nonfiction texts. They will develop an understanding of the seven story types and how stories shape our morality. They will also recognise the importance of allusions, myths, and legends, prior to exploring the morals that define us as heroic or villainous and the adventures that test these perceptions. Finally, students will recognise how ownership shapes emotions and explore how we express ourselves and shape our perceptions.
- Unit 1: Origin Stories – making sense of our beginnings.
- Unit 2: Narrative Journeys and Perspectives – our literal and symbolic adventures.
- Unit 3: The theme of Love in Shakespeare – our emotions and attachments.
In Year 9, students focus on developing, strengthening and extending the skills needed to become independent, successful readers and writers. They begin exploring what happens when we can’t find peace, analysing how we cope with conflict and struggle to avoid violence. We then examine what conflict might bring to our future, how powerful organisations take control, and what happens when we lose our free will. Finally, we delve into rhetoric, understanding how words are the most powerful tool and learning how to use them to influence and persuade people to listen and act.
Unit 7: Conflict in Drama and Poetry – our destructive struggles with one another.
Unit 8: Dystopian Short Stories – the dangerous consequences of our destructive struggles.
Unit 9: Rhetoric and Revolution – how our words can shape and save our world
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