Year 9 Making the Grade in English Year

Year 9 Making the Grade in English

Year 9 Curriculum

Structure of lessons ‘Do Now’ at the start of every lesson

Structure of lessons Knowledge based curriculum Building memory platforms Deliberate practise

Reading All year 9 classes have a library lesson once a fortnight. Students read for pleasure. They are able to make book suggestions to one another and ask for recommendations from the Librarian.

How to encourage reading at home Only 34% of 14 year olds read once a week. Try to encourage reading at home: ● ● ● ● Model reading - fiction and nonfiction Read the same book as your child and discuss the plot and characters Watch a film adaptation and then read the novel - discuss the differences Pre read what will be studied next week, next term, next year Read other books by the authors studied Read short stories (especially 19 th century) Visit the local library Listen to audiobooks

Supporting with reading at home to boost: ● Reading age ● Reading speed ● Reading fluency

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Other ways to support your child at home?

Other ways to support your child at home?

Preparing for Year 10 Students will begin studying the GCSE Power and Conflict poetry in the summer term. Texts taught in year 10 are: A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens An Inspector Calls - J. B. Priestley Macbeth - William Shakespeare