Year 10 – Autumn Term

Unit 1: Unit 2: Unit 3:

Key concept: How Modern Drama Poetry anthology Transactional writing
do texts incite and Non-fiction anthology
inspire change?
Text drivers An Inspector Calls: How does JB Priestley Poetry: War Photographer, Half-Caste, Half-Past Two, Guides Leaflet
craft the character of Sheila in the play ‘An Prayer Before Birth, Blessing Mentor text 1: Guide to Rome To be decided
Inspector Calls’ to help explore political Mentor text 2: Guide to playing the guitar
tensions of the time. Non-fiction: A Passage To Africa, Young and Dyslexic, Mentor text 3: Guide to colds and flus
The Danger of a Single Story, Chinese Cinderella
Reading Q4
Reading Q5 Written task: A guide to…
Year 10 – Spring Term
Unit 1: Unit 2: Unit 3:
Key concept: Literary Heritage Poetry anthology Transactional writing
Perspective: Power: Non-fiction anthology
A vice or a virtue?
Text drivers Macbeth: How does William Shakespeare Poetry: Search for my Tongue, The Tyger, My Last Speeches Articles
present the theme of Kingship in the play Duchess, If, Hide and Seek To be decided To be decided
‘Macbeth’?
Non-fiction: H is for Hawk, A Game of Polo, Between a
Rock and a Hard Place, Explorers or Boys Messing About
Year 10 – Summer Term
Unit 1: Unit 2: Unit 3:
Key concept: Imaginative writing Poetry anthology Revision:
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Text drivers I Am Legend Poetry: Poem at 39, Sonnet 116, La Belle, Piano, Do not go English Language – Paper 1
gentle, Remember, Blessing English Literature – Unseen poetry and comparative poetry

Non-fiction: Beyond the Sky and Earth, The Explorer’s

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Year 10 Curriculum Map 2022-2023