United Kingdom · National Curriculum Attainment Targets
Year 10 English
A comprehensive Year 10 curriculum designed to bridge the gap between Key Stage 3 and GCSE requirements. Students engage with complex literary heritage texts and contemporary non fiction to develop critical analytical skills and sophisticated writing voices.
Power and Conflict in Poetry
An exploration of how poets use language and structure to represent the human experience of war and domestic struggle.
Analysing how poets use semantic fields and imagery to convey the physical and psychological impact of battle.
Examining how the physical arrangement of a poem and shifts in tone contribute to its overall meaning.
Synthesising ideas across different poems to identify common themes of identity and power.
The Art of Persuasion
Developing a sophisticated rhetorical voice for non fiction writing and spoken word performance.
Identifying and applying classical rhetorical strategies to establish authority and credibility in writing.
Crafting articles and letters that advocate for social change or express a strong viewpoint.
Adapting written arguments for oral delivery, focusing on intonation, pace, and gesture.
Nineteenth Century Gothic
Analysing the conventions of the Gothic genre in 19th century literature and their reflection of Victorian anxieties.
Investigating how authors use pathetic fallacy and claustrophobic settings to create suspense.
Exploring characters that represent the 'other' and what they reveal about societal fears of the time.
Evaluating the use of unreliable narrators and epistolary forms in Gothic fiction.
The Craft of Fiction
Developing creative writing skills by experimenting with narrative structure, characterisation, and sensory detail.
Using sensory language and specific detail to ground a reader in a fictional setting.
Creating multi dimensional characters through dialogue, action, and internal monologue.
Experimenting with non linear timelines, circular narratives, and unexpected endings.
Shakespearean Drama
A deep dive into a Shakespearean tragedy or comedy, focusing on stagecraft, dramatic irony, and soliloquy.
Analysing how Shakespeare provides the audience with information that characters lack to build suspense.
Examining how internal thoughts are externalised to reveal character motivation and moral conflict.
Investigating the Great Chain of Being and how disruptions to the social order drive the plot.
Voices of the Modern World
Comparing 20th and 21st century non fiction texts to understand how language evolves and reflects modern values.
Comparing broadsheet reporting from the early 1900s with contemporary digital news media.
Analysing how travel writers describe foreign places and the ethics of the 'tourist gaze'.
Exploring how blogs, social media, and online forums have created new linguistic conventions.