English Learning Cycle Year 9

Term One: A Sense of Place
1.	Baseline Task (Me and the Coronavirus)	Assessment 1 / Personal Writing / ‘My Special Place’
2.	Where I am from? (Research: local dialect/slang/standard English/cultural identity)
3.	‘Belfast Confetti’ Ciarán Carson/Wordsworth ‘Composed Upon….’/Gearóid MacLochlainn ‘Stream’ (Poems: comprehension skills/extended creative writing/poets’ backgrounds influence their writing)
4.	Revise literary devices: similes/metaphors/onomatopoeia/personification/repetition.
5	Revise basic grammar/layout skills: capital letters/full stops/commas/homophones/paragraphing/essay writing/use of varied punctuation.
6.	Develop independent reading skills for pleasure.
Halloween Assessment Grade:

Term Two: The Study of a Novel
1	The study of a novel: Buddy	Assessment 2 / Comprehension and / Extended Writing Task based on the class novel.
2	Build on comprehension skills and revise the use of / Point, Evidence, Explain and introduce Expand (P>E>E>E)
3	Revise presentational devices/book cover/blurb/image/colour/font
4	Develop an understanding of the writer’s techniques: characterisation/themes/use of language/vocabulary building.
5	Grammar/layout skills: extension on homophones/apostrophes (possession and contractions)/essay structure/
6	Develop independent reading skills for pleasure.
Christmas Assessment Grade:

Term Three: The Poetry Project
1	Equality: develop awareness of world issues and personal interpretation and expression through poetry. (See Poetry Booklet)	Assessment 3 / Speaking and Listening Tasks / Group and Individual
2	Build on comprehension skills and the use of / Point, Evidence, Explain, Expand (P>E>E>E)
3	Develop and recap on literary devices: similes/metaphors/onomatopoeia/personification/repetition/sibilance
4	Building self-esteem/confidence through: Group work and Individual Poetry Recital
5	Develop independent reading skills for pleasure.
Speaking and Listening Assessment Grade:

Term Four: Reading Non-Fiction Texts/Function Writing
1	Reading non-fiction texts to develop awareness of: genre, audience and purpose/image and layout/the writer’s techniques – language/literary devices/use of vocabulary for purpose.	Assessment 4 / Non-Fiction comprehension and / Functional Writing essay
2	Build on comprehension skills and the use of / Point, Evidence, Explain and Expand (P>E>E>E)
3	Functional essay writing: letters/articles/speeches/discursive / Develop skills: planning/essay structure/paragraphing/introduction/conclusion/use of vocabulary for purpose/varied punctuation.
4	Revise/re-evaluate grammar.
5	Develop independent reading skills for pleasure.
Summer Assessment Grade: