Topic 5 Year 7 english
| English | |||
| Topic | Other Worlds | ||
| No of lessons | 19 | ||
| When is it happening | Half Term 5 Year 7 | ||
| What will students learn | Students will learn about a range of genres linked to the theme of other worlds though the primary focus will be fantasy and science-fiction. Students will study and gain knowledge from a selection of extracts taken from seminal works in the studied genres. Students will write a narrative essay paying homage to one of the genres and authors studied during this unit. | ||
| Key Knowledge that students should know at the end of 'Topic' | This is the knowledge that students will meet for the first time in this topic | Genres:- science-fiction, fantasy, dystopia, fairy-tale; extracts from seminal works covering the core genres:- Philip K Dick, Isaac Asimov, George Orwell, JRR Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Suzanne Collins, James Dashner, Veronica Roth, Julia Donaldson, Hans Christian Anderson. | |
| This is knowledge that students may have met before but will need to deepen their understanding |
Regular retrieval of the knowledge described above will be retrieved as well as: Genre Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman |
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| Key Skills that students should be able to demonstrate at the end of 'Topic' | This is the skills that students will meet for the first time in this topic | Students will focus on acquiring the following skills: Write like a short story writer. | |
| This is skills that students may have met before but will need to develop |
Students will concentrate on developing these core Year 7 skills: Making inferences; referring to evidence; purpose; vocabulary choice; characterisation; expressing own ideas. |
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| Key vocabulary that students should know and understand |
Utopian, Dystopian, Perfection, Fairness, Balance Unjust |
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| The Big Question | Why is it important to different genres of writing? | ||
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Key questions that students should be able to answer at the end of the 'Topic'
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What do we already know about other worlds writing? | ||
| What is a dystopian and utopian setting? | |||
| What are the dystopian conventions? | |||
| Who is Suzanne Collins and what does her dystopian fiction look like? | |||
| What is the purpose of dystopian fiction? | |||
| How do I create a piece in the style of dystopia? | |||
| What is the science-fiction genre? | |||
| Who is Veronica Roth and what does her science-fiction writing look like? | |||
| Who is Philip K Dick and what does his science-fiction writing look like? | |||
| How do I create a piece of science-fiction? | |||
| Who is JRR Tolkien and what does his fantasy writing look like? | |||
| Who is CS Lewis and what does his fantasy writing look like? | |||
| What are the conventions of children's writing? | |||
| Who is Julia Donaldson and what does her writing look like? | |||
| What is the purpose of children's fiction? | |||