Oliver Twist & Literacy/Grammar Autumn & 2018/19 Subject: English

Oliver Twist & Literacy/Grammar Autumn 1 & 2 2018/19
Subject: English	Year: 7
Interim Assessment: Oliver Twist Fortnightly Quizzes, followed by reteach activities for common misconceptions X 2 Extended Reading responses per half term, focused on a key extract of the text Grammar Fortnightly Quizzes, followed by reteach activities for common misconceptions	Key Vocabulary Week 1:Victorian, era, workhouse, poverty, disease, Dickens. Week 2 novel, childbirth, tough, starvation, corruption Week 3 vulnerable, orphan, undertaker, bully, malicious Week 4 vulnerable, orphan, undertaker, bully, malicious Week 5 wretched, repulsive, villain, pickpocket, to betray, naïve Week 6 transportation, execution, theft, innocent, dangerous Week 7 violence, criminal, burglary, threat, capture, vicious Week 8 locket, confess, victim, manipulate. Plot, murder Week 9 heartless, brutal, inheritance, comeuppance, climax Week 10 - Assessment Prep
Overview: X 3 lessons a week: Students study the abridged version of Oliver Twist (accompanied by original extracts for key scenes), focusing on context of Victorian London, Dickens’ own childhood, plot, character development of analysis of themes explored in the text. The lessons are reading/content heavy, which allows teachers to teak and adapt lessons as they teach the unit. Given there are 7 weeks in each term, there is ample content in the lessons for teachers to seamlessly add a starter/plenary to ensure continuity throughout the unit. Hence, some teachers may appear to be ‘behind’ in the teaching of the text but are in fact following the SOL as instructed as different classes move at different paces.