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Year 10 english
Year 10 consolidates the analytical, persuasive and creative skills needed for senior English. Learners manipulate grammar deliberately for effect, analyse how narrative structure and perspective shape meaning, and build sophisticated arguments using appeals to credibility, emotion and logic. They also consider how context and values influence both the creation and reception of texts.
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Language
Literature
- Narrative structure and perspectiveFull lesson · 55 minAnalyse how authors use non-linear structures, foreshadowing and narrative perspective, including unreliable narrators, to shape meaning and engage readers.
- Shakespeare and dramaTopic outlineExplore dramatic conventions such as soliloquy, dramatic irony and stagecraft through scenes from a Shakespeare play, using the public-domain text.
- Context and values in textsTopic outlineConsider how the time, place and culture in which a text was written shape its values, and how readers today may respond differently.
- IntertextualityTopic outlineRecognise how texts borrow from, allude to and reimagine other texts, from myths and fairy tales to film adaptations.
- Creative writing: voice and styleTopic outlineDevelop a distinctive narrative voice by experimenting with diction, syntax and perspective, and reflect on the choices made.
Literacy
- Constructing arguments: ethos, pathos and logosFull lesson · 55 minBuild and analyse persuasive arguments using appeals to credibility, emotion and logic, and strengthen them by anticipating and rebutting counterarguments.
- Representation in mediaTopic outlineAnalyse how groups, places and issues are represented in news, film and online media, and whose perspectives are included or excluded.