Y9 Remote Learning - English | Armfield Academy

Armfield Academy – Department - English

Year 9 Curriculum Overview

CLASS:	To access your child’s English video lessons, click the link below depending on their class. This link will take them directly to Google Classroom / their weekly activities.
9X1	https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQ1MzY0MTY4NTg4
9X2	https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQ1MzY0MTY4NjEx
9X3	https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQ1MzY0MzYxNDgz
9X4	https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQ1MzY0MTY4NjQw
9Y1	https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQ1MzMyNDUyNDU0
9Y2	https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQ1MzM2NDE3MDA4
9Y3	https://classroom.google.com/c/MTQ1MzY0MTY4NTM1

Half Term 1
Date	Curriculum Overview Focus: Non-fiction study Topic: Travel & Employment	Remote Learning
WEEK 1 02/09	Non-fiction recap / Introduction to travel writing genre / Orient Express research / Dictionary race vocabulary task / OE brochure language analysis / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/mastering-confused-words-6wtk4d/activities/2 - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Peter Pan’)
WEEK 2 07/09	Developing vocabulary/ Capital letters / apostrophes / Fronted adverbials / Semi-colons / Travel article planning / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/grammar-for-writing-sentence-construction-cmukar/activities/1 - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Firestormers – Back Burn’)
WEEK 3 14/09	Travel review (‘Life on the Orient Express’ article task) / Employment skills ‘Life literacy - OE Job application form / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/grammar-for-writing-using-semicolons-to-link-main-clauses-c4uk8c - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Dracula’)
WEEK 4 21/09	Application letter / Speaking and listening task (job interview role play) / Persuasive techniques recap / Redrafting / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/embedding-skills-to-use-a-range-of-grammatical-structures-68t3cc - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Passage to Fortune’)
WEEK 5 28/09	Visit Blackpool webpage analysis / Bill Bryson’s Bradford (article comprehension) / ‘Holiday from Hell’ (satire writing task) Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/rhetoric-and-clarity-of-expression-counter-arguments-6cw30c - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Case of the Stolen Space Suit’)
WEEK 6 05/10	‘My Time in ___________’ travel journal planning / Assessment task: Travel article writing task / RRR reflection / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/refining-punctuation-in-creative-writing-6mu62t/activities/2 - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Awesome Jobs Involving Technology’)
WEEK 7 12/10		- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zphc9j6/revision/1 - Recommended E-Book:
Half Term 2
Date	Curriculum Overview Focus: Literature Study Topic: Childhood	Remote Learning
WEEK 1 02/11	Introduction to literature timeline / Comparison of childhood [then and now] / The Renaissance context research / Ballad comprehension task (Babes in the Wood) Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/independent-clauses-c8vkje/activities/2 - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Smart Research Strategies’)
WEEK 2 09/11	Introduction to The Neoclassical era / Cloze activity / Prose study (A token for Children) / Describing a feral child task / Comma splicing activity / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/subordinate-clauses-c5hkgd - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Portrait Vandal’)
WEEK 3 16/11	Introduction to the Romantic Movement / Video research (active reading task) / Poetry analysis (The Chimney Sweeper) / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/subordinate-conjunctions-although-unless-and-if-c9gk0d - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Humans and Other Life on Earth’)
WEEK 4 23/11	Introduction to the Victorian Times / Research notes / Prose analysis (Oliver Twist) / Non-fiction study (Lord Shaftsbury’s speech) / Writing task – Victorian short story or Anti-child labour article / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/subordinate-conjunctions-even-though-because-and-whenever-cdhkac - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘The Songs of Stones River’)
WEEK 5 30/11	Introduction to the Modern Era / Class discussion – the arrival of modernism / Poetry study (‘If’ comprehension) / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/past-simple-tense-cmv6ar - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Maps’)
WEEK 6 07/12	Introduction to Postmodernism / Non-fiction analysis (Greta Thunberg speech) / Comprehension task) Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/subordinate-clauses-64w3ac - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Missing Museum Archives’)
WEEK 7 14/12	Assessment task: Literature essay ‘How has the presentation of childhood differed over the literary periods?’ / Feedback, self-reflection and pupil voice Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/singular-and-plural-subjects-6njkcc - Recommended E-Book: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ (search: ‘Looking Through the Glass’)
Half Term 3
Date	Topic: Skills	Remote Learning
WEEK 1 04/01	Subject-verb agreement / Sentence openers/variety / Subordinating conjunctions / Precise and appropriate vocabulary	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zd4kwty - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 2 11/01	- Relative clauses/ parenthesis - Sentences for clarity, sequence and purpose - Word effects - Structuring description creatively	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z8scf82 - Recommended E-Book:
	Curriculum Overview Focus: Non-fiction study Topic: Viewpoint Texts	Remote Learning
WEEK 3 18/01	Introduction to viewpoint texts / What is discursive writing? ‘Roadkill’ documentary notes / Article writing task / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/semicolons_and_colons_1.asp - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 4 25/01	Emotive language / The power of viewpoint texts / Influential language / Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/adjectives_and_adverbs_1.asp - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 5 01/02		- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/subject_verb_agreement_1.asp - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 6 08/02		- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/commas_1.asp - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 7 15/02		- Armfield Video Lessons: [See Google Classroom class links above] - Skills Activities: https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/apostrophes_1.asp - Recommended E-Book:
Half Term 4
Date	Curriculum Overview Focus: Poetry Study Topic: Conflict Anthology	Remote Learning
WEEK 1 22/02	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 2 01/03	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 3 08/03	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 4 15/03	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 5 22/03	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 6 29/03	Assessment Task: How is war presented (comparison task) / RRR Feedback / Accelerated Reader STAR Test	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
Half Term 5
Date	Curriculum Overview Focus: Non-Fiction Study Topic: Perspective Writing	Remote Learning
WEEK 1 12/04	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 2 19/04	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 3 26/04	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 4 03/05	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 5 10/05	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 6 17/05
WEEK 7 24/05
Half Term 6
Date	Curriculum Overview Focus: Shakespeare Study Topic: Romeo and Juliet	Remote Learning
WEEK 1 07/06	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 2 14/06	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 3 21/06	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 4 28/06	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 5 05/07	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 6 12/07	Spelling & vocabulary quiz	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book:
WEEK 1 07/06	Book review / Assessment Feedback, self-reflection & pupil voice / Accelerated Reader STAR Test	- Armfield Video Lessons: - Skills Activities: - Recommended E-Book: