Planning  a  scheme  of  learning  –  Year  7  The  Story  of  English  

Planning  questions   Notes  &  ideas  What  can  my  pupils  currently  do  &  how  do  I  know?    

• Understanding  of  context  covered  in  Myths  &  Legends  scheme  of  learning  

• Knowledge  of  ancient  myths  which  will  feed  into  study  of  Troilus  and  Cressida  

• Some  familiarity  of  language  change  from  studying  Beowulf  which  will  feed  into  study  of  Chaucer  and  middle  English  

What  do  they  need  to  understand  next?    

• How  an  understanding  of  context  is  inseparable  from  an  understanding  of  language  and  language  change  

What  will  they  do  to  generate  those  understandings?  

 

• Exploring  prior  knowledge  of  language  change  through  slang,  text  messaging  etc.  

• Decoding  meaning  from  poems  in  foreign  language  to  gain  confidence  with  unfamiliar  language  and  structure  

• Reading  Troilus  and  Criseyde  by  Chaucer  &  Troilus  and  Cressida  by  Shakespeare  

• Reading  aloud  • Writing  translations  between  texts  and  into  modern  

English    How  will  they  know  if  they’ve  been  successful?    

• Understanding  how  the  story  differs  in  different  versions  

• Identifying  differences  in  language  between  the  texts  • Experience  that  reading  something  unfamiliar  and  

seemingly  difficult  can  be  pleasurable    • Ability  to  explain  the  effects  of  context  on  language    

What  feedback  will  they  need  at  different  stages?    

• Probing  questions  to  prompt  discussion  of  meaning  and  to  articulate  uncertainties  

• Debate  on  reasons/justifications  for  differences  identified  

• Encouragement  • Prompts  to  make  links  and  connections  backwards  and  

forwards  to  other  texts  • Feedback  on  language  analysis  and  using  evidence  

What  performances  will  there  be?    

• Discursive  essay  on  the  links  between  language  change  and  context  –  focusing  on  how  Shakespeare’s  version  of  T&C  builds  on/differs  from  Chaucer’s  

• Invent  a  character  for  Canterbury  Tales  and  tell  their  story  either  in  modern  English  or  a  pastiche  of  middle  English  

How  does  this  fit  into  the  programme  of  study  (big  picture)?  How  does  it  build  on  prior  knowledge  &  link  to  next  steps?  

• Growing  body  of  knowledge  of  language  and  literature  and  an  understanding  of  how  contexts  connect  

• How  the  language  of  Romance  is  derived  to  build  on  study  of  Arthurian  legend  and  courtly  love  in  next  scheme  of  learning  

• Ability  to  make  links  and  connections  between  different  periods