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English Department

Departmental Staff

  • Mrs O McCrory (Head of KS3 and KS5)
  • Mrs B Harley (Head of KS4)
  • Mr C McCloskey
  • Mrs C Duncan
  • Mr N Donnelly
  • Mr A White
  • Mr D Murphy

Key Stage 3

What will I study?

Year 8 Year 9 Year 10
Term 1 – Novel: “Boy”

Term 2 – Advertising

Short Stories

Term 3 – Poetry

Term 1 – Novel: “Wonder” or “Holes”

Term 2 – Newspapers

Short Stories

Term 3 – Poetry

Term 1 – Novel: “Roll of Thunder” or “A Monster Calls”

Term 2 – Non Fiction

Irish Short Stories

Term 3 – Irish Poetry

How will I be assessed?

All Key Stage 3 students have 5 formal assessments per year:

Halloween – Fiction Reading

Christmas – Empathy Writing

February – Speaking & Listening (Year 8 & 9)

Analysing Non-Fiction (Year 10)

Easter – Creative Writing

Summer – Poetry Reading Assessment

 

Useful links

CBS Assessment Booklet http://www.cbsomagh.org/

BBC Bitesize http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z3kw2hv

 

 

 

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