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Reading Curriculum


At the Gateway Academy, we aim for our students to have access to a wide range of diverse, interesting and challenging texts throughout our curriculum. In Year 7 and 8, all pupils will have one hour a week, which is focused purely on reading a class novel and developing reading skills. This is in addition to the wide range of texts which our students study in their English Curriculum.

Below is a list of the texts which all our students will study in each year group. As a parent, you will receive regular updates on what your child is reading in school, which will allow you to discuss reading at home.

If you would like any more information or support on the texts being studied, please contact Alex Mitchell (alex.mitchell@theglc.org.ouk) or Dan Bedford (dan.bedford@theglc.org.uk)

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

A selection of Greek Myths

The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson

AQA Conflict Poetry Anthology

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Revisiting An Inspector Calls

A selection of short stories from other cultures

A selection of non-fiction texts on the topic of ‘Global Voices’

An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley

A selection of fiction and non-fiction texts suitable for AQA English Language

Revisiting Jekyll and Hyde

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

AQA Conflict Poetry Anthology

Revisiting Macbeth

Refugee by Alan Gratz

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

AQA Conflict Poetry Anthology

The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

 

Frankenstein (Oxford Playscript)