Reading Curriculum
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At the Gateway Academy, we aim for our pupils to have access to a wide range of diverse, interesting and challenging texts throughout our curriculum. In Year 7 to 9, 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 pupils study in their English Curriculum. Below is a list of the texts which all our pupils 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. |
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If you’d 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) |
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Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
| When the Guns Fall Silent by James Riordan | Sawbones by Catherine Johnson | Sawbones by Catherine Johnson | The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Stevenson | Revisiting An Inspector Calls |
| A selection of Greek Myths | A selection of extracts from Gothic Fiction | An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley | Macbeth by William Shakespeare | Revisiting Jekyll and Hyde |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare | The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare | AQA Conflict Poetry Anthology | AQA Conflict Poetry Anthology | Revisiting Macbeth |
| Refugee by Alan Gratz | Animal Farm by George Orwell | The Dark Lady by Akala | AQA Conflict Poetry Anthology | |
| Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller | The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida | Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle | ||
| Chinglish by Sue Cheung | The Boxer by Nikesh Shukla |