ENGLISH 2
English Foundation 2 Course Outline
Week Lesson Description
1 1 Exploring narrative structure
2 Openings that engage the reader
3 Spud / Enrichment reading
2 4 Understanding how language creates suspense
5 Exploring responses to narrative
6 Matching narrative form to purpose
7 Spud / Enrichment reading
3 8 Investigating character with hot-seating
9 Creating characters through voice and vocabulary
10 Using punctuation to develop detailed characters
11 Spud / Enrichment reading
4 12 Structuring diary narrative
13 Writing a story with a message
14 Spud / Enrichment reading
4A Assignment 1
5 15 Tracing a writer’s views and ideas across a prose text
16 Analysing preferences and opinions
17 Analysing how themes are conveyed in a play
18 Spud / Enrichment reading
6 19 Develop and evaluate drama and discussion skills
20 Tracing feelings and perspectives in poems
21 Using connectives to compare similarities and differences in text
22 Spud
7 23 Analysing two poems on the same theme
24 Spud / Enrichment reading
7A Assignment 2
8 25 Testing your skills: Reading and writing questions on non-fiction texts
26 Testing your skills: Assessing your progress: non-fiction reading and writing
27 Spud / Enrichment reading
9 28 Testing your skills: Reading and writing questions on fiction texts
29 Testing your skills: Assessing your progress: fiction reading and writing
30 The Princess Bride / Enrichment reading
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ENGLISH 2
10 31 Progression Test Paper 1 Instructions
32 Progression Test Paper 2 Instructions
10A Assignment 3 – Progression Test Paper 1
10B Assignment 4 – Progression Test Paper 2
11 33 What is travel writing?
34 Selecting and noting key information in travel texts
35 The Princess Bride / Enrichment reading
12 36 Comparing tone and register in travel texts
37 Responding to travel writing
38 The Princess Bride / Enrichment reading
13 39 Understanding grammatical choices in travel writing
40 Varying sentences for effect
41 The Princess Bride / Enrichment reading
14 42 Boost your vocabulary
43 Creating a travel account
14A Assignment 5
15 44 Matching informative texts to audience and purpose
45 Using formal and informal language in information texts
46 The Princess Bride / Enrichment reading
16 47 Comparing information texts
48 Using discussion to prepare for a written assignment
49 The Princess Bride / Enrichment reading
17 50 Planning information texts to suit different audiences
51 Shaping paragraphs to suit audience and purpose
52 Crafting sentences for a range of effects
53 The Princess Bride / Enrichment reading
18 54 Making explanations precise and concise
55 Writing encyclopaedia entries
56 The Princess Bride / Enrichment reading
19 57 Reviewing persuasive techniques
58 Commenting on use of language to persuade
59 The Princess Bride / Enrichment reading
20 60 Exploring layers of persuasive language
61 Responding to the use of persuasive language
62 Macbeth / Enrichment reading
21 63 Adapting grammar choices to create effects in argument writing
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ENGLISH 2
64 Organising a whole argument effectively
65 Macbeth / Enrichment reading
22 66 Organising an argument within each paragraph
67 Presenting and responding to a question
68 Macbeth / Enrichment reading
23 69 Producing an Argumentative Essay
70 Macbeth / Enrichment reading
23A Assignment 6
24 71 Analysing how atmospheres are created
72 Developing analysis of a description
73 Analysing atmospheric descriptions
74 Macbeth / Enrichment reading
25 75 Using images to inspire descriptions
76 Using language to develop an atmosphere
77 Macbeth / Enrichment reading
26 78 Sustaining a cohesive atmosphere
79 Creating atmosphere through punctuation
80 Macbeth / Enrichment reading
27 81 Using structural devices to build up atmosphere
82 Producing a powerful description
27A Assignment 7
28 83 Understanding story openings
84 Exploring setting and atmosphere
85 Introducing characters in stories
29 86 Responding to powerful narrative
87 Pitching a story
88 Creating narrative suspense and climax
89 Creating character
30 90 Using tenses in narrative
91 Using pronouns and sentence order for effect
92 Creating a thriller
30A Assignment 8
31 93 Analysing implicit meaning in non-fiction texts
94 Analysing how a play’s key elements create different effects
95 Using discussion skills to analyse carefully
96 Comparing effectively through punctuation and grammar
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ENGLISH 2
97 Analysing two texts
32 98 Testing your skills: Reading and writing questions on non-fiction texts
99 Testing your skills: Assessing your progress: non-fiction reading and writing
100 Progression Test Paper 1 Instructions
32A Assignment 9 – Progression Test Paper 1
33 101 Testing your skills: Reading and writing questions on fiction texts
102 Testing your skills: Assessing your progress: fiction reading and writing
103 Progression Test Paper 2 Instructions
33A Assignment 10 – Progression Test Paper 2
34 EXAMS
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