English Department
Welcome to the English Department
Organisation of Teaching Groups
In Years 7, 8 and 9 boys are taught English in their form groups. They have seven lessons a fortnight in Year 7, six in Year 8 and five in Year 9. Wherever possible, we try to ensure a degree of continuity in English teaching, so that a class will have the same English teacher for at least two consecutive years in Key Stage 3.
In Years 10 and 11 boys are sorted into six teaching groups for English. These are not set by ability. They are taught for six periods a fortnight.
In Years 12 and 13 there are normally two sets, one for each subject which we offer at AS and A2 Level. Two teachers share the teaching for each group, each teacher taking five of the then allocated periods per fortnight.
What are the lessons like?
KS3 (lower school)
Year 7
Library lesson programme Introductory unit - My Father is a Polar Bear Autobiography Roald Dahl's Boy Word games Literacy through texts Two novels as shared readers
Year 8
Library lesson programme Two novels as shared readers. Project on ballads and verse forms. Shocking Shakespeare Differences in language
Year 9
One shared novel Shakespeare play - Macbeth Poetry writing in a variety of forms such as the sonnet An examination of texts on the same theme in preparation for SATs paper Argumentative writing Work on a variety of texts from other cultures.
All classes will cover the above material, which will then be supplemented by units devised by individual teachers.
English Department
Head of Department Mr J Moran
Teacher Miss A Leigh
Assistant Head of Year 8 Mrs C Mahony
Teacher Miss C Raffo
KS3 Literacy Co-ordinator Mrs S Williams
Teacher Miss C Woodhead
Head of PSHE Mrs T Harvey-Voyce
Marlborough Road
Bowdon, Cheshire
WA14 2RS
Tel: 0161 928 0858
Fax: 0161 924 3888
Email: agsbadmin@agsb.co.uk