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Blog #8- Mr Schofield's ideal English Curriculum

A task from a subject studies workshop during my teacher training. Not limited to books or texts, but limited to those made by people of British heritage- otherwise this list would be far longer! I could expand and include many texts already taught at schools, but here is a start.


Year 7-9 (KS3)


The poem Jerusalem by William Blake and inspired play by Jez Butterworth

The book Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

The book The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and accompanying film by James McTeigue


Year 10-11 (KS4)


Extracts from the screenplay of This is England by Shane Meadows

The songs Parklife, The Narcissist and Coffee and TV by Blur

The book A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney and accompanying film by Shelagh Delaney and Tony Richardson

The book Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

The play Macbeth by William Shakespeare and accompanying film by Justin Kurzel

The song Teardrop by Massive Attack

Episodes of The Royle Family by Mark Mylod; Steve Bendelack and Caroline Aherne


Year 12-13 (KS5)


The film Shallow Grave by Danny Boyle

The film Dead Man's Shoes by Shane Meadows

The songs You and Me, Royal Morning Blue and Hollow Ponds by Damon Albarn

The book White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The film Four Lions by Chris Morris

The book Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft- Shelley

The book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

The book Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh and accompanying film by Danny Boyle

Episodes from Phoenix Nights by Peter Kay

The plays Endgame and Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

The songs Jubilee Street and Higgs-Boson Blues and the album Murder Ballads by Nick Cave

The film One More Time with Feeling by Andrew Dominik


Across year groups:


A selection of poems by Simon Armitage, Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats, Sylvia Plath, Philip Larkin etc.


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