KS3 English revision checklist

Key Stage 3 · National Curriculum

Reading fiction

• Inference: reading between the linesLesson →
• Character and settingLesson →
• Plot, structure and narrative voiceLesson →

Poetry: the basics

• Figurative language: similes, metaphors and moreLesson →
• How poems work: rhyme, rhythm and stanzasLesson →

Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Meet Shakespeare: his world and his languageLesson →
• Shakespeare's comedy: A Midsummer Night's DreamLesson →

Imaginative writing

• Descriptive writingLesson →
• Writing a short storyLesson →

Grammar and Standard English

• Word classes: the building blocks of sentencesLesson →
• Sentences and full stopsLesson →
• Standard English and registerLesson →

Reading non-fiction

• Non-fiction: purpose, audience and formLesson →
• Persuasive and rhetorical techniquesLesson →
• Summarising and comparing viewpointsLesson →

Pre-1914 fiction

• Victorian fiction: Dickens and A Christmas CarolLesson →
• Genre: Gothic fictionLesson →

Poetry: form and comparison

• Poetic forms: sonnets, ballads and free verseLesson →
• Comparing poems: two views of LondonLesson →

Writing for a purpose

• Writing to argue and persuadeLesson →
• Writing letters: formal and personalLesson →
• Plan, draft, edit and proofreadLesson →

Punctuation and speaking

• Punctuation for clarity and effectLesson →
• Giving a speech or presentationLesson →

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

• Romeo and Juliet: the story and the PrologueLesson →
• Romeo and Juliet: language and characterLesson →
• Drama in performance: staging and voiceLesson →

Literature in context

• Reading a novel in context: Jekyll and HydeLesson →
• Seminal world literatureLesson →
• Tackling an unseen poemLesson →
• Writing a literature essayLesson →

Writing with control

• Crafting fiction: structure and perspectiveLesson →
• Writing non-fiction: articles, reviews and reportsLesson →
• Grammar for effect: voice, modals and sentence varietyLesson →
• Building vocabulary: roots, connotations and contextLesson →

Debate and the road to GCSE

• Formal debate and discussionLesson →
• Ready for GCSE EnglishLesson →