ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts covered in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides credible suggestions about how to help departments improve their Key Stage 3 (KS3) English model. It presents examples of models of long-, medium- and short-term planning that suggest ways in which all pupils have the opportunity to build on prior learning. The book looks at the LAC and SPAG independently of each other and then together, and the implications that both have in terms of continuing to build positive relationships between English and other areas of the curriculum. It demonstrates examples of the ways in which meaningful homework can be embedded in terms of the wider KS3 English curriculum. The book also demonstrates how media texts need to be taught explicitly and implicitly in any KS3 English curriculum model, regardless of KS4 measurements.
