Secondary Reading
Secondary Reading at NSWL
The ability to read fluently, and to draw meaning from increasingly complex and nuanced texts, is at the foundation of student achievement at school and beyond.
The goal of NSWL’s reading policy is firstly that literacy never creates a barrier to the highest achievement for our students, and secondly that students’ facility with reading and appreciation of literature become a spur to study in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Students at NSWL read widely, and this wide reading is built into every subject. Students are exposed to ideas and material beyond what is strictly required for the topic at hand. Reading becomes a means of furthering their interest and knowledge across the curriculum.
NSWL promotes reading for pleasure as an end in itself and as an important developmental goal that contributes to students’ enjoyment and wellbeing.
Reading at NSWL is structured and the Library provides guidance on what students should read that is appropriate for their ability level.
Secondary Reading List Years 7-11
Reading List 2019-2020
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | GCSE (Year 10 and 11) |
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Our key texts in class are: Beowulf The Odyssey Peter Pan A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Supplementary Reading – these books have been chosen to link with our key texts: Norse Mythology -- Neil Gaiman) Percy Jackson series – Rick Riordan His Dark Materials sequence – Philip Pullman Peter Pan In Scarlet – Geraldine McCaughrean
Challenging Supplementary Reading: The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien The Odyssey (trans. Emily Wilson) Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
And to try something different… The Dark Is Rising – Susan Cooper A Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula LeGuin |
Our key texts in class are: The Hound of the Baskervilles Romeo and Juliet Lord of the Flies
Supplementary Reading – these books have been chosen to link with our key texts: The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
Challenging Supplementary Reading: The Woman in Black – Susan Hill
And to try something different… The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie The Diary of Anne Frank Life of Pi – Yann Martel |
Our key texts in class are: A Christmas Carol Othello The Crucible
Supplementary Reading – these books have been chosen to link with our key texts: The Lie Tree – Frances Hardinge Exposure – Mal Peet Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Challenging Supplementary Reading: Jane Eyre Things Fall Apart To Kill A Mockingbird
And to try something different… A Monster Calls Anita and Me (Meera Syal) True Grit |
Our key texts in class are: Jekyll & Hyde An Inspector Calls Macbeth
Supplementary Reading – these books have been chosen to link with our key texts: Animal Farm
Challenging Supplementary Reading: The Picture of Dorian Gray 1984
And to try something different… Rebecca The Book Thief Pigeon English |