English Careers
Scoll down to your year group
Use the form in your Homework Booklet as a template to research a career in English.
You can print off a blank copy of the form here: Careers homework task
Year 7
In this cycle, you have learnt to craft your writing using a range of grammatical tools.
You have practised and improved your use of:
- Narrative structure and character arcs
- Specific noun and verb choices
- Adverbs and participles
- Sensory description.
- figurative language techniques
- Omission, pace and narrative development.
- Linear and non-linear narratives.
Top 5 job ideas:
- Author
- Proofreader
- Screenwriter
- Commissioning Editor
- TV or Film Producer
Careers link: https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/subject/english
Year 8
In this cycle, you have learnt to craft your critical and analytical writing.
You have practised and improved your ability to:
- analyse how historical events have influenced writers and the work they produce
- Compare the responses of different writers and how this is influenced by their different perspectives.
- support your points with judiciously chosen evidence
- analyse a writer’s use of language, structure and form.
- link texts to their context and reflect upon how meaning is created for a reader.
Top 5 job ideas:
- Newspaper Journalist
- Copywriter
- Civil Servant
- Arts Critic
- Member of Parliament
Careers link: https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/subject/english
Year 9
In this cycle, you have learnt to craft your critical and analytical writing.
You have practised and improved your ability to:
- use academic phrasing and structure
- assert academic points
- support your points with judiciously chosen evidence
- analyse a writer’s use of language, structure and form.
- link texts to their context and reflect upon how meaning is created for a reader.
- consider the writer’s intentions and how successfully they have done this.
Top 5 job ideas:
- Literary Critic
- Researcher
- Paralegal
- Vlogger
- Arts Administrator
Careers link: https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/subject/english
Year 10
In this cycle, you have learnt to craft your critical and analytical writing.
You have practised and improved your ability to:
- use academic phrasing and structure
- assert academic points
- support your points with judiciously chosen evidence
- analyse a writer’s use of language, structure and form.
- link texts to their context and reflect upon how meaning is created for a reader.
- consider the writer’s intentions and how successfully they have done this.
Top 5 job ideas:
- Literary Critic
- Researcher
- Paralegal
- Vlogger
- Arts Administrator
Careers link: https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/subject/english
Year 11
In this cycle, you have learnt to craft your writing using a range of grammatical tools.
You have practised and improved your ability to:
- consider and evaluate the choices writers make and the impact this has on a potential audience
- communicate clearly and effectively in writing
- Use the written and spoken word as an effective tool to inform, argue and persuade.
Top 5 job ideas:
- Author
- Journalist
- Marketing Executive
- Commissioning Editor
- TV or Film Producer
Careers link: https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/subject/english