English Year 7

ENGLISH – YEAR 7

Theme: Journeys

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Unit 1: Autobiographical writing - Study of a range of autobiographical texts.

Unit 2: The Modern Novel – ‘Holes’. Class reading of and response to the novel.

Unit 3: Poetry – Study of a range of modern and literary heritage poems with a focus on figurative language.

Unit 4: Modern Drama – Study of ‘The Young Jane Eyre’ play-script and extracts from the novel it is based on.

Unit 5: Non-fiction Project – Study of a range of non-fiction text types on the theme of travel.

Unit 6: Introduction to Shakespeare’s life, times and plays.

Assessment

Unit 1: Piece of autobiographical writing

Unit 2: Structured response to an extract from the class novel

Unit 3: Structured response to an unseen poem

Unit 4: Comprehension task on an extract from the novel.

Unit 5: Ongoing assessment of pieces of non-fiction writing.

End of year exams focus on reading and writing skills learnt during the year.

How we assess students’ understanding in the classroom:

How we support learning:

Written and verbal feedback on all classwork, homework and assessments, including targets for improvement.
Individual teacher support in the classroom as required and personalised support outside the classroom as necessary.
Extension tasks where necessary, which offer the opportunity to progress further.

How parents can support learning:

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