THEALE GREEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL CURRICULUM SYLLABUS YEAR 7
IT homeworks: Click on the half term title to reveal the homework for the half term
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TERM THREE |
| INDUCTION | POETRY | LITERATURE | NON-FICTION | STORY | DRAMA |
| information, introductions and library induction S&L: introduction to oral work, investigate difference between spoken and written language structures Reading: a choice of poetry, short story and non-fiction Writing: planning, drafting, editing, and revising writing. |
Review of poetic form with emphasis on literary heritage. S&L: discussing poetry as whole class and in groups Reading: a range of poetry Writing: experimenting with visual and sound effects of language |
Class reader S&L: discussion of character, plot and setting. Identify and report the main points emerging from a discussion Reading: class study of a nove Writing: book or character review |
Revise the stylistic conventions of non-fiction Use of standard English S&L: role playing e.g. spokesperson Reading: a range of non-fiction Writing: writing to instruct. |
S&L: oral storytelling Reading: study of a short story anthology Writing: developing a range of dramatic devices, structuring a story and portraying characters |
S&L: discussion of the difference between plays and prose, development of a range of dramatic techniques Reading: a class play Writing: producing a considered response to a play, writing a drama script |
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| Pluralisation Homophones Phonics and syllables Nouns and noun phrases Paragraphs |
Apostrophe-omissions Dictionaries and thesaurus Strategies to work out the meanings of unknown words |
Spelling: correct vowel choices Complex sentences and word classes |
Possessive apostrophe Link words Active and passive voice, paragraphing |
Word endings Use of spellcheckers Lexical patterns Links with different languages |
Prefixes Analogies Terms of qualification |
S&L = SPEAKING AND LISTENING