Topic/BigQuestion
Throughout Year 7, pupils will enjoy two novels, a play by William Shakespeare and a suite of complementary non-fiction and poetry texts. They will learn about different cultures and time periods and they will start to master the skill of using evidence from a text to support their views. Pupils will write creatively and persuasively for a range of different tasks, audiences and purposes.
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KeyKnowledge Conventional heroic traits; unconventional heroic traits; why perceptions of heroism have changed over time; how audiences respond to heroes. Conventional heroic traits; unconventional heroic traits; why perceptions of heroism have changed over time; how audiences respond to heroes.
Assessment
PersonalandSpiritual Development
How to select and retrieve details from a text; how to quote evidence to support an idea; application of specialist vocabulary; how to write imaginatively; how to write informatively; how to speak with clarity.
My Hero: Oral Assessment on a person you find heroic.
How a writer conveys characters to achieve effects; ambiguity in character; how a writer structures a novel to interest a reader; relevant contextual information
How a writer conveys characters to achieve effects; ambiguity in character; how a writer structures a novel to interest a reader; relevant contextual information
How to select and retrieve details from a text; how to quote evidence to support an idea; application of specialist vocabulary; how to write imaginatively; how to itiftilh How to write PEE responses; how to evaluate characters; application of specialist vocabulary; how to use evidence from a text to support ideas.
My Hero: Oral Assessment on a person you find heroic.
Learning Checkpoint: Comprehension linked to the novel.
How to write PEE responses; how to evaluate characters; application of specialist vocabulary; how to use evidence from a text to support ideas.
Plot of the play; the changing relationships between characters in the play; aspects of Shakespearean comedy; different types of love; context of patriarchy.
How to write PEE responses; how to apply context to an audience's perception of the text; how to summarise key details; how to structure an evaluative essay.
Jasmine/Sunya: HeroLearning checkpoint: Write about Helena in Act One.
Plot of the play; the changing relationships between characters in the play; aspects of Shakespearean comedy; different types of love; context of patriarchy.
How to write PEE responses; how to apply context to an audience's perception of the text; how to summarise key details; how to structure an evaluative essay.
Year 7 Examination: Plot, context and character based questions. Essay response.
Plot of the play; the changing relationships between characters in the play; aspects of Shakespearean comedy; different types of love; context of patriarchy; how poets convey ideas about women in different time periods.
How to write PEE responses; how to apply context to an audience's perception of the text; how to summarise key details; how to structure an evaluative essay; how to analyse how poets use methods to convey ideas.
Year 7 Examination: Plot, context and character based questions. Essay response.
Plot of the novel; context of racism in America (Emmett Till, slavery); mood and atmosphere; non-chronlogical narrative; how to write in role/empathy responses; how to write a speech and letter.
Transactional writing; writing to argue and persuade; how to write evaluatively about a text; how specific word choices elicit deeper meaning (words and their effect on the reader); how context informs readers' perspectives.
Christian Values of Justice and Creation; speaking in front of an audience.
Christian Values of Justice and Creation; speaking in front of an audience.
Christian Values of Reconciliation and Compassion; FBV and tolerance; diversity and equality.
Christian Values of Reconciliation and Compassion; FBV of tolerance; diversity and equality.
Christian Values of Love and Koinonia; FBV of respect and tolerance; empathy.
Christian Values of Love and Koinonia; FBV of respect and tolerance; empathy.
Christian Values of Love and Koinonia; FBV of respect and tolerance; empathy.
Christian Values of Forgiveness and Justice; courageous advocacy; FBV of law.
Plot of the novel; context of racism in America (Emmett Till, slavery); mood and atmosphere; non-chronlogical narrative; how to write in role/empathy responses; how to write a speech and letter.
Transactional writing; writing to argue and persuade; how to write evaluatively about a text; how specific word choices elicit deeper meaning (words and their effect on the reader); how context informs readers' perspectives.
Learning Checkpoint: Mood and atmosphere extract (writer using language to create specific effects)
Christian Values of Forgiveness and Justice; courageous advocacy; FBV of law.
Ghost Boys contains some upsetting content but this will be handled sensitively in lessons. Year 7 Overview
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Pupils will study 'The Windrush Child' as a transition text in their first week of Year 7. Pupils will be given
Pupils will receive access to Bedrock Vocabulary during this term which is Novel contains some upsetting content but this will be handled sensitively in lessons.
Novel contains some upsetting content but this will be handled sensitively in lessons.
Pupils will watch 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' during their English lessons. This is rated
Pupils will watch 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' during their English lessons. This is rated PG.
Complementary poetry: Whoso List to Hunt (Wyatt), A Woman to her Lover (Christina Walsh); An
Ghost Boys contains some upsetting content but this will be handled sensitively in lessons.