YEAR 7
You will have separate lessons for drama, your own reading, creative writing,
language.
AUTUMN TERM:
MY STORY/CHARACTERISATION
WHAT WILL I BE STUDYING?
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Autobiographical writing
Reading Roald Dahl's "Boy"
Biographical writing
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Characterisation
Reading Michael Morpurgo's
"Private Peaceful"
MARKED WORK
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Writing: autobiographical creative
Reading: comprehension
Oral: talk about myself
Writing: biography about a member of the community
Reading: essay about the characters in the book
Writing: rewrite an episode from another character’s
viewpoint
Oral: role-play in pairs/groups about the characters
SPRING TERM:
LANGUAGE IN ACTION/MOVING IMAGE AND MEDIA/MYTHS AND
LEGENDS
WHAT WILL I BE STUDYING?
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Writing for different audiences
and purposes, focusing on
formal letters and writing to
argue, persuade, advise
Current affairs
Moving image and media
through film trailers, marketing,
DVD covers
Myths and Legends
Turning a written story into a
film
MARKED WORK
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Writing: a formal letter of complaint
Oral: group discussion on issue from the news
Reading: analysis of advert or speech
Reading: formal comprehension
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Reading: comparison of 2 trailers
Writing: own myth
Oral: Dragon's Den style presentation of changing a text
SUMMER TERM:
WHAT IS POETRY/TIME TRAVEL/THE PLAY’S THE THING
WHAT WILL I BE STUDYING?
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Poetry, especially different
techniques, ballads, narrative
poems and performance poetry
Exam
History of the Language: finding
out where words come from
Reading Robert Swindells
“Stone Cold” play
MARKED WORK
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Reading: poetry comprehension
Writing: own poem
Oral: performing poem in groups
Exam: comprehension/writing
Oral: group presentation on the History of the Language
Writing: creating displays
Oral: group performance of script
Reading/writing: book review