PROPOSED LITERACY CONTINUUM for YEARS 7, 8 & 9.
(Read in conjunction with the Literacy & Numeracy Testing Continuum)
Term 1
Year 7
Core
x2
lessons.
Ext’n
x1
lesson
Year 8
Year 9
National Literacy Tests
(Year 7 booklets) x 1 lesson
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
CARS – Assessment (Pretests)
CARS – Assessment (Benchmark) and
CARS – Assessment (Post-tests)
Word Flyers
STARS – Strategies (1 to 6) including
continuous monitoring.
STARS – Strategies (7 to 12)
including continuous monitoring
Writing on Demand
x 2, 10-15 min “slots”
Writing on Demand
x 2, 10-15 min “slots”
Writing on Demand
x 2, 10-15 min “slots”
Word Flyers
Grammar Minutes B to G (electronic)
(back of English books?)
Writing on Demand
x 2, 10-15 min “slots”
*Narrative & persuasive tasks
CARS – Assessment (Benchmarks)
Word Flyers
SRA x 1 lesson
(boxes and work books)
Writing on Demand
x 2, 10-15 min “slots”
Oxford English x 1 lesson
(text books and work booklets)
Editing Skills – Levels 1 to 4
(back of English books?)
National Literacy Tests
(Year 9 booklets) x 1 lesson
CARS – Assessment (Post Tests)
Word Flyers
SRA x 1 lesson
(boxes and work books)
Writing on Demand
x 2, 10-15 min “slots”
Grammar Minutes B to G (electronic)
(back of English books?) x 1 lesson
Editing Skills – Levels 1 to 4
SB Pearson x 1 lesson
(text books and work booklets)
*Narrative & persuasive tasks
SRA x 1 lesson
(boxes and work books)
SB Pearson x 1 lesson
(text books and work booklets)
Editing Skills – Levels 1 to 4
(back of English books?)
Word Flyers
Writing on Demand
x 2, 10-15 min “slots”
Grammar Minutes B to G (electronic)
(back of English books?)
SRA x 1 lesson
(boxes and work books)
Writing on Demand
x 2, 10-15 min “slots”
Writing on Demand
x 2, 10-15 min “slots”
Editing Skills – Levels 1 to 4
(back of English books?)
Oxford English x 1 lesson
(text books and work booklets)
Grammar Minutes B to G (electronic)
(back of English books?)
Word Flyers
RESOURCES: CARS and STARS text books Levels AA to H; SRA boxes, AB Pearson (Years 8 & 9); National Literacy Tests (photocopied booklets – Years 7 – Sandy to
order - & 9); Editing Skills – Punctuation, Grammar, Spelling, Writing, Vocabulary (Electronically scanned – Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4); Grammar Minutes – Books B to G
(Electronically scanned); Oxford English Knowledge and Skills – Books 1 to 4 – class sets; Seven Steps to Writing Success folders – both Narrative and Persuasive;
“Let’s Write” book (Electronically scanned); folder (electronic) of stimulus pictures/photos for the writing on demand process.
* Narrative &/or persuasive tasks in preparation for NAPLAN. One of the tasks will become part of the assessment for the semester.