Y7 LONG TERM PLAN (CONTENT OVERVIEW)
AUTUMN
SPRING
SUMMER
1
2
3
4
5
6
LOCAL/URBAN
LEGENDS
HANDWRITING PRACTICE
& COMPETITION
PRE 1914 POETRY
PIED PIPER
COMPREHENSION
PREP: HIGHER MARK Qs
INTRODUCTION TO
VISUAL MEDIA
TREASURE
ISLAND
BASELINE READING &
SPELLING ASSESSMENTS
READING ALOUD
CONFIDENTLY & FLUENTLY
MEDIA NEWS FOCUS
SMACKING
DEBATE/
CORPORAL
PUNISHMENT
ADVERTISING
SPUG FOR
DUMMIES BOOKLET
INTRODUCTION
TO POETRY/
POETRY COMP
POST 20TH POETRY
LITERARY TEXT/
READING AUTOBIOGRAPHY
DICTIONARY &
THESAURUS SKILLS
COMPREHENSION
PREP : HIGHER MARK Qs
NON-FICTION WRITING:
NEWSPAPERS
*EDITING SKILLS
*PROOF-READING SKILLS
LETTER-WRITING SKILLS
GROUP WORK SKILLS
WEBSITE ANALYSIS
SKIMMING &
SCANNING SKILLS
READING PIZZA SCHEME / DRAMA (2:1) & SPONSORED SPELL
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
FULL STOPS
CAPITAL LETTERS
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
PLURAL ENDINGS
PHONICS REVISION
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
PARAGRAPHS
APOSTROPHES
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
I BEFORE E
PHONICS REVISION
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
CONJUNCTIONS
ALOT, THANKYOU ETC
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
CIAN/SION/TION ENDINGS
PHONICS REVISION
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
HOMOPHONES
INVERTED COMMAS
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
HOMOPHONES
PHONICS REVISION
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
ITS & IT'S
SPEECH MARKS
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
DBL FINAL CONSONANT
PHONICS REVISION
ASSESSMENTS
1) Write the legend of
Holy Cross High School
2) Optional Reading Tests:
All Aboard
4) Newspaper Report
based on poem's events
6) Argued smacking/
corporal punishment debate
3) Oral book review
5) News programme
in groups based on lit text
7) Optional Reading Tests:
Just Like Us
8) Persuasive letter
to Willy Wonka
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
COMMAS
COLONS & SEMICOLONS
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
UNSTRESSED VOWELS
PHONICS REVISION
Y8 LONG TERM PLAN (CONTENT OVERVIEW)
AUTUMN
SPRING
SUMMER
1
2
3
4
5
6
COMPREHENSION PREP:
HIGHER MARK Qs
NEWSPAPERS
LANGUAGE CHANGE/
CHAUCER
TRAVEL
WRITING
LITERARY
TEXT
STORY
WRITING
POETRY: PRE/ POST 1914
SPUG FOCUS
MAGAZINE
INVESTIGATION
COMPREHENSION PREP:
HIGHER MARK Qs
THE TEMPEST
OR
AMSND
SHAKESPEARE
PROJECT
START OF YEAR
SPELLING TEST/AGE
HANDWRITING COMPETITION
END OF YEAR
SPELLING TEST/AGE
READING BINGO / DRAMA (2:1) & SPONSORED SPELL
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
FULL STOPS
CAPITAL LETTERS
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
REVISION OF Y7
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
PARAGRAPHS
APOSTROPHES
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
REVISION OF Y7
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
CONJUNCTIONS
ALOT, THANKYOU ETC
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
SOFT C/S & G/J
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
HOMOPHONES
INVERTED COMMAS
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
ROOTS/PREFIXES/SUFFIXES
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
ITS & IT'S
SPEECH MARKS
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
SILENT LETTERS
ASSESSMENTS
1) Story - The Visitor
3) Newspaper
Comparison
2) Optional Reading Tests:
Traces of Evidence
4) Dramatic monologue
Pre or post 1914
5) Pairs debate on
topical issue
6) Holiday e-mail of
complaint
7) Magazine Article
Holiday Destination
8) Optional Reading Tests
Eye Spy
FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
COMMAS
COLONS & SEMICOLONS
SPELLING/STRATEGIES
VOWELS MODIFIED BY R