Year 7 Curriculum and Assessment Map
Half-Term 1
Half-Term 2
Autobiography
Imaginative Writing
 En1: explore,
Y7  En2: reading and
spelling test
analyse, imagine task
administered in class
of teacher’s choice.
but marked by
 En2/3: Write the
Learning Support.
ending to the Pre1914 short story The
 En3: imagine, entertain,
explore common
Monkey’s Paw .
assignment to be
Redrafted and
completed through
levelled
the redrafting process
and levelled.
Half-Term 3
The Author’s Craft:
Prose Fiction
 En2: Reading test
‘Rescue at Sea’
Use AF data gathered from
full optional test, and from
above En1 assessment, to
inform teaching and
learning and for use of
intervention through
withdrawal.
Half-Term 4
Reading Pre-1914
Poetry and media
texts
Half-Term 5
Exam preparation
 En2: complete full
optional reading
( explain, describe, narrate
test - Out of the
task of teacher’s choice.
Ordinary.
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 En3: SWT Explore how the poet
inform, explain
portray their
describe. LWT surroundings in
argue, persuade,
Blessing or A Deserted
advise.
House
Half-Term 6
Shakespeare and
modern drama
English Assessment 6.
 En1: argue, persuade,
advise task of
teacher’s choice.
Use AF data gathered from
full optional test, and from
above En1 assessment, to
inform teaching and learning
and for use of intervention
through withdrawal.
Spelling, punctuation, grammar and language
terminology to cover:
UNDER-ACHIEVING STUDENTS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND ADDRESSED. USE A RANGE OF STRATEGIES TO AID THEIR PROGRESS, INCLUDING INTERVENTION.
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Commas
Full stops
Plurals
Apostrophes.
Literacy symbols
Personal pronouns
Capital letters
Consonants and
vowels
Dictionary and
thesaurus skills
Synonym, antonym
Word classes (noun,
verb, adverb.
Adjective)
Past, present tense
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Direct speech
Simple sentences
Active and
passive voice
Connectives
Adverbs
Adjectives
Suffixes and
prefixes
Metaphor and
simile
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Subordinate
Clause
Complex
sentences
Paragraphing
Subordinating
conjunctions
Adjectival
phrases
Prefixes and
suffixes
Noun phrases
colon, semi colon
Homophones and
homonyms
Poetic techniques:
 Onomatopoeia
 Rhyme and
rhythm
 Spellings of
poetic techniques
 Alliteration
 Personification
 Mood and tone
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Persuasive
techniques:
Rhetorical
question
Statistic
Anecdote
Exaggeration
Emotive
language
Repetition
triplet
Figurative
language
Triplet
Spellings should be tested from a separate word bank of 40 words approx, every half term
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Hot seating
Monologue
Tableaux
Thought tracking
Script layout
Stage directions
Cast list
Connotation and
denotation
Year 8 Curriculum and Assessment Map
Y8
HALF-TERM 1
HALF-TERM 2
HALF-TERM 3
HALF-TERM 4
HALF-TERM 5
HALF-TERM 6
The Author’s Craft: Prose Fiction
Imaginative writing
EN2: full optional reading test
‘A Question of Choice’
Poetry from different
cultures, Pre-1914 and
Modern
En1: explore, analyse, imagine
task of teacher’s choice.
En2: High ability: Explore the
ways Afrika reveals his
feelings about his culture in
Nothing’s Changed Low
ability: Explore how Grace
Nicols presents a contrast of
cultures in Island Man
Exam
preparation/newspapers
En1: explain, describe, narrate task
of teacher’s choice.
En3: imagine, entertain, explore
Write a short story based on
an extract
from ‘Holes’ by
Louis Sachar
Shakespeare/Drama (e.g. The
Monkey’s Paw, Buddy)
EN2: Analysis of a play ‘How
does the playwright stage a
memorable scene, from a play
you’ve read? Consider the use of
stagecraft and dramatic devices.’
The Moving Image and Pre-1914
Short Stories
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En1: argue, persuade, advise task
of teacher’s choice.
Spelling, punctuation grammar /
literacy objectives
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En2: complete full optional
reading test – Eye Spy.
En3: LWT - argue, persuade,
advise.
SWT - inform,
explain, describe.
UNDER-ACHIEVING STUDENTS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND ADDRESSED. USE A RANGE OF STRATEGIES TO AID THEIR PROGRESS, INCLUDING INTERVENTION.
Brackets, dashes and
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Adjectives
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Blank verse
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Rhyming couplets
parenthetic commas
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Tone and style
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Camera angles and shots
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Periodic sentences
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Meter
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Personification
Conditionals
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Sequencing
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Audience and purpose
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Embedded/subordinate
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Rhyming couplets
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Key forms of poetry
Prepositions
clauses
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Discourse markers
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Connotations of colour
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Etymology
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Comparative
Grapheme-phoneme
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Adverbial clause
connectives
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Paragraphing
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Visible/invisible sound FX
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Personification
correspondences
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Figurative language
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Summary writing
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Mise-en-scene
Adjectives
Finitve verb
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Auxilary verb
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Stress/unstressed
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Fact and opinion
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Story-board
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Received pronunciation
plurals
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Article
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Syllable
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Reported speech
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Register
Capital letters
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Determiner
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Word family
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Puns
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Standard English
Synonym, antonym
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participle
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Bias
Word classes (noun, verb,
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Cohesive devices
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Emotive language
adverb. Adjective)
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Verbs : infinitive,
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Lead paragraphs
colon, semi colon
intransitive
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Cohesive devices
Paragraphing
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Modifier
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Determiner
Past, present tense
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subjunctive
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pronouns
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(Co-ordinating)
conjunctions
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Ellipsis, hyphen
Spellings should be tested from a separate word bank, every half term
Year 9 curriculum and assessment map
HALF-TERM 1
The Author’s Craft:
A Christmas Carol or Frankenstein
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En2/3: ‘How does the author
reflect a moral significance in
A Christmas
Carol/Frankenstein?’
HALF-TERM 2
HALF-TERM 3
HALF-TERM 4
HALF-TERM 5
HALF-TERM 6
Imaginative Writing/Non-fiction:
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En1: argue, persuade, advise.
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En2: past SATS paper “Facing the
Challenge”
Shakespeare: Macbeth
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En2: Explore the ways
Shakespeare presents Caliban in
the extract and in the play as a
whole.
Author’s Craft Of Mice and Men:
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En1: explore, analyse, imagine
task of teacher’s choice.
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EN3: Write a review for a
newspaper, giving a summary
and personal opinion on Of Mice
and Men. Redrafted with
improvements made.
Exam Preparation and
Spoken Language:
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EN2: AQA KS3 test
paper (McDonald’s and
Sidney’s journal)
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EN3: AQA test paper
(argument in a speech)
NB: Use data gathered
from mock exam to
inform end-of-year
level/grade.
Pre-1914 (GCSE literature)
Poetry
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En1: explain, describe,
narrate task of teacher’s
choice.
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Compare how the poets
express ideas of
power/conflict in
Ozymandias and one other
unseen poem.
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Exam Vocabulary: ways,
methods, techniques,
strategies
Interpretation of exam
questions
Persuasive and
rhetorical devices: use
of quotation, counterargument, personal
experience, statistics,
manipulation of fact and
opinion
RALF SCRUFF 5
paragraph plan for
writing
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anaphora
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NB: Targets set for progression.
UNDER-ACHIEVING STUDENTS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND ADDRESSED. USE A RANGE OF STRATEGIES TO AID THEIR PROGRESS, INCLUDING INTERVENTION.
Spelling, punctuation grammar / literacy objectives
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Periodic sentences
Effective dialogue
management
Control of pace in writing
Figurative language
Range of punctuation: semicolons/dashes
Embedded clauses
Extended noun phrases
Narrative structure
Narrative voice
Paragraphing
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Embedded clauses
Tone and attitude
Range of styles and text types
Hyperbole
Sarcasm/irony
Adverbial clause
Extended noun phrase
Connotation and denotation
Presentational devices
Brackets, dashes and parenthetic
commas
colon, semi colon
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Blank verse
Meter
Rhyming couplets
Etymology
Socio-historical context
Stress/unstressed
Word family
Comparative connectives
Verbs : infinitive, intransitive
Modifier
subjunctive
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Past, present tense
Cohesive devices
Determiner
pronouns
(Co-ordinating) conjunctions
Ellipsis, hyphen
Synonym, antonym
Received pronunciation
Register
Standard English
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Key forms of poetry
Revision of figurative
language, meter, rhyme
and attitude
syllable
Literary terms for the more able
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Lexis
antinomy
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zeugma
hyperbole
fricative
litotes
parallelism
hypoophera
gerunds
triadic structure
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Oxymoron
Phonaesthetics
Sibilance
pararhyme
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superlative
paralinguistics
semantic field
syntax
lexis
paratactic/hypotactic
pastiche
Spellings should be tested from a separate word bank, every half term
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