Year 7 information
Year Seven Course Outline
This year you will develop your skills in English by reading and writing a variety of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction.
You will practise writing for different audiences and purposes and learn to craft your writing to create effects.
You will read different poems and novels and also learn about Shakespeare and his plays.
There will be focused work on spelling and language as well as speaking and listening tasks throughout the year.
This year you will develop your skills in English by reading and writing a variety of different texts, both fiction and non-fiction.
You will practise writing for different audiences and purposes and learn to craft your writing to create effects.
You will read different poems and novels and also learn about Shakespeare and his plays.
There will be focused work on spelling and language as well as speaking and listening tasks throughout the year.
Year 7 begins with an exciting foray into Myths and Legends. This scheme of work gives students the opportunity to read extracts of key texts that have been greatly influential throughout the literary canon.
Students should develop an understanding of how and why we tell stories, how to craft their own myths and legends and practice analysing other's work
Students then complete a scheme of work on The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
After Christmas, year 7 begin to look at poetry from an analytical perspective as well as beginning to develop their public speaking skills through writing and performing their own poetry. This scheme allows for students to see how poetry has been written traditionally and how it is now being used in contemporary settings e.g. rap and spoken work poetry.
Now that year 7 have had the opportunity to develop their confidence in public speaking, they begin to study A Midsummer Night's Dream in preparation for a performance later this term.
Finally, year 7 finish the year with a focus on reading on writing themed around the topic of Pirates with the key text being Treasure Island.
Bedrock Vocabulary and Accelerated Reader
To ensure your son is supported to develop his reading skills, your son will be expected to complete two 20 minute lessons a week on Bedrock Vocabulary to develop his understanding of Tier 2 words (words that are not commonly used in speech and are not technical vocabulary). These words are key to students being successful readers.
Accelerated Reader is a programme that assesses student's reading age through termly tests but also allows boys to check their comprehension of what they have read by taking quizzes. Students should be taking at least 1-2 quizzes a half-term for progress to be assessed.
It's also important that students are reading books in line with or slightly above their reading level to ensure that they are progressing with their reading.
Students should develop an understanding of how and why we tell stories, how to craft their own myths and legends and practice analysing other's work
Students then complete a scheme of work on The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
After Christmas, year 7 begin to look at poetry from an analytical perspective as well as beginning to develop their public speaking skills through writing and performing their own poetry. This scheme allows for students to see how poetry has been written traditionally and how it is now being used in contemporary settings e.g. rap and spoken work poetry.
Now that year 7 have had the opportunity to develop their confidence in public speaking, they begin to study A Midsummer Night's Dream in preparation for a performance later this term.
Finally, year 7 finish the year with a focus on reading on writing themed around the topic of Pirates with the key text being Treasure Island.
Bedrock Vocabulary and Accelerated Reader
To ensure your son is supported to develop his reading skills, your son will be expected to complete two 20 minute lessons a week on Bedrock Vocabulary to develop his understanding of Tier 2 words (words that are not commonly used in speech and are not technical vocabulary). These words are key to students being successful readers.
Accelerated Reader is a programme that assesses student's reading age through termly tests but also allows boys to check their comprehension of what they have read by taking quizzes. Students should be taking at least 1-2 quizzes a half-term for progress to be assessed.
It's also important that students are reading books in line with or slightly above their reading level to ensure that they are progressing with their reading.