Year 7 Information Evening: English Pictured above are topics from the Year 7 curriculum

Year 7 Information Evening: English An overview of the curriculum Setting and assessment Monitoring student progress Homework expectations and ways to support your child at home

The Year 7 Curriculum: topics and skills Skills focus Adventure Fiction Writing Using language and structure for effect. Experimenting with story structures. Experimenting with viewpoint. Outsiders: Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah Reading Inference skills, reading between the lines. P.E.E. paragraphs – Point/ Evidence/ Explanation. Analysis skills: word choices, writer’s message/s etc. Protest and Persuasion Speaking and Listening Discussion and debate. Using language persuasively. Presenting your own views to others. Powerful Poetry Using language and structure creatively. Developing control over grammatical structures. Experimenting with voice. Moving Image: Anime (Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki) Developing an understanding of genre. Using film-specific terminology accurately. Using P.E.E. paragraphs to structure your analysis. Shakespeare: The Tempest - Speaking and Listening Drama skills: creating character through voice and movement. Improvising. Reflecting on your own performance.

Tracking student progress Curriculum overview in all students’ exercise books A record of the grades of their assessed pieces of work Tracks the grades achieved against expected progress (based on KS2 scores)

Year 7 recommended reading list Put together by the school librarian All titles available in the Resource Centre Available on the school VLE