Year 7 - English

• Unit 1 – significant moments in history – the sinking of The Titanic. Students will largely focus on writing skills – vocabulary work, effective writing skills, writing for different purposes and text types, as well as discussion skills as part of talking and listening. In library lessons we will be reading Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful.

• Unit 2: War and Conflict – Students will be studying war poetry from different time periods with in introduction to key terminology, they will also look at a drama script set during the war. They will consider how rhetoric and bias are used in speeches.

Unit 1

• Writing Assessment: Newspaper article
• Talking and Listening: Discussion – who was to blame for the sinking of the Titanic?
• IL Task: Titanic Menu

• Reading: Ananlysis of war poem
• Talking and Listening: Delivery of a persuasive speech
• IL Task: Write a book review of Private Peaceful

• Unit 3 – Extreme Sports. Students will read articles and opinion pieces to find out about different extreme sports and why some people consider them to be too dangerous. They will develop their reading and comprehension skills, as well as their ability to form an argument and express that clearly. They will also undertake some creative narrative writing and give an individual presentation.

• Unit 4 – Shakespeare ‘Magic and Mayhem’ – Students will learn about Shakespeare and why his writing is still relevant today. They will study a range of excerpts from different Shakespeare plays, watching and reading to learn about the language and structure used in his writing. They will learn summarizing skills, role play and study character.

• Writing: Argument writing – Should the TT be banned?
• IL Task: Research and create a presentation on a famous extreme sportsperson
• Talking and Listening: Deliver your presentation

Unit 4

• Reading: multiple choice comprehension on The Tempest
• Writing: Summary of a play
• Talking and Listening: n/a
• IL Task: Body Biography of a character from a Shakespeare play

Reading: multiple choice comprehension on The Tempest; Writing: Summary of a play; no formally assessed T&L; ILT Body Biography of a chosen character

• Unit 4 will continue into the Summer Term and preparation will begin for the Year 7 SNHS Litfest

• Unit 5 – Travel Writing. Students will read and then write some literary non-fiction. We will look at descriptive and persuasive writing

• Reading & Writing: end of year Exam
• Talking and Listening: Role play – making a complaint in a hotel
• IL Task: Persuasive Travel Leaflet to promote the Isle of Man