Year 7: Introduction: Roald Dahl
Peer: Write a description of a character for your story using some of Roald Dahl’s techniques.
Writing: Write a 500 word story in the style of Roald Dahl (S)
Reading : Paper 1 Exam question on Hide and Seek. (S)
Self: Design a cover and write an introduction to the anthology.
Writing: An informative letter about life in Year 7.
Evaluative : A student said, “This poem makes all the sounds in school
seem the same.” How far do you agree?
Year 7 Aut 1: All Change
Speaking and Listening: A debate. “Christmas is too commercial and starts too early”/”Children these days are too spoilt at Christmas”
Peer: Bad/Good/Better PEE paragraphs: Scrooge is presented as a villain at the start of the novel.
Self: Annotate a section of A Christmas Carol focusing on style and techniques.
Reading: Paper 1 Exam question on the Ghost of Christmas Present.
Evaluative: Film or novel? What do you think? (S)
Writing: A persuasive speech: “Christmas is too commercial and starts too early”/”Children these days are too spoilt at Christmas”
Year 7 Aut 2: What the Dickens…?
Writing: A project on Shakespeare’s theatre or one of his plays.
Self: Bad/Good/Better PEE paragraphs: Macbeth is presented as a hero in Act 1, Scene 2.
Peer: A newspaper report: King Duncan Murdered!
Reading: Paper 1 Exam question on Act 1 Scene 1.
Evaluative: “I don’t feel sorry for Macbeth at all, it was all his own fault” What do you think? (S)
Closed Text: How is Macbeth presented in Is this a Dagger and other parts of the play?.
Year 7 Spr:When Shall We Three Meet Again?
Reading/Comparative: Which animal do you sympathise with and why? (S)
Evaluative:. Write an article which explains why we should protect an animal of your choice.
Writing: Write a story or description about and animal.
Peer: Make and animal Wordle of the animal in your text. Use key words and quotations.
Self: Make a guide to the way a particular animal is presented in literature.
Year 7 Sum 1: Animal Antics
Reading : Paper 1 Exam question: Chapter 1
Peer: Write an entry in the White Rabbit’s diary.
Self: Annotate a section of text focusing on style and techniques.
Evaluative: “Alice is not a very sensible girl. She takes lots of risks in this story.” Do you agree?
Texts in Contexts: Chapter 4, choose three items and three examples of Alice’s language that tell us something about when this book was written.
Writing: Write a story inspired by the picture A Day by the River. (S)
Year 7 Sum 2: Down the Rabbit Hole