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