English - year 7

“Without stories, we wouldn’t be human beings at all”

-Philip Pullman, novelist-

Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Unit: Transition Baseline test. Reading a Roald Dahl short story. Creative writing. Unit: Modern Novel Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.	Unit: Non-Fiction Writing Environmental theme. Model texts to inspire writing.	Unit: Modern Poetry Identity poetry anthology – focus on modern poetry and diverse poets. Opportunity to participate in Poetry By Heart national competition. Unit: Autobiography (literary Non-Fiction) Selection of modern, diverse literary autobiographies.	Unit: Literary Heritage: Mysteries Either Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe.	Unit:Shakespeare Introduction to Shakespeare. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.	Unit: Literary Heritage: Myth Introduction to Myths, focus on Greek Myths. The Odyssey by Homer Translated and abridged. Unit: Summer Exam Preparation Summer Exam Assessment.
Understanding core elements of a short story: setting, character, plot, plot twist Comprehension Making inferences Making informed predictions Writing descriptively Understanding core elements of a novel: setting, character, plot, narrative structure (point of view, story arc) Comprehension Making inferences Close reading strategies Using textual evidence Beginning essay writing on characterisation	Writing non-fiction Non-fiction conventions Persuasive sentence forms and techniques Grammar in context Writing a persuasive letter or speech	Understanding the poetic form Understanding the difference between literal and metaphorical Identifying poetic techniques Close reading strategies Beginning comparison Learning and performing a poem off-by-heart Writing a poem Understanding conventions of autobiography Writing first person Writing to engage Writing their own autobiography	Understanding idea of genre, conventions and literary traditions Reading strategies: skim, scan, infer Deduction and problem-solving Write your own mystery	Strategies for understanding early modern English Understanding conventions of Shakespeare plays and performance Close reading strategies Using textual evidence Understanding rhetorical devices Understanding historical context	Understanding foundation stories to Western Literary Tradition Introduction to myths, epic poems and epic heroes Comprehension Close reading strategies Using textual evidence Writing analytical paragraphs Imaginative writing in the style of the Odyssey Prepare for Summer Exam: reading and writing strategies
DWS Life Learning Skills
Communicators, Inquirers, Open-minded	Communicators, Inquirers, Knowledgeable	Communicators, Thinkers, Open-minded, Risk-takers	Communicators, Knowledgeable, Thinkers	Communicators, Knowledgeable, Thinkers	Communicators, Knowledgeable, Thinkers

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
Unit: Transition Baseline test. Reading a Roald Dahl short story. Creative writing. Unit: Modern Novel Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.	Unit: Non-Fiction Writing Environmental theme. Model texts to inspire writing.
Understanding core elements of a short story: setting, character, plot, plot twist Comprehension Making inferences Making informed predictions Writing descriptively Understanding core elements of a novel: setting, character, plot, narrative structure (point of view, story arc) Comprehension Making inferences Close reading strategies Using textual evidence Beginning essay writing on characterisation	Writing non-fiction Non-fiction conventions Persuasive sentence forms and techniques Grammar in context Writing a persuasive letter or speech
DWS Life Learning Skills
Communicators, Inquirers, Open-minded	Communicators, Inquirers, Knowledgeable

Spring 1	Spring 2
Unit: Modern Poetry Identity poetry anthology – focus on modern poetry and diverse poets. Opportunity to participate in Poetry By Heart national competition. Unit: Autobiography (literary Non-Fiction) Selection of modern, diverse literary autobiographies.	Unit: Literary Heritage: Mysteries Either Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe.
Understanding the poetic form Understanding the difference between literal and metaphorical Identifying poetic techniques Close reading strategies Beginning comparison Learning and performing a poem off-by-heart Writing a poem Understanding conventions of autobiography Writing first person Writing to engage Writing their own autobiography	Understanding idea of genre, conventions and literary traditions Reading strategies: skim, scan, infer Deduction and problem-solving Write your own mystery
DWS Life Learning Skills
Communicators, Ihinkers, Open-minded, Risk-takers	Communicators, Knowledgeable, Thinkers

Summer 1	Summer 2
Unit:Shakespeare Introduction to Shakespeare. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.	Unit: Literary Heritage: Myth Introduction to Myths, focus on Greek Myths. The Odyssey by Homer Translated and abridged. Unit: Summer Exam Preparation Summer Exam Assessment.
Strategies for understanding early modern English Understanding conventions of Shakespeare plays and performance Close reading strategies Using textual evidence Understanding rhetorical devices Understanding historical context	Understanding foundation stories to Western Literary Tradition Introduction to myths, epic poems and epic heroes Comprehension Close reading strategies Using textual evidence Writing analytical paragraphs Imaginative writing in the style of the Odyssey Prepare for Summer Exam: reading and writing strategies
DWS Life Learning Skills
Communicators, Knowledgeable, Thinkers	Communicators, Knowledgeable, Thinkers

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