Year 7 Curriculum Information Booklet 2018 - 2019

English
English is taught to all students in Year 7. Most classes will have a dedicated teacher,
although some classes are shared. Students follow the same curriculum at the same time,
regardless of which class they are in. Work centres around the study of some whole and
some part texts, including those taken from other cultures and the English Literary Heritage.
Unit 1 – Autobiography
Students will study extracts from famous
fiction and non-fiction autobiographies by
writers including Roald Dahl, Charles
Dickens and Meera Syal. They will practise
and develop the following skills:
Imaginative first person narrative
story-telling
Reflecting, editing, re-drafting and
improving written work
Understanding how authors create a
sense of character, time, place and
atmosphere
Writing about texts in an
appropriate analytical style
Assessment: Autobiographical writing;
analysis of character / setting
Unit 2 – The Breadwinner
Students will complete a class reading of
Deborah Ellis’s novel The Breadwinner,
about a girl growing up in Afghanistan
under Taliban rule in the 1990s. They will
practise and develop the following skills:
Empathetic and creative response to
character
The significance of context in
studying and writing about texts
What fiction can teach us about
world history, human rights and
other cultures
Writing in different text types
Appreciation of authorial skill
Assessment: Letter writing
Unit 3 – The Science of Invention
Students will study a range of non-fiction
texts with cross-curricular relevance. They