Year 7 English

	Topic(s)	Key content to be learned	Assessment
Autumn Term	An Introduction to English	A brief history of the English Language Symbolism	GL Assessment STAR Reading Assessment Core writing skills
Autumn Term	The Canon and its Convention	Narrative conventions Evidence and Inference	Knowledge test: conventional narrative features and related subject terminology criteria
Spring Term	Extended creative writing	The drafting process	Technical term test A complete “mini-novel”: Core writing skills and narrative conventions STAR Reading Assessment
Spring Term	An introduction to Poetry	Poetic language, form and structure
Summer Term	How to Study a Novel – Ruby in the Smoke	How to track character / plot development Writing P/E/A paragraphs	STAR Reading assessment GL Assessment A written analysis of Ruby in the Smoke

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