Year 7 Learning
In Year 7, we begin the year with inference training. This is to equip students with the knowledge and skills to decode texts and read for meaning. We also use this opportunity to develop students’ writing for inference. Throughout the year, students study a range of texts from across the literary canon with a particular focus on racism and prejudice. Students are encouraged to reflect upon current issues, as well as those presented historically, all of which culminates in the end of year synoptic unit- enabling students to pool together their learning from across the year, as well as conducting further reading as guided by their class teacher. Poetry is integrated throughout the year, enabling students to develop their confidence and application of poetry that explores a range of themes within a range of contexts. This is used to support the core knowledge of our curriculum.
| Unit | Key Concepts | |
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| Autumn 1 | Inference Training: Detective Fiction |
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| Autumn 2 | The Modern Novel: Noughts and Crosses |
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| Spring 1 | The Art of Rhetoric: Making a Change |
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| Spring 2 | The American Dream: A View from the Bridge/ West Side Story |
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| Summer 1 | An Introduction to Shakespeare: Shakespeare’s Best Villains |
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| Summer 2 | Synoptic Unit: Prejudice and Discrimination |
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