GCSE Year 7 learning journeys

1. 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)

2. 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

3. 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…?

4. 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?

5. 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

6. 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