Year Plan 2019-20

Subject English Colour codes:

Green: N. C – mapping
Grade: Year 7 Blue: TIMMS –mapping
Red: Learning gaps from GL/Checkpoint /Internal exams
Teacher: Maria

Learning Objectives with Prior Learning Resources

Month Date Week
Framework code (CIE) Sequenced
1st Term Commences 25th Aug. for
Aug. Aug 25th - 29th Week1
staff
Sept Sep 2nd - 5th Week2 7Wa2 Create an effect by using some Ppt, worksheet,
of the key linguistic and literary workbook and
techniques used by writers (• Acrostic coursebook
Poem)

7Rv1 Identify and understand the

main ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in a text. Support
comments by quotation from more Rhyming Words
than one location in the text
(•Readers viewpoint (Arriving at a
new home)

7Rw4 Use the terms image, simile,

metaphor, onomatopoeia, setting and
genre in discussion about Texts
(•Figurative languages )

7Ws1 Spell correctly most commonly

used words with regular patterns

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 (•Using of full stops and double letter
spellings)

7Rx1 Extract the main points and

relevant information from a text or IT
source, using a range of strategies
such as skimming and scanning
(•Skimming and Scanning)

7Wa4 Use features and conventions Sentence Types

of a wide variety of text types in order
to write to inform, explain,
describe, argue, persuade and
comment Ppt, worksheet,
Sept Sep 8th – 12th Week3 {•Autobiographical writing (Stolen workbook and
food)}
coursebook
7Rw6 Show awareness of the
reasons for using long and short
sentences
(• Giving instruction and directions
(use of imperative verb forms)

7Ri1 Use inference and deduction to

recognise implicit meanings
(• Proverbs and its illustrations)

Sept Sep 15th – 19th Week4 Diagnostic test

Sept Sep 22th -26th Week5 7Rw2 Identify and describe the effect
of writers’ and poets’ use of literary,
rhetorical and grammatical features,
including imagery and figurative Ppt, worksheet,
language workbook and
•Cautionary tales (Jim, the boy who coursebook
ran away)

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 7Wa5 Understand and use degrees
of formality in a range of texts
according to context, purpose and
audience
•Mini Sagas-
Short Narratives / short story titles

7Wp5 Use correct grammar,

including articles, word order and
tense in a range of genres and text
types
•Parts of Speech

7Rv3 Understand the different ways

texts can reflect the social, cultural
and historical contexts in which they
were written
•Urban Legends (text 2b-text 2c) Reading Comprehension

7Rw6 Show awareness of the

reasons for using long and short
sentences •Speech verbs

7Ro2 Understand how readers make

choices about the texts they like
reading, e.g. by author or genre
•Horror / suspense story (The hound
of the Baskervilles

7Wp7 Use a wide range of

punctuation to make meaning clear,
including generally accurate use of
commas in
complex sentences and dialogue
•Single dashes and hyphens

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 7Wp4 Use accurate punctuation
including commas, parenthetical
commas, colons, semi-colons,
dashes and
brackets •Speech Punctuations

Oct Oct 30th -3rd Week6 7Rx2 Select, collate and summarise
ideas from texts, using notes where
relevant • Collate notes -Menu
Text 3D)

7Wa4 Use features and conventions

of a wide variety of text types in order
Ppt, worksheet,
to write to inform, explain, workbook and
describe, argue, persuade and coursebook
comment
• Making notes- I love pasta (Text 3B)

7Wp5 Use correct grammar, Articles and tenses

including articles, word order and
tense in a range of genres and text
types
• Adjectival order- Favourite things
(Text 3 A)

7Rw1 Comment on a writer’s use of

language, demonstrating an
understanding of the implications of
their use
of vocabulary
• Favourite colours Text&Poems-
United colours of Benetton (Text 3E
Grey (Text 3F)

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 7Wt1 Shape the overall organisation,
sequence and presentation of a text
to convey ideas clearly and
effectively
• Sequencing ideas- Pasta Recipe
(Text 3C)

7Rw2 Identify and describe the effect

of writers’ and poets’ use of literary,
rhetorical and grammatical features,
including imagery and figurative
Oct Oct- 6th-9th Week7 language
• Rhyming Scheme-Evening sky
(Text 3I)

7Rw1 Comment on a writer’s use of

language, demonstrating an
understanding of the implications of
their use
of vocabulary
• Favourite Seasons-Autumn for me
(Text 3G)

Oct Oct 13th- 17th Week8 Class –test 1

Oct Oct 20th – 24th Week 9 7Wa6 Write to express a personal Ppt, worksheet,
viewpoint • Reflective Writing- My workbook and
perfect day (Text 3 J) coursebook
7Rw6 Show awareness of the
reasons for using long and short
sentences • Building sentences
Connectors and Linkers
7Rw1 Comment on a writer’s use of
language, demonstrating an
understanding of the implications of
their use

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 of vocabulary
•Fables- On eagle’s wing (Text 5G)

7Wa4 Use features and conventions

of a wide variety of text types in order
to write to inform, explain,
describe, argue, persuade and
comment• Summarising-Balloonist
bid (Text 5B)

7Wp5 Use correct grammar,

including articles, word order and Story
Oct Oct 27th – 31st Week10 tense in a range of genres and text Quizzes
types
• Using “would” hypothetically

7Wa1 Use a range of planning

formats or methods to develop
different ways of generating,
organising and
shaping ideas• Graphic organiser-
Kites (Text 5A)

Nov Nov 3rd – 7th Week11 Career fair

Ppt, worksheet,
English innovation project workbook and
coursebook
7Rv1 Identify and understand the
main ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in a text. Support
Narrative story
comments by
quotation from more than one
location in the text
• Fictionalised Autobiography. The
Endless steppe (Text 4A)

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 7Wa4 Use features and conventions
of a wide variety of text types in order
to write to inform, explain,
describe, argue, persuade and
comment
• Expanding and comparing notes-
Cider with Rosie (Text 4B)

7Wp6 Clarify relationships between

ideas with an accurate and increased
use of connectives Active Passive Voice
• Speaker position in directed
speech-(Speech Bubbles)

7Wp7 Use a wide range of

punctuation to make meaning clear,
including generally accurate use of
commas in
complex sentences and dialogue
• Apostrophe and omission-First day
at school (Text 4C)
Nov Nov 10th – 14th Week 12 Zoo/aquarium / museum Trip

7Wa4 Use features and conventions

of a wide variety of text types in order
to write to inform, explain,
describe, argue, persuade and
comment
• Writing a diary-(Text 4F)

7Wp5 Use correct grammar,

including articles, word order and
tense in a range of genres and text
types
• Changing direct and indirect speech

7Wp7 Use a wide range of

punctuation to make meaning clear,

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 including generally accurate use of
commas in
complex sentences and dialogue •
Using dialog and speech verbs

7Wa3 Begin to develop character and

voice in fiction writing
• Narrative writing (Including Speech
in stories)

Types of sentences
7Wp3 Use a range of increasingly
complex sentence structures to
communicate meaning and to give
fluency to
their writing
•Figurative languages- Teacher
(Text4C)

Nov Nov 17th -21st Week13 Innovation week

Anti-Bullying week (awareness

campaign)

7Wp2 Provide appropriate detail and

clarify relationships between setting,
characters, themes, plot, etc. by
using a range of features, e.g.
varying sentence length and structure
• Stages of storytelling/ Beginning
stories - The messenger (Text6A)
Question Words
7Wp3 Use a range of increasingly
complex sentence structures to
communicate meaning and to give
fluency to
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 their writing
• Relative clauses- A science fiction
synopsis (Text 6B)

7Ro2 Understand how readers make

choices about the texts they like
reading, e.g. by author or genre •
Fantasy fiction- The messenger
(Text6A)

7Wp5 Use correct grammar, Subject verb Agreement

including articles, word order and
tense in a range of genres and text
types
• Grammar Errors

Nov Nov. 24th – 28th Week14 UAE National Day Celebration Ppt, worksheet,
workbook and
coursebook
7Wp2 Provide appropriate detail and
clarify relationships between setting,
characters, themes, plot, etc. by
using a range of features, e.g.
varying sentence length and structure
• Synopsis of story

7Wp5 Use correct grammar,

including articles, word order and
tense in a range of genres and text Parts of Story
types
• Past tenses in stories

7Wp7 Use a wide range of

punctuation to make meaning clear,
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 including generally accurate use of
commas in
complex sentences and dialogue •
Use of quotation

7Wp1 Provide clarity and emphasis

in writing, using a variety of sentence
lengths, structures and subjects
• Tagline

7Wo2 Use a dictionary and thesaurus

effectively to further develop
vocabulary • Vocabulary
Dec1st -5th
Dec Week15
2nd Dec . National Day Holiday
Dec. 8-12th
Dec Week16 First Term Examination
Dec.15th – 19th
Dec. Week 17 Winter Break
rd th
Dec Dec.22 -26 Week18 Winter Break
Dec Dec 29- 2nd Jan Week19 Winter Break
2ND TERM COMMENCES
Jan Jan 5th - 9th Week20 7Wa4 Use features and conventions Ppt, worksheet,
of a wide variety of text types in order workbook and
to write to inform, explain, coursebook
describe, argue, persuade and
comment
•Semiformal Letter Writing

7Wp3 Confidently use a range of Prepostions

sentence features to clarify or
emphasise meaning, e.g. complex
nouns or
prepositional phrases
• Prepositions (Text 7C)

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 7Wa5 Understand and use degrees
of formality in a range of texts
according to context, purpose and
audience
• Description of an image- Baby
Tortoise (Text 7D)

7Ro1 Give an informed personal

response to a text and provide some
textual reference in support
• Reading comprehension- A Rattling
experience (Text 7A)

Jan Jan 12th -16th Week21 Science and Mathematics Fair Quizzes
7Rw2 Identify and describe the effect
of writers’ and poets’ use of literary,
rhetorical and grammatical features,
including imagery and figurative
language
•Figurative Language

7Rw4 Use the terms ‘image’, ‘simile’,

‘metaphor’, ‘onomatopoeia’, ‘setting’ RhymingScheme
and ‘genre’ in discussion about
texts
•Grammar Structure- Lost in the
outback (Text 7E)

7Wp7 Use a wide range of

punctuation to make meaning clear,
including generally accurate use of
commas in
complex sentences and dialogue •

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 Commas

Jan 19th – 23rd Science and Mathematics Fair

• Adverb endings

7Wp4 Use accurate punctuation

including commas, parenthetical
commas, colons, semi-colons,
dashes and
Jan Week 22 brackets • Apostrophe of Possession

7Wa5 Understand and use degrees

of formality in a range of texts
according to context, purpose and
audience
•Quest Story- The Knights Riddle
(Text 8C)

Jan Jan 26th – 30th Week 23 7Rv4 Explore the range of different Ppt, worksheet,
ways writers use layout, form and workbook and
presentation in a variety of texts • coursebook
Adventure quests- The lion the witch
and the wardrobe (Text 8A)

7Rv1 Identify and understand the

main ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in a text. Support
comments by
quotation from more than one
location in the text
•Treasure Island (Text 8B)

• Relative clauses

7Wa2 Create an effect by using some

of the key linguistic and literary

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 techniques used by writers •
Playscripts- Hidden Treasure (Act
8/9)

7Wp7 Use a wide range of

punctuation to make meaning clear,
including generally accurate use of
commas in
complex sentences and dialogue •
Active and passive verbs

7Ws2 Increase knowledge of word

families, roots, derivations,
morphology and regular spelling
patterns • Negative prefixes
Feb 2nd – 6th 7Wa1 Use a range of planning
formats or methods to develop
different ways of generating,
organising and
shaping ideas
• Segregation of information in a
table-The unusual pet (Text 9c)

7Rw1 Comment on a writer’s use of

Feb Week24
language, demonstrating an
understanding of the implications of
their use
of vocabulary
•Accounts of A day- A day in the life
of the goddess Taleju (Text 9A)

Feb Feb 9th – 13th Week 25 Book Fair

7Wp3 Use a range of increasingly
complex sentence structures to
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 communicate meaning and to give
fluency to
their writing• Conditional sentences

7Wp1 Provide clarity and emphasis

in writing, using a variety of sentence
lengths, structures and subjects•
Punctuation in poetry

Feb Feb 16th – 20th Week 26 Class test 2

Feb 23rd – 27th Sports day
7Rw2 Identify and describe the effect
of writers’ and poets’ use of literary,
rhetorical and grammatical features,
including imagery and figurative
language
•Persona of Poem- Present from my
aunts in Pakistan (Text 9E)

7Wa4 Use features and conventions

of a wide variety of text types in order
to write to inform, explain, Ppt, worksheet,
Feb Week27 describe, argue, persuade and workbook and
comment coursebook
• News Bulletin- Baby Hippo
becomes 1-ton daughter (Text 9D)
(Act 9/10)

7Rw2 Identify and describe the effect

of writers’ and poets’ use of literary,
rhetorical and grammatical features,
including imagery and figurative
language
•Persona of Poem- My Grandmother
(Text 9F)
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Marc Mar 1st -5th
Week28 Checkpoint practice 1
h
Marc Mar 8th – 12th
Week 29 Checkpoint practice 1
h
Marc Mar 15th – 19th
Week30 Revision week
h
Marc Mar 22nd – 26th
Week31 Second term exams
h
April Mar 29th - April 2nd Week32 SPRING BREAK
April April 5th - 9th Week33 SPRING BREAK
3RD TERM COMMENCES
April 12th – 16th
April Week34 Checkpoint practice 3

April April 19th – 23rd Week35 Entrepreneurship programme

7Rv2 Demonstrate understanding of

features of narrative and non-
narrative texts by explaining and
developing
these features in their own discussion
and writing• Reading Narrative text-
Guess what happened (Text 10 A)

7Wa4 Use features and conventions

of a wide variety of text types in order
to write to inform, explain,
describe, argue, persuade and
comment
• Newspaper headlines & articles
Ppt, worksheet,
workbook and
7Ws1 Spell correctly most commonly
coursebook
used words with regular patterns•
Spelling

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 7Wp4 Use accurate punctuation
including commas, parenthetical Quizzes
commas, colons, semi-colons,
dashes and
brackets • Hyphens and dashes-

• Inference

7Rw2 Identify and describe the effect

of writers’ and poets’ use of literary,
rhetorical and grammatical features,
including imagery and figurative
language
• Ballad- Flannan Isle (Text 10 B)

7Wa3 Begin to develop character and

voice in fiction writing
• Mysterious beginnings and endings-
The Listeners (Text 10C)

7Ws2 Increase knowledge of word

families, roots, derivations,
morphology and regular spelling
patterns • Synonyms

7Wo2 Use a dictionary and thesaurus

effectively to further develop
vocabulary •Vocabulary

7Wp7 Use a wide range of

punctuation to make meaning clear,
including generally accurate use of
commas in
complex sentences and dialogue•
Revision of previous punctuations

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 7Wa4 Use features and conventions
of a wide variety of text types in order
to write to inform, explain,
describe, argue, persuade and
comment
•Memoirs (Reflecting on people and
Events)- Memoirs of an African
Childhood (Text 11A)

April April 26th – 30th Week36

7Wp1 Provide clarity and emphasis
in writing, using a variety of sentence
lengths, structures and subjects
• Sentence structuring and
Correction- (Text 11 E and Text 11 F)

7Rv1 Identify and understand the

main ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in a text. Support
comments by
quotation from more than one
location in the text
• Reflective Reading- Learning with
my Grandfather (Text 11 B) Ppt, worksheet,
workbook and
7Wa4 Use features and conventions coursebook
of a wide variety of text types in order
to write to inform, explain,
describe, argue, persuade and
comment
• Drafting of Memoirs

7Rw2 Identify and describe the effect

of writers’ and poets’ use of literary,
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 rhetorical and grammatical features,
including imagery and figurative
language
• Poems and its endings- Piano
(Text11C)

7Wp5 Use correct grammar,

including articles, word order and
tense in a range of genres and text
types• Use of would and used to be

7Wp5 Use correct grammar,

including articles, word order and
tense in a range of genres and text
types
• Irregular past and simple verbs

7Wp4 Use accurate punctuation

including commas, parenthetical
commas, colons, semi-colons,
dashes and
brackets •Ellipsis, semicolons colons
May May 3rd – 7th Week 37 GL Practice
May May 10th – 14th Week 38 Reading and Creative writing
competition

7Rv1 Identify and understand the

main ideas, viewpoints, themes and
purposes in a text. Support
comments by
quotation from more than one
location in the text• Supporting your
views Dream story Comprehension-
Pools of tear (Text12A & Text12B)

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 7Wa2 Create an effect by using some
of the key linguistic and literary
techniques used by writers •
Reflective poems composing of a
poem- Romance (Text 12 C)

7Wp5 Use correct grammar,

including articles, word order and
tense in a range of genres and text
types• Comparative and superlative
adjectives (Text 12A)

May May 17th – 21st Week 39 7Rx1 Extract the main points and Ppt, worksheet,
relevant information from a text or IT workbook and
source, using a range of strategies coursebook
such
as skimming and scanning•
Descriptive Reading-Vocation
(Text 10F)

7Wp3 Use a range of increasingly

complex sentence structures to
communicate meaning and to give
fluency to
their writing• Subjunctive Forms

7Wa5 Understand and use degrees

of formality in a range of texts
according to context, purpose and
audience• Old fashion vocabulary
and contextual clues- The strange
host (Text 12D)

7Wp7 Use a wide range of

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 punctuation to make meaning clear,
including generally accurate use of
commas in
complex sentences and dialogue
• Punctuation of dialogues and
Revision of all previous punctuations

May May 24th – 28th Week 40 Revision

June May 31st – June 4th Revision
June June 7th - 11th Third term final exams
June 14th - 18th Third term final exams

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