Year 7 English

• The assessment consists of 50 multiple-choice questions.

• Each question is worth 1 mark.

• The assessment tests key knowledge covered in the first Year 7 unit, Being Human: Fear.

• It also assesses knowledge from primary school, particularly that relating to the building blocks of writing: spelling, punctuation and grammar.

• This assessment is reviewed against the most recently completed standardised reading and writing assessments to give a broad assessment snapshot.

• What is literature?

• Accountable talk

• Genre and the Gothic.

• Crafting descriptive writing

• Paragraphing

• Planning creative writing

• Word class and phrases

• Clauses and sentences

• General spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge

Please note that spelling, punctuation and grammar questions will form a sizeable part of the assessment.  While these will test knowledge specifically taught as part of this unit, some questions may also cover foundational knowledge taught in KS1 and KS2.

• Students should use the knowledge organiser for the unit (provided by their teacher) to revise the key knowledge from the first unit.

• Students should also give particular attention to the basic building blocks of writing: spelling, punctuation and grammar.  

• BBC Bitesize is a useful free revision resource.  While most students will find the KS3 resources most useful, the KS2 or KS4 resources can also be appropriate tools in some cases (please note the filter at the top of the page that allows you to avoid the resources pitched for very young students).