Year 7 English

Core Program

This course covers the key subject area of English, including Essay and Genre Writing.

Our term courses are scheduled in line with public school term dates. There are 4 terms per year and usually 10 lessons per term, with one lesson each week. You can commence our courses at any time, however a new term starts in late January, April, July and October.

Our English course enable students to:

  • Improve English skills such as comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, genre and essay writing by using imaginative, interpretive and critical thinking to analyse and compose a variety of texts.

Program schedules are designed to allow maximum flexibility for students.

Course Structure
  • English (including Essay & Genre Writing)
  • 4 terms in a year, 10 weeks in a term
  • 1.5 hour lessons per week, during term
  • Can be combined with Science (English + Science: 2 hour lessons per week)
  • Can be combined with Maths (English + Maths: 3 hour lessons per week)
  • Students attend lessons at their allocated time schedule
  • Small class group based
  • Experienced educators
Course Outline

Year 7 ENGLISH

Term 1
Week 1 — Elements of a Story
Week 2 — Character and setting
Week 3 — Creative Writing and Imagery
Week 4 — Persuasive Writing
Week 5 — Language Conventions
Week 6 — Writing Skills – Creating characters
Week 7 — Writing Skills – Narratives
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Genre: Satire
Week 10 — Writing Skills: Language

Term 2
Week 1 — Texts and Places
Week 2 — Urban and Natural Places
Week 3 — The Importance of Place
Week 4 — Unexpected Places
Week 5 — Going Home
Week 6 — Essay types
Week 7 — Visual Inspiration
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Punctuation perfect
Week 10 — Term 2 review

Term 3
Week 1 – Introduction to Conflict
Week 2 – Creating Characters
Week 3 – Setting and Atmosphere
Week 4 – Theme and Structure
Week 5 – Symbolism
Week 6 – Social Conflict
Week 7 – Psychological Conflict
Week 8 – Exam Week
Week 9 – Poetry
Week 10 – Poetry

Term 4
Week 1 – Factual Texts
Week 2 – News! News! News!
Week 3 – Comparing and Contrasting
Week 4 – Factual Recount
Week 5 – Fake News
Week 6 – Feature Articles
Week 7 – Reports
Week 8 – Term Test
Week 9 – Advertisements
Week 10 – Term 4 Review

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