1. KS3 English Language

2. Subject Content 1. Creative Reading and Writing.
2. Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives.

3. Year 7 English Language
Let’s look in more detail at the end of year assessment:
‘Creative Reading and Writing’

4. How is Paper One assessed? Section A: Reading
one literature fiction text
Section B: Writing
descriptive and narrative writing
Assessment Breakdown
A written exam: 1 hour 30 minutes
60 marks available
In Section A you will be given an extract from a novel or short story. This extract will be from an unseen text (one you haven’t previously studied). This is a test of your fiction reading skills.
In Section B you will be asked to produce a piece of creative writing such as a description or a story opening. This is a test of your fiction writing skills.
The end of year exam will last 1 hour and 30 minutes. It is worth 60 marks.

5. Paper One Questions
Reading (60 marks)– one single text
1 short form question (4 marks)
2 longer form questions (8 marks)

6. Writing (40 marks)
1 extended writing question
(24 marks for content, 16 marks for technical accuracy)

7. Y7 Outline Term 1 Creative Writing and Reading Term 2
Skellig by David Almond
Term 3
Poetry
6 lessons a week with fortnight Library lesson and SPAG lesson
Assessments: Week 4 approx: Writing Assessment formal letter, informal letter, review, article, speech, report, leaflet, diary entry
Week 5 approx: Reading Assessment based on fiction or non-fiction text, prose, drama or poetry

8. Year 8 English Language Subject Content
2. Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives.

9. Now let’s look at the end of year assessment :–
‘Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives’
This is assessed in Paper 2 of the English Language exam.
Let’s take a closer look at Paper 2.

10. How is Paper Two assessed? Section A: Reading
one non-fiction text and one literary non-fiction text
Section B: Writing
writing to present a viewpoint
Assessment Breakdown
A written exam: 1 hour minutes
60 marks available
In Section A you will be given two non-fiction texts. These extracts will be from an unseen text (one you haven’t previously studied). This is a test of your non-fiction reading skills.
In Section B you will be asked to produce a piece of non-fiction writing in which you present a point of view. This is a test of your non-fiction writing skills.
Like Paper 1, the Paper 2 exam will last 1 hour and 30 minutes. It is also worth 60 marks.

11. Questions
Reading (24 marks) – two linked texts
1 short form question (4 marks)
2 longer form questions (1 x 8, 1 x 12 marks)

12. Writing (40 marks)
1 extended writing question
(24 marks for content, 16 marks for technical accuracy)

13. Y8 Outline Term 1 Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives Term 2
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Term 3
Poetry
5 lessons a week with fortnight Library lesson and SPAG lesson
Assessments: Week 4 approx: Writing Assessment formal letter, informal letter, review, article, speech, report, leaflet, diary entry
Week 5 approx: Reading Assessment based on fiction or non-fiction text, prose, drama or poetry

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