an introduction to the year 7 pathway at rawlins and how
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An introduction to the Year 7 pathway at Rawlins and how it helps to give our students the best groundwork for
their future studies
Mr Styles
KS3 Learning Manager
New in post/school
Who am I?
Subjunctive
Parenthesis
Auxiliary Verb
Synthesise
OxymoronPreposition
Finite and Non-finite Clauses
Ellipsis
Students should complete work, including homework, on time and to the best of their ability
Students should respond to written feedback
Students should strive to reach an objective which challenges them and allows them to make progress within the lesson
Students should be aware of their target level and recognise ways they can improve and develop their work to achieve this target
Students should behave appropriately in lessons and will be aware of the ‘C’ system, should they not follow these expectations
What are our expectations of students at Rawlins?
In all lessons at Rawlins, teachers will present students with a BIG question e.g.;
‘Is it OK for the media to use an image like this?’
‘How can language be used to have an effect on the reader?’
‘What is the most effective setting for a horror story?’
The BIG question helps students to understand the focus of the lesson and to recognise what they will be learning during each session; this may be skills based, analytical or creative
How are lessons structured?
Students will also be presented with 3 differentiated objectives per lesson as they will in every lesson. In English, these will reflect the difficulty of the skill they are being asked to display;
Evaluation; analysis; comprehension; punctuation, characterisation etc…
How are lessons structured?
Lessons begin with fifteen minutes of reading. This is tracked using Accelerated Reader
All Yr7 students have weekly spelling tests which are determined by their start of year spelling age tests
How are lessons structured?
Students will follow a pathway comprising of 4 topics. These topics will develop the skills students will ultimately require in their GCSE examinations
Homework and assessments are built in to the pathway along with analysis of fiction and non-fiction, speaking and listening and creative tasks
Units are in ten week blocks which fit into our reporting cycle
What will students be learning?
What will students be learning?
Weeks 1-10 Weeks 11-20 Weeks 21-30 Weeks 31-40
Free – a play by David Grant
Character based reading analysis
Persuasive writing
The Vile Victorians
Extract based reading analysis
Descriptive writing
Poetry –Shakespeare to
Modern
Comparativereading
Narrative writing
Iqbal
Language analysis
Letter writing
Students complete several assessed tasks per unit including at least one reading/analytical assessment and one writing/creative. This will be tracked using GCSE style numerical grades
Where relevant, speaking and listening will also be assessed during the units
Student progression can be monitored over the course of these assessments and students also have a ‘flight path’ in their exercise books so they can view their own achievements
How is achievement monitored?
Regular reading at home – ideally with someone
Talk to children about their reading
Ensure that spellings are learnt
Additional activities such as KS3 Bitesize
What can we do?
• Tested on comprehension 3 times per year through STAR Reader programme
• This gives a reading age and a book level• Students select books within their reading range • Students should read at the beginning of
English/Humanities lessons and at home• Students needs to quiz within 24 hours of finishing a
book
CertificationsCertification Level Minimum number of
books read/quizzes passed independently
Minimum book level
Independent 3 books 1.2 book level
Rising Reader 3 books 1.6 book level
Super Reader 3 books 2.0 book level
Advanced Reader 3 books 3.0 book level
Star Reader 3 books 4.0 book level
Classic Reader 3 books 6.0 book level
Honour Roll Read, pass Reading Practice quizzes, and accumulate 100 points for books from a list of challenging, teacher-selected literature.
Home Connect
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Username: 1st
letter of first name and first 4 letters of surname (CROBI)
Password: ABC (students can change this)
Home Connect
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Rewards
Memorise how to spell the words, slide the slider to cover the word and write the word in the red box. If you spell the word correctly, the box will
turn green.
You will find that there are gaps in your spelling lists after week 3/4. These gaps represent a word that you have already learnt that fits
alphabetically into the list.
Click on this icon to access spelling games that have
been made with this week’s list.
Click on this icon to access an online dictionary.
Your child’s teacher
Mr Styles – Learning Manager for KS3
Mr Elliott – Director of learning
All members of staff can be contacted via email through inSight or by telephone on:
01509 622800 Ext.241 (English Office)
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