ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT
Assessments in Window 9
22/4 – 9/5
Find out what assessments are happening in the current assessment window, with links to appropriate revision resources. Check the full assessment schedule to see what’s coming up later in the year.
Year 7
Compulsory assessments
Writing direct speech Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to direct speech
Using 3rd person limited narrative voice Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to 3rd person limited
3 x Rhetorical devices Knowledge Checks
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Alliteration, Listing, Metaphor, Oxymoron, Personification, Repetition, Simile
Optional extra practice and revision tasks
No bonus assessments in this window
Year 8
Compulsory assessments
Writing direct speech Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to direct speech
Controlling time in a story Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to controlling time
3 x Grammar and syntax Knowledge Checks
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Complex sentence, Compound sentence, Conjunction, Declarative sentence, Determiner, Participles (past and present), Simple sentence, Subordinate clause, Tense (present, past, perfect and progressive), Voice (active and passive)
Optional extra practice and revision tasks
No bonus assessments in this window
Year 9
Compulsory assessments
Writing an opinion paragraph Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to writing opinion paragraphs
Creating an effective structure Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to creating an effective structure
3 x Grammar and syntax Knowledge Checks
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Complex sentence, Compound sentence, Conjunction, Declarative sentence, Determiner, Participles (past and present), Simple sentence, Subordinate clause, Tense (present, past, perfect and progressive), Voice (active and passive)
Optional extra practice and revision tasks
Writing an opening and matched closing Bonus Skill Check
Writing an opinion paragraph Bonus Skill Check
No Bonus Knowledge Check in this window
Year 10
Compulsory assessments
English Literature PPE on ‘A Christmas Carol’
English Language PPE on Paper 1
Optional extra practice and revision tasks
Making an argument Bonus Skill Check
Embedding and contextualising evidence Bonus Skill Check
Describing a setting in vivid detail Bonus Skill Check
No Bonus Knowledge Check in this window