ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT

Assessments in Round 4

24/11 – 19/12

Find out what assessments are happening in the current assessment round, with links to appropriate revision resources. Check the full assessment schedule to see what’s coming up later in the year.

Year 7

Creative writing holistic assessment
- Revise using whichever creative writing guides you need based on your past feedback

Lexis and semantics Knowledge Check
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Antonym, Connotations, Euphemism, Figurative language, Imagery, Synonym

Year 8

Analysing language, form and structure Skill Check
- Revise with the first and second guides in the series

Linking analysis to big ideas Skill Check
Revise with this guide

Grammar and syntax Knowledge Check
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Declarative sentence, Determiner, Exclamatory sentence, Imperative sentence, Interrogative sentence, Modal verb, Object (of a sentence), Relative clause, Subject (of a sentence), Verb

Year 9

Making an argument Skill Check
- Revise with this guide

Linking analysis to context and the writer’s perspective Skill Check
- Revise with this guide

Grammar and syntax Knowledge Check
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Declarative sentence, Determiner, Exclamatory sentence, Imperative sentence, Interrogative sentence, Modal verb, Object (of a sentence), Relative clause, Subject (of a sentence), Verb

Year 10

‘A Christmas Carol’ English Literature essay
- Revise using this special guide to answering this question
- Revise using the key quotations for this text

English Language Paper 1 writing question
- Revise using whichever creative writing guides you need based on your past feedback

Grammar and syntax Knowledge Check
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Declarative sentence, Determiner, Exclamatory sentence, Imperative sentence, Interrogative sentence, Modal verb, Object (of a sentence), Relative clause, Subject (of a sentence), Verb

Year 11

Linking analysis to context and the writer’s perspective Skill Check
- Revise with this guide

Creating a conceptualised response around a clear thesis Skill Check
- Revise with this guide

Discourse Knowledge Check
- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Antagonist, Bildungsroman, Diction, Dramatic irony, Epistolary fiction, Foil (character), Motif, Narrative voice, Positioning, Representation