ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT

Assessments in Round 5

4/1 – 22/1

Find out what assessments are happening in this assessment round, with links to appropriate revision resources.

Year 7

Writing paragraph points Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to writing points

Identifying relevant, meaningful evidence Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to choosing good evidence

Grammar and syntax Knowledge Check
‍ ‍- Revise using the glossary
- Terms to revise: Declarative sentence, Exclamatory sentence, Imperative sentence, Interrogative sentence, Relative clause, Simple sentence, Subordinate clause

Year 8

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

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

Year 9

Explaining and analysing evidence Combined Skill Check
In this Skill Check you will be assessed on three different skills at the same time:
- Explaining evidence: revise with this guide
- Analysing language, form and structure: revise with the second and third guides in our series
- Explaining big ideas and context: revise with the two guides in our series for this skill

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

Year 10

Creating a conceptualised response around a clear thesis Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to this skill

Creating an effective structure (fiction) Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to this skill

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