Year 7 Writing Skills
- 描述
This course is aligned with the New Zealand National Curriculum and the Cambridge International Education curriculum.
The course is designed to enable students to develop knowledge and practices including:
- Developing proficiency with English spellings.
- Planning and writing for a specific audience and purpose.
- Selecting and using a range of language features and literary techniques to communicate clearly and meet their purpose.
- Selecting and using words that clearly communicate their ideas, including deciding between synonyms for effect.
- Writing complex sentences to add depth and detail and show ideas are linked.
- Understanding sentence structure for crafting sentences to effectively communicate ideas.
- Crafting sentences that communicate meaning clearly by correctly using knowledge of grammar (including subjects and verbs, phrases and clauses, and verb tense) and punctuation.
- Writing to entertain, inform, and persuade coherently using carefully selected language and a cohesive structure appropriate to the purpose and audience.
The topics per module are:
- Magic and mystery
- Heroism and villainy
- Thrills and chills
- Facts and feelings
Text forms include:
- Extracts from novels and short stories.
- Poetry.
- Media texts, including digital media.