ENGLISH MEDIUM TERM ENQUIRY PLAN

DEPARTMENT Year 7 – Autumn 2 (Noughts & Crosses)

Fertile Question: Length of Enquiry: 7 weeks

What Makes a Good Friend? Author: JK SEPTEMBER 2010

NOUGHTS & CROSSES by Malorie Blackman

WEEK BY WEEK OVERVIEW
WEEK FOCUS CORE LEARNING OBJECTIVES & ACTIONS IDEAS & RESOURCES ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK NOTES
- Spelling test on first Worksheet: This is a short week of
morning of spellings Research on three lessons because
Special WeekWEEK 1:

from last half term. the author of two training days at

Remembrance Day

Malorie the beginning of the

Blackman via half term.
fronter
There is no assessment
this week.

 Read pages 7 - 46 of thenovel. - Different reading strategies – Recall test on chapter Students can either
focus 1Formative assessment ofWEEK 2:

information, events or ideas from texts and

 Students understand the core skills of reading listening, popcorn reading etc. 7. draw a frame in their
use quotation and reference from a text
Understand, describe, select or retrieve

that they will be taught and assessed: - Create a character profiles or books or you can
Understanding, deduction, critical commentary drawings for Sephy and Callum. First Formative create a frame for
and appreciation impressions work. Hot seat them, Assessment A2U: them. Use the levels as
 Novel hooks – how do writers make us want to their parents, other characters. Understanding a guide for
read. - Close read first few chapters and focused assessment personalizing the
Consider key characters, the setting. Make examine how Blackman ‘hooks’ her on chapters 70-100: requirements of this
predictions about what might happen, create a reader. Students write their own Students create a assessment.
question bank to see if we can answer these opening to a novel? storyboard that
questions at the end etc. contains quotations
and shows that they
understand what
happened in these
chapters.
 Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from
 - Fill in formative
assessment data from
formative assessment
Formative assessment of focus 2WEEK 3

A2U on spreadsheet JK
distributes. Return
latest AM Tuesday 16th
November 2010
texts
 Formative assessment focus 3WEEK 4

Identify and comment upon the way texts are structured and organised.
Explain and comment on a writer’s use of language

-
Fill in formative

November 2010
distributes. Return
formative assessment
assessment data from

latest AM Tuesday 23rd

A2D on spreadsheet JK
 Students fix all the issues that they have had for first four weeks of half
Fill in formative
assessment data from
formative assessment
A2C on spreadsheet JK
distributes. Return
term and prepare for summative assessment
latest AM Tuesday 30th
November 2010
Fix Week WEEK 5
Assessment Summative WEEK 6


Summative assessment week.

 Summative assessment
data must be entered
WEEK 7

onto CMIS by Tuesday

this week.
 Review Week

Half term’s learning is reviewed. Speaking and listening assessment to take place.