ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT
Assessments in Window 5
6/1 – 25/1
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
Writing paragraph points Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to writing points
Selecting relevant, meaningful evidence Skill Check
- Revise using our guide to choosing good evidence
3 Grammar and syntax Knowledge Checks
The terms you’ll need to know are: Coming soon
Revise using the Glossary
Optional bonus assessments
Creating a character Bonus Skill Check
Describing a setting in vivid detail Bonus Skill Check
Lexis and semantics Bonus Knowledge Check
Year 8
Compulsory
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 Lexis and semantics Knowledge Checks
The terms you’ll need to know are: Coming soon
Revise using the Glossary
Optional bonus assessments
Analysing language, form and structure Bonus Skill Check
Linking analysis to big ideas Bonus Skill Check
Grammar and syntax Bonus Knowledge Check
Year 9
Compulsory
Analysing language, form and structure Skill Check
- Revise with the second and third guides in our series on this skill
Linking analysis to context and the writer’s perspective Skill Check
- Revise with our guide to this skill
3 Lexis and semantics Knowledge Checks
The terms you’ll need to know are: Coming soon
Revise using the Glossary
Optional bonus assessments
Making an argument Bonus Skill Check
Linking analysis to context and the writer’s perspective Bonus Skill Check
Grammar and syntax Bonus Knowledge Check
Year 10
Compulsory
Embedding and contextualising evidence Skill Check
- Revise how to figure out the context with this guide and how to embed quotations with this guide
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
3 Lexis and semantics Knowledge Checks
The terms you’ll need to know are: Coming soon
Revise using the Glossary
Optional bonus assessments
Analysing language, form and structure Bonus Skill Check
Creating a conceptualised response around a clear thesis Bonus Skill Check
Grammar and syntax Bonus Knowledge Check