ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT
Assessments in Window 4
25/11 – 20/12
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
Creative writing holistic assessment
- Revise using whichever creative writing guides you need based on your past feedback
3 Lexis and semantics Knowledge Checks
The terms you’ll need to know are: Antonym, Connotations, Euphemism, Figurative language, Imagery, Synonym
Revise using the Glossary
Optional bonus assessments
Using 3rd person limited narrative voice Bonus Skill Check
Controlling time in a story Bonus Skill Check
Grammar and syntax Bonus Knowledge Check
Year 8
Compulsory
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
3 Grammar and syntax Knowledge Checks
The terms you’ll need to know are: Declarative sentence, Determiner, Exclamatory sentence, Imperative sentence, Interrogative sentence, Modal verb, Object (of a sentence), Relative clause, Subject (of a sentence), Verb
Revise using the Glossary
Optional bonus assessments
Selecting relevant, meaningful evidence Bonus Skill Check
Making an argument Bonus Skill Check
Poetry and drama Bonus Knowledge Check
Year 9
Compulsory
Making an argument Skill Check
Revise with this guide
Linking analysis to context and the writer’s perspective Skill Check
Revise with this guide
3 Grammar and syntax Knowledge Checks
The terms you’ll need to know are: Declarative sentence, Determiner, Exclamatory sentence, Imperative sentence, Interrogative sentence, Modal verb, Object (of a sentence), Relative clause, Subject (of a sentence), Verb
Revise using the Glossary
Optional bonus assessments
Selecting relevant, meaningful evidence Bonus Skill Check
Embedding and contextualising evidence Bonus Skill Check
Poetry and drama Bonus Knowledge Check
Year 10
Compulsory
‘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
3 Grammar and syntax Knowledge Checks
The terms you’ll need to know are: Declarative sentence, Determiner, Exclamatory sentence, Imperative sentence, Interrogative sentence, Modal verb, Object (of a sentence), Relative clause, Subject (of a sentence), Verb
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
Describing a setting in vivid detail Bonus Skill Check
Poetry and drama Bonus Knowledge Check
Year 11
Making an argument Skill Check
Revise with this guide
Creating a conceptualised response around a clear thesis Skill Check
Revise with this guide