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Year 7 · English

Check Understanding

Year 7 learners practise reading comprehension skills ks3.

The activities include Compare Old and New Words, Analyse an Extract from Tom Sawyer, Answer Questions on an Extract From 'Owls in the Family' by Farley Mowat, and related practice. The checked support below includes teach, teaching, worksheet, video. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Compare Old and New Words
  • Analyse an Extract from Tom Sawyer
  • Answer Questions on an Extract From 'Owls in the Family' by Farley Mowat
  • Answer Questions on an Extract From 'Midnight' by Jacqueline Wilson
  • Answer Questions on the Dragons Attack from 'The Hobbit'
  • Explore the Book 'Holes' by Louis Sachar Chapters 1-2
  • Explore the Book 'Holes' by Louis Sachar Chapters 15-21
  • Explore the Book 'Holes' by Louis Sachar Chapters 22-28
  • Identify Viewpoints
  • Know Your Proverbs
  • Learn to Scan Information Texts
  • Practise Scanning Information Texts
  • Revise Scanning an Information Text
  • Understand the Meaning Behind Proverbs

Checked learning resources

  • Introduction to Shakespeare Lesson 1: Development of the English Language

    Twinkl · Teach · Account may be required

    This KS3 introduction traces English from Old to Modern English, puts Shakespearean vocabulary into context and includes comprehension worksheets for checking understanding.

  • Tom Sawyer: Whitewashing the Fence

    PBS · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    PBS presents the exact Tom Sawyer Chapter Two whitewashing extract containing the activity dialogue about whether painting the fence counts as work.

  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

    Project Gutenberg · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Authoritative public-domain Tom Sawyer text for rereading the complete chapter and checking quotations in their original context.

  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter 2 Quiz

    eNotes · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Interactive questions on the exact Tom Sawyer Chapter Two episode test retrieval, inference, Tom’s manipulation of Ben and the lesson Tom learns about work and desire.

  • Improving Reading Skills with Inference Iggy Activity Pack

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Transition-level guided practice shows how to combine textual clues with prior knowledge, then apply the same evidence-based inference process to the supplied Midnight extract.

  • Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson

    Penguin · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Official publisher page for Jacqueline Wilson’s Midnight, supplying exact story, author and character context for Violet’s first-person extract.

  • Midnight Discussion Questions

    Bookey · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Book-specific Midnight questions prompt evidence-based discussion of Violet, her relationships, identity and the meanings developed across Jacqueline Wilson’s novel.

  • The Hobbit: Smaug and the Dragon Attack

    Tolkien Estate · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Official Tolkien Estate material provides exact Hobbit and Smaug context for the passage in which Bard watches for the hollow in the dragon’s left breast during the attack.