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Year 7 · English

Support Comprehension Through Knowledge

Year 7 learners practise background knowledge to understand shakespeare.

The activities include Discover Facts About Shakespeare, Analyse Techniques Used in A Non-Fiction Text on Swimming, Identify Facts and Opinions in a Letter. The checked support below includes teach, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Discover Facts About Shakespeare
  • Analyse Techniques Used in A Non-Fiction Text on Swimming
  • Identify Facts and Opinions in a Letter

Checked learning resources

  • Non-Fiction Reading L3: Language Features of Non-Fiction Texts

    Twinkl · Teach · Account may be required

    This KS3 lesson asks students to identify language features in a non-fiction text, explain their effects on readers and analyse effectiveness using a structured response.

  • What are facts and opinions?

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    How can you tell if something is a fact or an opinion? Watch the animation then try the activity in this Bitesize Primary KS2 English guide. This is exact teaching for facts and opinions.

  • Fact or Opinion Worksheets - KS2

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Four-part practice distinguishing verifiable facts from opinions in statements, short passages and a newspaper-style text.

  • 'The Tempest'

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 English resource matched to background knowledge to understand shakespeare.

  • The Tempest

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 English resource matched to background knowledge to understand shakespeare.

  • Oak lesson video: The Plot Of A Midsummer Nights Dream

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 KS3 English video lesson used as video. I can explain the plot and main themes of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a Shakespearean comedy. There are three sets of character

  • Oak lesson video: The Structure Of An Opinion Article

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 KS3 English video lesson used as video. I can explain how to create engaging openings and impactful endings in an opinion piece. You can create an engaging opening by using humour, or creating a shared experience

  • Oak lesson video: Protecting The Greenbelt

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 KS3 English video lesson used as video. I can explain how a writer uses personal experience, expert views and wider politics to support their opinions. When you take a stand, you express your opinion forcefully. Y