Year 7 · English
Understand meaning in Year 7 English
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Focus on understanding meaning in poetry and prose. Open support for “Analyse How Dickens Presents Poverty in A Christmas Carol”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 7 learners practise understanding meaning in poetry and prose.
The activities include Analyse How Dickens Presents Poverty in A Christmas Carol, Explore Poetry: 'The Eagle', Explore the Book 'Holes' by Louis Sachar Chapters 29-35, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching-practice, teaching, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Analyse How Dickens Presents Poverty in A Christmas Carol — support from Twinkl
- Explore Poetry: 'The Eagle' — support from YouTube - Hardcore Literature
- Explore the Book 'Holes' by Louis Sachar Chapters 29-35 — support from YouTube — OneMinBooks
- Explore the Use of Language in the Poem Summer Images — support from YouTube — LibriVox Audiobooks
- Explore the Use of Personification — support from Twinkl
- Find Information From a Text About the Cratchit Family From 'A Christmas Carol' — support from Twinkl
- Understand Dickens' Intentions in His description of Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol' — support from YouTube — ClickView
- Understand the Difference Between a Simile and a Metaphor — support from Twinkl
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Themes: Poverty | A Christmas Carol | Quickfire Video
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'The Eagle' Tennyson Poem Analysis
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Holes: full-book summary
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Summer Images by John Clare — Chapter 28 Reading
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Recognising Similes and Metaphors
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Who Is Inference Iggy? KS2 English Concept Video
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol In Context
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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KS3 Poetry: The Eagle by Tennyson - Comprehension and Essay Writing Frame
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Analysing poems
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The Eagle by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Holes differentiated reading comprehension
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Holes Chapter Chatter Pack
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Summer Images by John Clare
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What is personification?
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What is inference?
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Improving Reading Skills with Inference Iggy Activity Pack
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Figurative language: hyperbole, similes and metaphors
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Print and finish
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A Christmas Carol Lesson 12: Poverty and the Poor – Stave Three
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Holes by Louis Sachar: chapter comprehension questions
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Poetry Analysis and Poetic Terms Worksheet
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Figurative Language Reference Guides Pack
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Mini Exam Practice A Christmas Carol GCSE: Scrooge
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