TheLearnDenYear 7 · English
Use Growing Knowledge To Support Writing
Year 7 learners practise improving variety and style in writing.
The activities include Create Variety in Your Writing, Develop Understanding of Effective Use of Written and Spoken English, Develop Understanding of The Difference Between Written and Spoken English, and related practice. The checked support below includes teach, lesson, video, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Create Variety in Your Writing
- Develop Understanding of Effective Use of Written and Spoken English
- Develop Understanding of The Difference Between Written and Spoken English
- Write to Inform: Healthy Eating
Checked learning resources
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Compound and Complex Sentences Differentiated Lesson Pack
Twinkl · Teach · Account may be required
This KS3 lesson develops writing variety by teaching students to recognise, construct and accurately punctuate simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Dystopian settings: descriptive writing
Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Year 7 English resource matched to improving variety and style in writing.
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Fiction writing
BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Year 7 English resource matched to improving variety and style in writing.
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Oak lesson video: Varying Your Sentence Types To Create Rhythm
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Year 7 KS3 English video lesson used as video. I can vary my sentence types and lengths to improve the rhythm of a paragraph of creative writing inspired by Natasha Bowen’s ‘Skin of the Sea’. A complex sentence is made u
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Oak lesson video: Delivering Speeches About Victorian Childhood
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Year 7 spoken-language video modelling the delivery of a prepared formal speech; paired with exact Standard English teaching for removing slang, colloquialisms and contractions.
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Oak lesson video: Describing Within Functional Writing
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Year 7 KS3 English video lesson used as video. I can use a description to create interesting functional writing. Functional writing that makes use of description is often stronger. Anecdotes are brilliant for connecting
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Oak lesson slides: Varying Your Sentence Types To Create Rhythm
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Year 7 KS3 English resource used as teaching. I can vary my sentence types and lengths to improve the rhythm of a paragraph of creative writing inspired by Natasha Bowen’s ‘Skin of the Sea’. A complex sentence is made up
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Oak worksheet: Varying Your Sentence Types To Create Rhythm
Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Year 7 KS3 English resource used as practice. I can vary my sentence types and lengths to improve the rhythm of a paragraph of creative writing inspired by Natasha Bowen’s ‘Skin of the Sea’. A complex sentence is made up