Printable checklist

Year 7 English — what your child learns

These are the 20 English topics Year 7 covers on TheLearnDen, following the National Curriculum for England. Print the list, stick it on the fridge, and tick topics off as they come up. Each topic name matches its page on this site, where you will find checked videos, lessons, worksheets and practice. Many are free; any account or subscription requirement is shown before you open a resource.

• Develop Awareness Of A Text's Grammatical Features
• Extend And Apply Grammatical Knowledge
• Use Standard English With Confidence
• Check Understanding
• Make Critical Text Comparisons
• Poetic Convention Awareness
• Set Plot And Character Awareness
• Support Comprehension Through Knowledge
• Understand Meaning
• Use Inference And Evidence
• Vocabulary Awareness
• Consider Purpose Of Own Writing
• Purpose And Audience Awareness
• Use Growing Knowledge To Support Writing
• Read A Wide Range Of Texts
• Study Authors
• Summarise And Organise Materials Ideas And Arguments
• Develop Awareness Of Literary And Rhetorical Devices
• Amend Writing To Improve Effectiveness
• Use Accurate Grammar Punctuation And Spelling

Topic order follows the site's Year 7 English listing. Schools teach topics in their own order, so treat this as a coverage map, not a timetable.