Imagery
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Grasp English — Learn
Year 7
Secondary English begins here. Reading and Grammar shift from mechanics toward analysis, and Literature becomes its own strand alongside Reading, Writing, Grammar & Language, and Vocabulary.
📖 Reading
Locating, inferring and evaluating meaning across unseen fiction and non-fiction.
Retrieval
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Open lesson →Inference
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Open lesson →Language analysis
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Open lesson →Structural analysis
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Open lesson →Evidence
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Open lesson →Context
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Open lesson →Authorial intention
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Open lesson →Tone
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Open lesson →Mood
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Open lesson →Perspective
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Open lesson →Viewpoint
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Open lesson →Comparing texts
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Open lesson →Evaluating texts
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Open lesson →📚 Literature
New at Year 7 — poetry, prose and drama studied as literature, including an introduction to Shakespeare.
Poetry
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Open lesson →Prose
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Open lesson →Drama
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Open lesson →Shakespeare introduction
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Open lesson →Character
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Open lesson →Theme
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Open lesson →Setting
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Open lesson →Plot
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Open lesson →Conflict
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Open lesson →Symbolism
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Open lesson →Literary devices
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Open lesson →✍️ Writing
Composing for a widening range of forms, purposes and audiences.
Narrative
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Open lesson →Description
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Open lesson →Persuasion
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Open lesson →Argument
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Open lesson →Speech
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Open lesson →Articles
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Open lesson →Formal writing
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Open lesson →Informal writing
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Open lesson →Creative writing
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Open lesson →Rhetoric
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Open lesson →🔤 Grammar & Language
The shift from primary grammar mechanics toward how sentence-level choices create effect.
Sentence structures
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Open lesson →Clauses
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Open lesson →Phrases
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Open lesson →Word classes
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Open lesson →Active/passive
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Open lesson →Formal/informal register
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Open lesson →Cohesion
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Open lesson →Syntax
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Open lesson →Diction
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Open lesson →📚 Vocabulary
Word-building and precision — available as its own track, not only tied to a year group.
Prefixes
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Open lesson →Suffixes
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Open lesson →Roots
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Open lesson →Etymology
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Open lesson →Connotation
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Open lesson →Denotation
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Open lesson →Synonyms
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Open lesson →Antonyms
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Open lesson →Figurative language
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Open lesson →Rhetorical vocabulary
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