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This course covers the learning outcomes for the Lower Secondary 7 English (0861) syllabus.
Following this learning path will help you understand important ideas step by step. By completing all the activities carefully, you will build strong knowledge and feel confident when answering questions. Try your best with every activity and take your time. You may be surprised by how much you remember and understand at the end!
TOPICS:
- Describing
- Informing
- Advising and Persuading
- Narrating
- Reviewing and discussing
- Exploring and commenting
- Testing your skills
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
The course includes activities from the following Collins – Cambridge Lower Secondary English Stage 7: Student Book (ISBN: 9780008340834) and Collins – Cambridge Lower Secondary English Stage 7: Workbook  (ISBN: 9780008364175).
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
The English Handbook and Study Guide (ISBN: 9780620325837) is an optional resource that can help you with completing tasks.
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UNIT 1: DESCRIBING
1.1 Enjoy reading
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1.2 What is descriptive writing? & 1.3 Understanding how writers use language for effect
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1.4 Understanding how writers create atmosphere & 1.5 Talking about important places
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1.6 Choosing vocabulary for effect in descriptive writing & 1.7 Varying sentences in descriptive writing
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1.8 Writing your own description & 1.9 Responding to a descriptive text
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UNIT 2: INFORMING
2.1 Enjoy reading & 2.2 What is informative writing?
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2.3 Identifying relevant information & 2.4 Identifying bias
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2.5 Selecting and summarising information & 2.6 Developing presentation skills
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2.7 Planning information text to suit different audiences & 2.8 Using direct and indirect speech inform
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2.9 Planning an online news reports
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2.10 Writing your own encyclopedia entries & 2.11 Responding to an informative text
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UNIT 3: ADVISING AND PERSUADING
3.1 Enjoy reading & 3.2 What is writing to advise and persuade?
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3.3 Making inferences from persuasive texts & 3.4 Using quotations as evidence
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3.5 Speaking to discuss and persuade & 3.6 Structuring an effective advice text
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3.7 Using complex sentences to develop ideas & 3.8 Writing your own blog to advise
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3.9 Responding to a persuasive text
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UNIT 4: NARRATING
4.1 Enjoy reading & 4.2 Exploring how playscripts convey character and action
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4.3 Understanding how story openings work
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4.4 Exploring how writers create characters
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