Year 7 English

Year 7 English on VCE Vault: 13 lessons written for Year 7 (Victorian Curriculum), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$7.99.

Lessons

Reading and Viewing

• Text Types — Narrative, Informative, Persuasive (free) — Identify and distinguish the three main text types and their purposes.
• Reading Strategies — Inferencing and Predicting (free) — Use inferencing and predicting strategies to read beyond literal meaning.
• Literary Devices — Simile, Metaphor, Personification (free) — Identify and explain the effect of figurative language techniques.
• Understanding Themes in Literature (free) — Identify and explain themes in literary texts with textual evidence.

Writing

• TEEL Paragraphs — Building an Argument — Write a TEEL paragraph that presents a clear, evidence-supported argument.
• Narrative Writing — Story Structure and Craft — Plan and write a narrative with a clear structure, developed characters and purposeful language choices.
• Persuasive Writing — Argument Structure — Write a structured persuasive text with a clear contention, arguments and persuasive techniques.
• Informative Writing — Reports and Explanations — Write clear, logically structured informative texts using formal language.

Language and Grammar

• Grammar Essentials — Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs — Identify and use the four core word classes correctly in sentences.
• Punctuation — Commas, Apostrophes, Semicolons — Use commas, apostrophes and semicolons correctly and purposefully.
• Sentence Structure — Simple, Compound, Complex — Identify, write and vary sentence structures for effect.

Speaking, Listening and Media

• Speaking and Presenting — Formal Speech — Plan and deliver a structured formal speech using appropriate techniques.
• Media Literacy — Analysing Images and Multimodal Texts — Analyse how images, layout and design choices create meaning in multimodal texts.