Literacy Mat: Year 7 Chemistry Theme 2 – Energy in Chemicals
Lesson 1: Chemical
Reactions 1
Lesson 2: Chemical
reactions 2
Keywords: copper silver
reactants chemical reaction
products physical reaction
reversible
Sentence starters:
Keywords: copper oxygen
iron reactants chemical
reaction air
products
Sentence starters:
When a chemical
reaction occurs you
might observe...
In a chemical / physical reaction
...
This model shows ...
The word equation for the
reaction is ...
The formula equation is ...
Materials burn with
...
When copper burns in air ...
This model shows ...
The word equation is ...
The mass of copper changes
because ...
A model to show this could be ...
Lesson 5: Fuels
Lesson 6: Gas Tests
Keywords: fuel combustion
burn fire oxygen heat
hydrocarbon carbon dioxide
water
Sentence
starters:
Keywords: oxygen hydrogen
carbon dioxide limewater
splint squeaky pop relights
Sentence starters:
The names of some
fuels are ...
The fire triangle shows that ...
Burning a hydrocarbon fuel will
result in ...
My model shows this because...
A general word equation for
burning is ...
I would extinguish this fire by ...
This is because ...
The names of three
gases are ...
To test for hydrogen /
oxygen / carbon dioxide
first we ...
I think the gas in ...
This is because...
Hydrogen causes a squeaky pop
because ...
Oxygen relights a glowing splint
because ...
Lesson 3: Acids and
alkalis
Keywords: acids alkalis
universal indicator
litmus
blue red pH scale weak
strong base
Sentence starters:
Some household acids / alkalis
are ...
When universal indicator was
added to ...
I think the pH of ........ is ......
because...
The difference between a base
and an alkali is ...
I predict that the pH of ......
Lesson 7: Acids and
metals
Keywords: copper zinc iron
magnesium calcium hydrogen
hydrochloric acid reactivity
Sentence starters:
When a metal reacts
with acid the gas
produced is ...
When we put acid on the metal
we observed ...
I think the most / least reactive
metal was ... because ...
I think the rule for using the
reactivity series is that ...
I predict that when ...
Lesson 4: Neutralisation
Keywords: acids alkalis
universal indicator green
pH scale weak
neutralise
neutralisation neutral
Sentence starters:
In neutralisation reactions you
add together a ...
In a neutralisation reaction ...
Neutralisation is useful in real
life when ...
A general word equation for
neutralisation is ...
Lesson 8: Acids and
metals 2
Keywords: sulphuric acid
nitric acid word equation
salt reactants products
Sentence starters:
Three metals are ...
Three acids are ...
When ...... reacts with
......... acid the salt
formed will be .......
The word equation for ....
The formula equation for ...
Lesson 9: Acids and
carbonates
Keywords: carbon dioxide
water carbonate acid fizz
bubbles
Sentence starters:
When a metal carbonate
reacts with acid the gas
produced is ...
When we put acid on the metal
carbonate we observed ...
When acid rain falls on rocks
made of calcium carbonate ...
The word equation for the
reaction is ...
The formula equation is ...
Lesson 10: APP Planning
Keywords: equipment risk
variable
fair test control
hypothesis range method
investigation experiment
Sentence
starters:
The equipment I
will use is ...
I will use .... to ...
A risk in the experiment is ...
I will manage this risk by ...
To make it a fair test I will need
to control ...
I will control these variables by ...
First I will ... Then I will...
My plan will test the hypothesis
because ...
The range of data is ...
This was chosen because ...
This range of data will test the
hypothesis because ...
Lesson 11: APP
Observations
Keywords: data table graph
primary evidence results
secondary evidence calculate
average repeat
Sentence
starters:
I found my secondary evidence ...
This evidence will help prove /
disprove my hypothesis because
...
The source of my secondary
evidence is good / bad because ...
We need to repeat measurements
/ observations because ...
Lesson 12: Conclusions
Keywords: conclude results
anomalous results anomaly
weakness strength improve
hypothesis
Sentence
starters:
My results show that ...
My graph shows this because ...
The anomalous result in my
primary evidence was ...
I dealt with the anomalous result
by ...
The anomalous result in my
secondary evidence was ...
My secondary evidence was / was
not relevant to my investigation
because ...
A strength in my investigation
was ...
A weakness in my investigation
was that ...
I would improve the investigation
by ...
This would improve the quality of
evidence because ...
This would better test the
hypothesis because ...
Holgate School
iteracy mat
My Work
Can I write in paragraphs?
Can I use different
sentence types?
I am proud of my work because...
I use connectives in each paragraph
to link my ideas and to put them in a
logical order.
Can I spell accurately?
Sound out the word
Think about a similar word
Find the word in a Key words list
Ask a friend or teacher
To learn it: look, cover, write ,
check
Once you’ve solved it, add the
correct spelling to your own word
bank.
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I have written clearly so that my reader can
understand my writing easily.
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I have used my literacy mat to check my
spelling and corrected any errors.
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I have used full sentences with a subject and
a verb.
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I have used correct punctuation and
grammar.
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I have paragraphed my work using TIPTOP.
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My writing is suitable for the person I am
writing for.
Simple sentences: contains a subject and
a verb and can contain an object
• The nucleus (subject) is the
controller (verb) of the cell
Compound sentences: joins two simple
sentences using the connectives: for, and,
nor, but, or, yet, so.
Tissues are lots of similar cells working
together and organs are different tissues
working together to perform a function.
Complex sentences: A complex sentence
contains a conjunction such as because,
since, after, although, or when .
A heart is classed as an organ, because it
has different tissues working together to
perform a function.
Can I use Punctuation and Grammar?
Basics
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for punctuation and grammar:
Every sentence must start with a capital letter.
Every sentence must finish with some form of punctuation: .?!
Proper nouns need capital letters. These are unique people, places or things e.g. there are many cities so
‘city’ doesn’t take a capital letter. However there is only one London, therefore it takes a capital letter.
 Remember don’t mix up ‘was’ and ‘were.’ For example ‘I was (singular)’ and ‘We were (plural)’