Curriculum &
Assessment Overviews
Sem1-2017
Yr7 Curriculum & Assessment
Overviews - 2017
YEAR 7 ENGLISH YEAR OVERVIEW
Term 1
Unit Title
Life Writing
Description
In this unit, students read biographies to
identify text structures and language
features. They demonstrate their
knowledge of the language features of a
biography in a reading comprehension.
Students continue their study of life
writing by reading and analysing
autobiographical narratives, including
pictures books. They identify the
narrative structure of texts and the
language features used to imaginatively
recreate a significant life event.
Reading comprehension (QAR)
Exam/test
Students read and comprehend a
biographical text. Due Wk 4
Assessment
Literary memoir
Written
Students create a literary memoir that is
inspired by an abstract noun and is
based on a significant life event. Due
Wk 9
Term 2
Motivational Speaking
In this unit, students understand
how text structures and language
features combine in media texts to
influence audiences. Students will
examine how language is used to
persuade in motivational speeches
from different historical, social and
cultural contexts. The text structures
and language features, including
persuasive devices, will be
examined.
Motivational Speech
Oral
Students will deliver a persuasive
motivational speech to promote a
point of view or enable a new way
of seeing.
Due Wk 8
Term 3
Term 4
Black Snake Novel Study: Australia and
Australians in literature
In this unit students listen to, read and view
literature about Australia and Australians,
including the close study of the novel Black
Snake: The Daring of Ned Kelly by Carole
Wilkinson. They explore ideas and viewpoints
about events, issues and characters
represented in the text and examine the ways
language is used by the author to create
characters and to influence the emotions and
opinions of readers.
Protest Poetry
Imaginative Recount
Written
Students create an imaginative recount to
convey a particular point of view, adapting
stylistic features such as narrative viewpoint,
contrast and juxtaposition. Due Wk 5
Expository Speech (Multimodal)
Students present an informative
speech which evaluates the
effectiveness of a particular song in
making a comment on a social issue
Due Wk 8
Character Response Argument
Written under exam conditions
Students will write an argument to persuade
the reader to accept their point of view about a
character in the text. Due Wk9
In this unit, students listen to and
read a variety of poems and songs
that put forward different
perspectives on a variety of issues.
They examine how poets use stylistic
features, text structures and
language features in poetry to
convey a point of view about an
issue
Literacy
Development
in English
Free Reading: students read for pleasure for 15-20 minutes three times a week (also in Booster program). Books and other reading material will be provided through
classroom libraries or students can bring their own texts. Students will participate in reflecting on, and sharing what they have read each week.
Words their Way: students participate in a vocabulary growth and spelling development program.
Big Write: students improve their writing skills by generating and sharing ideas about their writing then independently participating in a sustained writing exercise each
week.
YEAR 7 MATHS YEAR OVERVIEW
Term 1
The Number Game
In this unit students convert
between index notation and
expanded form and solve problems
involving square roots and square
numbers. Problems involving
equivalent fractions and express a
quantity as fraction of another.
Students will be create a folio of
work for the Number Game Unit and
solve problems
Term 2
Money and Financial Maths
In this unit students explore the
relationship between fractions,
decimals and percentages, express
one quantity as a percentage of
another. Round, multiply and divide
decimals in a money context.
Calculate and compare unit prices,
investigate and calculate best buys.
Use variables to represent numbers,
create algebraic expressions by
substitution.
Term 3
The Other Angle
In this unit students calculate the
area of rectangles solve problems
involving area and volume. They will
classify triangles and quadrilaterals
by comparing sides and angles,
make generalisations about the sum
of angles in triangles and in
quadrilaterals.
Describe and create translations,
reflections and rotations on the
Cartesian plane
Term 4
Take your chance
In this unit students will identify
sample spaces for single-step
events, conduct one-step chance
experiments, record observed
frequencies in a table. They will be
able to construct stem-and-leaf plots
and dot-plots, calculate mean,
median, mode and range, compare a
range of data displays, describe and
interpret data display
Assessment
Folio of Work:
Due Wk 7
Extended Task :
Best Buys Due Wk 7
Supervised Exam- Sat in Wk9
Folio of Work:
Due Wk 9
Extended Task :
Take your chance. Due Wk 6
Supervised Assessment:
Due Wk 9
Numeracy
Development
in Maths
Problem Solving: Using Polya’s thinkboard and the explicit teaching of appropriate strategies to solve the task so that students build up their toolbox of
planning strategies that they can then apply to unseen questions in maths and other curriculum subjects where numeracy tasks are incorporated.
Unit Title
Description
YEAR 7 SCIENCE YEAR OVERVIEW
Unit Title
Description
Assessment
Science
Inquiry
Approach
Term 1
Web of life
In this unit students will be able to
identify the laboratory equipment
and conduct simple science
experiments safely. Students will be
exposed to various data types for
experiments and ways to display
data. Students will draw simple food
chains and food webs to identify the
feeding relationships between
organisms in an ecosystem. Students
will create and analyse a food web
for an ecosystem for this unit.
Scientific Report- Due Wk 9
Term 2
Fit to Drink
In this unit students will be able to
understand the water cycle and how
humans affect the water cycle. They
gain practical understanding of
various separation techniques and
write laboratory reports. Students
will complete supervised assessment
at the end of the unit.
Supervised Exam- Due Wk 9
Term 3
Moving Along
Students build on their knowledge of
how forces affect motion. They
develop understandings of balanced
and unbalanced forces and apply
these to predict and justify
conclusions about changes in
motion. Students build on their
understanding of simple machines to
examine how changes to levers and
pulley systems affect forces within
more complex systems.
Extended Response Task- Due-Wk 9
Term 4
Earth Science
Students will understand the relative
positions of the Earth, moon and sun
in space and describe the rotations
and orbits of the Earth and moon
relative to the sun. They will identify
how the positions of the Earth,
moon and sun cause different
predictable phenomena such as
eclipses, tides, phases of the moon
and solar phenomena. They will
examine data about weather and
climate from different sources.
Supervised Assessment- Due-Wk 9
Inquiry means that students are handling science. Inquiry implies that students are “in control of an important part of their own learning where
they can manipulate ideas to increase understanding” Some of the standards that embed Science Inquiry are: Describe objects and events. Ask
questions. Construct explanations. Test explanations against current scientific knowledge. Communicate their ideas to others. Identify their
assumptions. Use critical and logical thinking. Consider alternative explanations.
YEAR 7 HUMANITIES YEAR OVERVIEW
Unit Title
Description
Assessment
Term 1- History
Investigating the ancient past
In this unit, students will understand
key features of the ancient historical
period including evidence for the
emergence of historical societies.
They will identify the tools and
methods historians and
archaeologists use to investigate the
ancient past. Students will explore
historical sources and evaluate their
usefulness through an investigation
of historical mysteries from the
ancient world.
Term 2-History
Ancient Egypt
In this unit, students will learn about
ancient Egyptian society through an
investigation of significant factors
which influenced its development
such as the geography of ancient
Egypt including the influence of the
Nile River on Egyptian life, the role
of key groups and individuals in
ancient Egyptian society, and the
beliefs and rituals associated with
the afterlife.
Term 3- Geography
Water in the World
In this unit, students will gain an
understanding of water as an
environmental resource, examining
its uses and value as well as the way
it connects places as it moves
through the environment. Water is
investigated using studies from
Australia, Asia and Africa.
Term 4-Geography
Place and Liveability
In this unit, students will learn about
the concept of place through an
investigation of liveability. They will
examine factors that influence
liveability and how it is perceived,
the idea that places provide with
services and facilities needed to
support and enhance our lives and
the spaces are planned and
managed by people
Research Investigation (Written)
Draft end of Wk 8
Final end of Wk 9
Collection of work including:
Source response (supervised
conditions)
Due Wk 5
Research task with spoken
explanation
Due Wk 9
Short Response Test
Sat in Wk 9
Field Study
Due Wk8
YEAR 7 FRENCH YEAR OVERVIEW
Unit Title
Description
Assessment
Term 1/3
Je me présente….
In this unit, students will develop the skills required to introduce
themselves in French and discuss basic personal information such as
name, age, nationality and place of residence as well reflect on cultural
differences between French and Australian schooling systems. Students
will also develop an understanding of the geography of France and
francophone nations. Students will also investigate verb conjugation
and the relationship between personal pronouns and commonly used
regular and irregular verbs.
Reading exam
Exam/test
Students will read and comprehend a number of French texts and
respond to related questions in English.
Due Wk 6
Term2/4
Tu aimes les animaux ?
In this unit, students will be able to name and describe a range of
common household pets and animals. They will develop a working
knowledge of noun gender and will understand and be able to correctly
implement adjectival agreement in their descriptions. Students will also
develop language patterns which will allow them to talk about likes,
dislikes and preferences as well as the use of the negative structure
(ne…pas). Students will examine the formal and informal registers
through the comparison of shopping etiquette in France and Australia
and will be able to adjust language to suit contexts
Listening exam
Exam/test
Students will listen to and comprehend French audio texts and respond
to related questions in English.
Due Wk 6
Speaking task
Oral
Students will deliver a prepared presentation in French introducing
themselves and giving basic personal information.
Due Wk 8
Writing task
In-class assignment
Students will write a text in which they will describe a number of
household pets.
Due Wk 8
YEAR 7 HPE Semester OVERVIEW
Unit Title
Description
Assessment
Term 1
Personal, Social and Community Health
Students evaluate strategies and resources to manage changes and
transitions and investigate their impact on identities. Students evaluate
the impact on wellbeing of relationships and valuing diversity. They
analyse factors that influence emotional responses. They investigate
strategies and practices that enhance their own, others’ and community
health, safety and wellbeing
Exam:- Due Wk 9
Term 2
Safe ‘N’ Sound
Theory:-Students will investigate issues associated with bullying and
with using the internet. Students will evaluate strategies to ensure
safety while working and communicating online. Students will evaluate
effective strategies to deescalate bullying.
Prac:Students are provided with the knowledge of understanding skills to
enhance their own and others health and wellbeing by participating in
Touch. They will develop skills to be able to make informed decisions in
an authentic Touch environments.
Multi-Modal Presentation-Wk 8
Continuous Assessment Performance Journal- Hand in Wk 8
YEAR 7 Food Technology/Industrial Design and Technology -Semester OVERVIEW
Unit Title
Description
Assessment
Food-Term 1
Food-Term 2
Nutrition for life Cooking
Masterchef-Practical Cooking
Students understand how to investigate and select from a range of technologies
− materials, systems, components, tools and equipment. They consider the ways
characteristics and properties of technologies can be combined to design and
produce sustainable designed solutions to problems for individuals and the
community, considering society and ethics, and economic, environmental and
social sustainability factors.
IDT-Term 1
Workshop Safety / Robotics
Workshop
Safety:Students
establish safety routines and
procedures that minimise risk, when
meeting designed solutions.
Robotics:- Lego EV3- Students will
learn coding, produce flow charts and
sequence commands. Plan and
Students will identify the sequences and steps involved in design tasks and manage projects that create and
manage design tasks, including safe and responsible use of materials and tools, communicate ideas and information
and apply management plans to successfully complete design tasks.
collaboratively online, taking safety
and social contexts into account. And
produce a robotics log.
Prac Skills:- Ongoing + Journal due Wk 9
in term 2
Exam:- Week 5
Design Folio:Draft due: Week 5
Final scripts due: Week 7
Online Exam:- Due Wk 3
Draft log:- Due Wk 6
Final Log: Due Wk 9
IDT-Term 2
Industrial Tech & Design
Beyblade Folio -Intro to design
elements,
principles
and
assessment preparation. Students
develop research of existing
products, sketching techniques
and produce design solutions to
generate, test and communicate
design ideas, plans and processes
utilising workshop skills and
practices.
Students
learn
appropriate techniques, technical
terms and technologies including
graphical
representation
techniques.
Concept sketches: Due Wk 2
Draft Folio:- Due Wk 4
Final Folio:- Due Wk 9
YEAR 7 Visual Arts/Music OVERVIEW (1 term each)
Unit Title
Description
Term 1
Vis Art :-UNDER THE SEA
Visual Art students in Year 7 will be completing a Collage based on the topic
“Under the Sea”. This artwork will be constructed using the elements of
art.
The work will be influenced by artists Paul Klee and Pamela
Griffith. Students will be expected to keep a visual journal to record ideas,
processes and statements about their artwork.
Term 2
Music:-POP STARS - GUITAR
Over the course of one term students will cover two principal aspects of
music; Fundamental music theory and guitar performance.
Within fundamental music theory students will be learning how to read
music in both treble and bass clefs, understand leger lines and the Grand
Staff, identify note values using the correct terminology and interpret time
signatures.
The performance aspect of this unit will see students learn seven chords on
the guitar, which then students will use to perform a recent pop song.
Assessment
Journal Work- Ongoing. Due Wk 9
Practice exam: Week 5
Exam Due : Week 7
Performance Due: Week 9
Semester 1- Assessment Overview- 2017
Term1-Wk
English
Maths
Science
History
HPE
3
4
Technologies
7A-7E
French-7F-7J
Music-7C-7E
Arts-7A/7B
Online Exam
Exam
5
Exam-safety
Draft Log
due
6
7
Exam
Practical
Exam
Folio
8
9
Food Stud7F-7J
Oral
Literary
Memoir
Report
Research
Assignment
Exam
Science
History
HPE
Final Log due
Performance
Journal
Music-7C-7E
Arts-7A/7B
10
Term2-Wk
English
Maths
2
4
Technologies
7A-7E
Concept
Sketches
Comprehensi
on task
Design Folio
due
Listening
Exam
6
Extended
task
7
9
10
Food Stud
7F-7J
Draft Folio
5
8
French-7F-7J
Practical
Exam
Multi Modal
presentation
Oral
Exam
Exam
Research
task
Design Folio
Assignment
Final Folio
Performance
Journal
Food Journal