Year 7: which books have your DC studied in English this year?

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What an interesting question! DD still has another year at primary but she loves English so it's good to know what kind of thing she can look forward to.

Does anyone have any links or further information about the accelerated reader programme?

At SPS, boys in year 7 were given a reading list. What they do in class depends on the teacher. In my son's form, they had to choose a book a term, often having to write a review when finished. In class they read Merchant of Venice and Orwell's Shooting an Elephant. He also studied short stories by Saki and Maupassant (He really liked those) along with various poems by Browning and Frost. They are just briefly looking at Canterbury Tales now.

accelerated reader - google it.

It is an international program, so it requires a bit of search to find the UK site.
The school has to register with it to access the tests, but anyone can go on and look at the book levels etc

invisible Man and Darren Shan or something

Dd has 4 x 1 hour lessons per week. Books this year in year 7 state comp have been Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Holes, A Midsummer Night's Dream and a collection of poetry.

Accelerated reading is by renaissance learning inc.

I took a look at the Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reading website - thanks!

my dds school has exactly same system as steppemum

DS' s school does Renaissance Reading scheme - they have to go online and answer questions on the books they have read. The school system also adds up the amount of reading the children do - not sure if this is counted in words or what - but they give awards to the students who have read the most outside of the set class texts.

Re repeating books they have done at primary DS did Holes both at primary and secondary and had also re-read in between time as he enjoyed the book.

Wish he would read a book now! (Y9)

Sherlock Holmes - They looked at a few, mostly watched old style Sherlock on YouTube but DD who is an avid reader has now read about 12 of the books.

A Christmas Carol.

Shakespeare - A few sonnets, A Midsummer Night Dream, Twelfth Night.

Buddy.

Poetry in various forms.

For all of the above they read snippets in class and watched film/tv versions. DD has sought actual copies of all of them and read the whole thing in her own time, plus more by the same author if she has enjoyed them.

State comp. In year 7 they read:

Diary of Anne Frank
Boy in the striped pyjamas
Animal Farm
A range of poetry
Boy
Twelfth Night
To Kill a Mocking Bird

5 hours of English a week

private peaceful

State comp, DD2 in yr7. Hunger Games (not sure if complete trilogy), Midsummer Nights Dream and various poetry.
When DD1 was in yr7 at same school (6 years ago), think it was Noughts & Crosses and Warhorse.

Can I resurrect this very useful thread and ask posters which books/texts your new Year 7 DC are reading at school, or on school's recommendation?

DD has started off with Saki's The She-Wolf.

One week in and so far in school they've been reading 'Boy' and are studying autobiographies. Macbeth is on the list, but I don't know what else yet...

I do know they expect kids to read every day from books other than those on the curriculum as well. English three times per week, but all double lessons.

Ah - selective indie (if 'selective' means they have to take tests to get in).

Thanks Elibean

How long is a lesson? Here we have one single and two double lessons - each lesson is 50'.