Citizenship at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

References to the Key Stage 3 National Strategy Framework for teaching English, Years 7, 8 and 9 (NSE) are given in brackets and are indicated in appropriate sections of this unit.

Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly words relating to:

• human rights, eg persecution, reconciliation, respect, discrimination, prejudice, forgiveness, racism, xenophobia, toleration
• international action, eg sanctions, consensus

Reading - through the activities pupils learn to:

• summarise information in note form (year 7 R4, year 8 R5, year 9 R3)
• infer implied and explicit meanings in texts (year 7 R8, year 8 R7)
• recognise authorial standpoints in texts (year 7 R9, year 8 R6, year 9 R6)

Writing - through the activities pupils learn to:

• organise and present information, using appropriate devices and methods (year 7 Wr13, year 8 Wr10, year 9 Wr12)