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:

• democratic participation, eg debate, representative, student council, election, campaign, ballot, vote

Speaking and listening - through the activities pupils learn to:

• work together in groups to solve problems (year 7 S&L13, year 8 S&L10, year 9 S&L10)
• reflect on their abilities as speakers in different situations (year 8 S&L1, year 9 S&L1)
• adopt a range of different roles in talking (year 7 S&L11, year 8 S&L12)