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 the unit.

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

• the environment, eg sustainable development, physical survey, physical features, responsibility

Speaking and listening - through the activities pupils learn to:

• work together in groups to solve problems (year 7 S&L13, year 8 S&L12, year 9 S&L10)
• make a presentation so that listeners can follow it ( year 7 S&L3, year 8 S&L3)
• reflect on their developments of their abilities as speakers in different contexts (year 8 S&L1, year 8 S&L9, year 9 S&L1, year 9 S&L8)

Reading - through the activities pupils learn to:

• locate resources and combine information from different sources (year 7 R1, year 8 R1, year 9 R2)