Grade 7 · Year 8 · Ages 12–13
Grade 7 English
A Common Core-referenced English course for Grade 7: how writers build tension, tracing an argument, imagery and tone in poetry, sentence structures and modifiers, register, quotation and dash punctuation, figurative effects, roots, and argument writing with counter-arguments and evidence.
5 units16 lessonsFinal exam: 55 minutes
Each lesson practised, unit test passed and the final exam count as steps.
Units
Unit 1: Analysing Texts
Tension, arguments and tone.
Unit test · 12 questionsPassedUnit 2: Sentences and Style
Sentence structures, modifiers, run-ons and register.
- Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound-complexDone
- Misplaced and Dangling ModifiersDone
- Fragments, Run-ons and Comma SplicesDone
- Standard English and Formal RegisterDone
Unit test · 12 questionsPassedUnit 3: Punctuation
Quotations, colons, dashes and commas.
- Punctuating Speech and QuotationsDone
- Colons, Semicolons and DashesDone
- Commas in Complex SentencesDone
Unit test · 12 questionsPassedUnit 4: Language and Vocabulary
Figurative effects, roots and context.
- Oxymoron, Sibilance and Pathetic FallacyDone
- Roots and Affixes for Academic WordsDone
- Context Clues for Advanced WordsDone
Unit test · 12 questionsPassedUnit 5: Argument Writing
Thesis, counter-arguments and evidence.
Unit test · 12 questionsPassed
Final exam
Passed36 questions from every unit, 55 minutes. Take it online or print the paper.