Year 7

Reading Lists

Supporting your child in school

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We hope the information within this booklet will help you to support your son/daughter in each of their subjects. You will find details of key words, useful revision resources and suggested reading lists.

Table of Contents

Art & Design ................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Biology ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Design & Technology ................................................................................................................................................ 7

English ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Geography ................................................................................................................................................................ 10

German ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11

History ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12

ICT .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Maths ......................................................................................................................................................................... 14

PE Studies ................................................................................................................................................................ 15

Physics ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Religious Studies ..................................................................................................................................................... 17

Spanish ...................................................................................................................................................................... 19

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Art & Design Key words: Light: Dark Evening Fierce Gentle

Highlight Light Natural Shadow

Soft Reflected

Kind of Art: Abstract Distorted Cubist Emotional Exaggerated Fantasy

Landscape Pattern Portrait Religious Aboriginal Seascape

Still life Surreal Symbolic Indian

Colour: Blend Bright Cold Warm Dull

Gradient Tonal shading Primary Secondary Tertiary

Hue Complementary Harmonious Tint Shade

Mood: Alive Delicate Depressing Disturbing Exciting

Expressive Fresh Imposing Sad Happy

Confused Angry Relaxed

Texture: Cross-hatching Fine Flat Glaze Hatching Jagged

Matt Rough Shiny Smooth Soft Thick

Thin Wash Delicate Hard

Line: Angular Broken Confident Faint

Flowing Tight Thick Hard

Dotted Thin Clean Wavy

Composition: Background Blurred Distant Focus Form Foreground Background Minimal Layered Scale Landscape

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Medium: Pencil Pen Watercolour Oil Pastels

Chalks Polytile print Monoprinting Canvas Collage

Modroc Clay Paper Types Charcoal

Set texts: N/A Revision guides: N/A Recommended reading list: 13 Art Movements Children Should Know by Brad Finger 13 Artists Children Should Know by Angela Wenzel 13 Art Techniques Children Should Know The Usbourne Book of Art Ideas The Art Book for Children Draw and Paint like the Great Artists by Marion Denchars

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Biology Key words: Adaptation Addiction Average Cell Chloroplast Digestion Fertilisation Foetus Glucose

Habitat Microbes Metabolism Nerve Nucleus Organ Organism Photosynthesis Puberty

Roots Respiration Reliable Species Tissue Uterus Variation Vaccine

Set texts: N/A

Revision guides: KS3 Science ISBN 9781841462301 Internet Revision resources: Doc Brown Revision http:// www.docbrown.info/ks3science.htm KS3 bbc bitesize http:// www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/z4kw2hv Eschool today http://www.eschooltoday.com/ Recommended reading list: My First Science book: Explore the wonders of Science with this fun filled guide - fantastic physics, kitchen chemistry, backyard biology By Susan Akass Ryland Peters & Small ISBN 1782492542 Horrible Science - Bulging Box of books ISBN 1407110357

National Geographic Kids

Useful links: Home Science experiments: Cool Science tricks http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1907554696?ref=cm swr awd G4Zcvb1PP9WE3 Internet Resources: Youtube Science channel http://www.what dowedoallday.com/2014/08/science-youtube-channels.html Ask a scientist http://askascientist.co.uk/ IFL Science http://www.iflscience.com/

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Chemistry

Key words: Atom Acid Alkali Boiling point Compounds Chemical reaction Concentration Combustion Conclusion

Dissolve Diffuse Element Electron Halogen Melting point Molecules Mixtures Particles

Proton Neutron Neon gases Periodic table Reactivity series Soluble Variable

Set texts: N/A Revision guides: KS3 Science Revision Guide ISBN 9781841462301 Internet Revision resources: Doc Brown Revision http:// www.docbrown.info/ks3science.htm KS3 bbc bitesize http:// www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/z4kw2hv Eschool today http://www.eschooltoday.com Recommended reading list: My First Science book: Explore the wonders of Science with fun filled guide - fantastic physics, kitchen chemistry, backyard biology by Susan Akass Ryland Peters & Small ISBN 1782492542 Everything Kids Magical Science Experiment Book by Tom Robinson, Tim Robinson. Adams ISBN 159869426X Basher Science -The complete Periodic Table by Adrian Dingle, Simon Basher, Dan Green ISBN 0753471973 Useful links: Home Science experiments: Cool Science tricks http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1907554696?ref=cm swr awd G4Zcvb1PP9WE3 Internet Resources: Youtube Science channel http://www.what dowedoallday.com/2014/08/science-youtube-channels.html Ask a scientist http://askascientist.co.uk/ IFL Science http://www.iflscience.com/

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Design & Technology Key words: Aesthetic Brief CAD/CAM Component Design Disassemble Ergonomics Evaluation Fabric Fibre

Machine Manufacture Plan Presentation Production Prototype Rendering Sew Seam line Specification

Strength Laser cutter Embroidery Resistor Capacitor Integrated circuit (IC) Measuring & marking Laminating

Revision guides: KS3 Design & Technology Study Guide Paperback Publisher: Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP) (16 Jan. 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 1841467200 Recommended reading list: The story of design (This can be borrowed from Miss Simpson) Charlotte Fiell 1783130016 Design and technology dictionary 11-14 Peter bull 1840859997

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English Key words: Set texts: Adjectives Adverbs Alliteration Anecdote Anthropomorphism Antonyms Apostrophes Brackets Bullet Points Capital letters Clauses Colloquial language Colons Commands Commas Compare Conjunctions Connectives Consonants Contrast Direct address Discourse markers Ellipsis Emotive language

Enjambment Exclamation marks Exclamations Fact Figurative language First person Foreshadowing Full stops Future tense Genre Hyperbole Inverted commas Irony Metaphor Narrative Narrator Nouns Onomatopoeia Opinion Past tense Persona Personification Plural Possessive pronouns

Prefixes Prepositions Present tense Pronouns Punctuation Question marks Questions Repetition Rhetorical question Rhyme Rhythm Semi-colons Sentences Simile Singular Statements Statistics Suffixes Synonyms Tenses Third Person Triples Verbs Vowels

Set texts: Extracts from The Canterbury Tales in middle English and translated Extracts from Shakespeare’s plays Poetry from Different Cultures: An anthology of contemporary poetry from different cultures The Monkey’s Paw by WW Jacobs Holes by Louis Sachar Revision guides: CGP KS3 English Study Guide (EHR35) CGP Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar for KS3 – Study Guide (EGR31) CGP KS3 English Workbook (with answers) (EHW35B) CGP Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar for KS3 - Workbook (with answers) (EGW31B) Recommended reading list: Action & Adventure Airman by Eoin Colfer Silverfin (and series) by Charlie Higson. Also available as a graphic novel. Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series) by Anthony Horowitz. Also in graphic novel format. The Recruit (and sequels) by Robert Muchamore H.I.V.E. by Mark Walden. Malice (and Havoc) by Chris Wooding. Classics Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Secret Garden by Francis Hodges Burnett The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein Fantasy or Magic Realism Artemis Fowl (and sequels) by Eoin Colfer. Skellig or Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond. Inkheart (and sequels) by Cornelia Funke The Wind Singer (and sequels) by William Nicholson Discworld (and other series) by Terry Pratchett The Nothern Lights (and sequels) by Phillip Pullman Scarecrows by Robert Westall Fun Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce How to Train Your Dragon (and series) by Cressida Cowell Donut Diaries (and series) by Anthony McGowan May Contain Nuts: The World of Norm (and series) by Jonathon Meres Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (and sequels) by James Patterson Ghosts and Horror The Savage by David Almond (graphic/text novel) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick Lord Loss or Zom-B (both the first in series) by Darren Shan Mystery & Thrillers The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy Girl Missing (and sequels) by Sophie McKenzie. Dropzone by Andy McNab. Foul Play by Tom Palmer Relationships & Tough Situations Cloud Busting or Pig-Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Red Sky in the Morning by Elizabeth Laird Wonder by R.J. Palacio The Great Blue Yonder by Alex Shearer Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Sports The Transfer by Terence Blacker Divided City by Theresa Breslin Man of the Match (and series) by Dan Freedman The Fix by Sophie McKenzie Black Op by Tom Palmer Striker Boy (and sequels) by Jonny Zucker War Soldier Dog by Sam Angus The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne Under a War-Torn Sky by L.M. Elliott Once (and sequels) by Morris Gleitzman Number the Stars by Lois Lowry War Horse or Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

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Geography

Key words: Location Settlement Analyse Choropleth Grid reference Environment Contour lines OS Map Migration Migrant Immigration Invader Economic migrant Refugee Classify Population Birth rate Death rate Natural increase Net migration Predict Population Density Densely Sparsely Distribution Depopulation Emigration Push factor Pull factor Illegal immigrant

Interpret Hypothesise Asylum seeker Refugee Economic migrant Bias Population pyramid Population structure Ageing population Tourist Continent Country Safari Beach Environment Import Multinational Coltan Donate Shanty town Longitude Latitude Tropic of cancer Tropic of capricorn Biome Ecosystem Equator Humid Stratification Emergent Canopy

Buttress roots Lianas Climate Weather Temperature Rainfall Deforestation Land Use Conflict Inner core Outer core Mantle Crust Oceanic crust Plate Boundary/Margin Continental crust Constructive Destructive Conservative Subduction Earthquakes Focus Seismic Volcano Composite Shield Super volcano Caldera Tsunami

Set texts: N/A Revision guides: KS3 Geography Complete Study & Practice ISBN: 978 1 84146 392 6 Collins KS3 Revision and Practice - New Curriculum: KS3 Geography Revision Guide ISBN-139780007562862 Recommended reading list: BBC Bitesize KS3 geography http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrw76sg

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German Key words: Vocabulary related to: personal information, school, hobbies, local area, family, numbers, greetings, basic introductory language Set texts: Stimmt 1 – 9781447935216 Revision guides: Revise AQA GCSE (9-1) German 978-1292131436 Revise AQA GCSE revision workbook 978-1447941149 New GCSE German AQA Exam Practice Workbook - for the Grade 9-1 Course (includes Answers) 978-1782945536 New GCSE German AQA Revision Guide - for the Grade 9-1 Course (with Online Edition) 978-1782945529 Recommended reading list: Das Rad – Mary Glasgow magazine Useful websites: Know your vocabulary: http://www.yjc.org.uk/ http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/german/german.htm Listening and reading practice: As above, plus: http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/07-langcoll/MFL-resources/german/ge-video-index.shtml GCSE pod BBC Bitesize www.kerboodle.com and use digital book (log on with your initial and name (eg dsmith). This is your username and password. Centre code=ra4) http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/german-2009.html (Not our exam board, but has useful past papers to use as revision with listening files/markschemes) http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/gcse/languages/german/documents/ (Not our exam board, but has useful past papers to use as revision with listening files/markschemes) Watch a film in German with English subtitles Listen to German radio/TV online Read about something in German online by googling it in German www.youtube.com Peppa Wutz Roary der Rennwagen Hallo aus Berlin Die Simpsons http://www.tivi.de/fernsehen/logo/start/ (Kinder Nachrichten – sowie Newsround auf Deutsch) http://multilingualbooks.com/wp/cartoons/european-cartoons/german-cartoons/ http://webgerman.com/germlinks/#video ( German audio sites, German video) http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/talk/ (good revision of basics) http://aufdeutsch.co.uk/ (new set of cultural videos and texts for GCSE pupils from the Goethe Institut.) https://www.youtube.com/user/dwlearngerman https://www.goethe.de/en/index.html http://www1.wdr.de/kinder/tv/neuneinhalb/index.html (Kinder Nachrichten – sowie Newsround auf Deutsch)

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History Key words: Democracy Heresy Sanitation Empire Revolt Conspiracy Suffragette Catholic Protestant

Workhouse Transportation Significant Agriculture Riot Cholera Typhoid Colony Emigrate

Conquer Power Ventilation Revolution Reformation Rebel Provenance Reliable

Set texts: N/A Revision guides: KS3 History Henry VIII and the Reformation (Knowing History - Robert Peal (Author) 978-0008195328 KS3 History The British Empire (Knowing History) - by Robert Peal 978-0008195380 KS3 History The Victorian Empire (Knowing History) - Robert Peal (Author) 978-0008195434 KS3 History The Later Tudors (Knowing History) - Robert Peal (Author) 978-0008195335 KS3 History Norman England (Knowing History) - Robert Peal (Author) 978-0008195274 KS3 History The Industrial Revolution (Knowing History) - Robert Peal (Author) 978-0008195410 KS3 History Early Modern Britain (1509-1760) (Knowing History) - Robert Peal (Author) 978-0008195243 KS3 History Modern Britain (1760-1900) (Knowing History) - Robert Peal (Author) 978-0008195250 Recommended reading list: Briggs, A. Victorian Cities, Odhams Press (1963) The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction - Robert C. Allen 978-0198706786 The Middle Ages: A Very Short Introduction - Miri Rubin 978-0199697298 The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction 2/e - John Guy (Author 978-0199674725 Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction - John Morrill 978-0192854001 Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction - by Paul Langford 978-0192853998 Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 (Themes In British Social History) - Clive Emsley 978-0582251465

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ICT Key Words: Spreadsheet Database Word processor Presentation Save As Open File Shared Area

Network Password Login Virus Internet World Wide Web Safety Sexting

Dangers Software Variable Program Logic Sequence Selection Procedure

Set Texts: N/A Revision Guides: N/A Recommended reading list/websites: https://www.codeclub.org.uk/ http://teach-ict.com/ http://microbit.org/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z8mtsbk

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Maths Key words: Find Simplify Expression Equation Solve Calculate Explain Describe

Expand Factorise Equidistant Arrange Ascending Descending Equivalent Measure

Hence Estimate Construct Describe Predict Bisector Perpendicular Loci

Set Texts: Level Up 4-6 ISBN: 978-0-435537-31-9 Level Up 5-7 ISBN: 978-0-435537-32-6 Level Up 6-8 ISBN: 978-0-435537-33-3 Revision guides: N/A Recommended websites: www.mymaths.co.uk login: Denefield password: rhombus www.hegartymaths.com http://www.bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/maths Equipment: Geometry set Casio 991EX as a minimum although graphical calculators would be useful.

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PE Studies Key words: Abdominals Aerobic exercise Agility Anaerobic exercise Balance Balanced diet Breathing rate Biceps Cardiovascular endurance Circuit training

Deltoid Fartlek training Fitness Flexibility Gastrocnemius Hamstrings Health Heart rate Interval training Latissimus Dorsi

Muscular endurance Pectorals Power Quadriceps Speed Stamina Strength Trapezius Triceps Warm up

Set texts: N/A

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Physics Key words: Accelerate Balanced forces Circuit Current Conclusion Density Elastic Energy Forces

Gravity Heat Line of best fit Mass Newton Observation Planet Pressure Speed

Temperature Unit Voltmeter Voltage Velocity Wave Weight

Set texts: N/A Revision guides: KS3 Revision guide ISBN 9781841462301 Internet Revision resources: Doc Brown Revision http:// www.docbrown.info/ks3science.htm KS3 bbc bitesize http:// www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/z4kw2hv Eschool today http://www.eschooltoday.com Recommended reading list: My First Science book: Explore the wonders of Science with fun filled guide- Fantastic Physics, Kitchen Chemistry, backyard Biology - by Susan Akass Ryland Peters & Small ISBN 1782492542 Activate physics Reading book by- Helen Reynolds Oxford University Press ISBN 0198307179 Science Fiction: Accessible to all: Robert Swindells - Hydra Ann Halam – Dr Franklin’s Island Allison Allen-Gray - Unique Challenging: George Orwell – 1984 Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Useful links: Home Science experiments: Cool Science tricks http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1907554696?ref=cm swr awd G4Zcvb1PP9WE3 Internet Resources: Youtube Science channel http://www.what dowedoallday.com/2014/08/science-youtube-channels.html Ask a scientist http://askascientist.co.uk/ IFL Science http://www.iflscience.com/

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Religious Studies

Key words: Aspects of religion/what is religion: Belief Myth Ethics

Ritual Experience Hierarchy

Visual/Artistic Religion Believer

Sikhism: Sikh Guru

Khalsa Mool Mantar

Gurdwara

5K’s: Kesh,Kara,Kangha,Kaccha,Kirpan

Rites of passage: Rite of Passage Communion Confirmation

Sacred Thread Ceremony Baptism Hindu Naming Ceremony

Marriage Caste System Commitment

Islam and the Media: The Five Pillars of Islam: Shahada Salah Zakat Sawm Hajj Mosque Greater Jihad

Lesser Jihad Media

Islam Muslim

Set texts: Aspects of religion: Parable of the Good Samaritan. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A25-37&version=NIV The Emperor and the Seed. http://www.islam.ru/en/content/story/emperor-and-seed Sikhism: The Mool Mantar http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/god/sikhismrev2.shtml Rites of passage: The Vows of the Christian Marriage Ceremony http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/relationships/chmarriageanddivorcerev1.shtml Islam and the Media: Current and past News Articles Relating to Islam from newspapers Revision Guides: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/ Recommended reading lists: Aspects of religion: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/ The Christian Experience, J F Aylett, ISBN-10: 0340747684 ISBN-13: 978-0340747681 This is Hinduism, Dave Symmons, ISBN-10: 0748730931 ISBN-13: 978-0748730933 The Hindu Experience, L Aylett, ISBN-10: 0340747692 ISBN-13: 978-0340747698 Sikhism: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/ The Sikh Experience, P Emmett, ISBN-10: 0340747722 ISBN-13: 978-0340747728

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Rites of passage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/ The Christian Experience, J F Aylett, ISBN-10: 0340747684 ISBN-13: 978-0340747681 This is Hinduism, Dave Symmons, ISBN-10: 0748730931 ISBN-13: 978-0748730933 The Hindu Experience, L Aylett, ISBN-10: 0340747692 ISBN-13: 978-0340747698 Islam and the Media: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/ The Muslim Experience, J F Aylett, ISBN-10: 0340747706 ISBN-13: 978-0340747704

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Spanish Key words: Vocabulary related to: personal information, school, hobbies, local area, family, numbers, greetings, basic introductory language

Set texts: Viva 1 - 9781447935254 Revision guides: New GCSE Spanish AQA Revision Guide - for the Grade 9-1 Course (with Online Edition) 978-1782945468 Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Spanish Revision Guide 9781292132105 Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Spanish Revision Workbook 9781292132075 Recommended reading list: Que Tal – Mary Glasgow magazine Useful websites: Vocabulary: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/spanish/spanish.htm www.languagesonline.org.uk Listening and reading practice: As above, plus: http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/07-langcoll/MFL-resources/spanish/sp-video-index.shtml GCSE pod BBC Bitesize www.kerboodle.com and use digital book (log on with your initial and name (eg dsmith). This is your username and password. Centre code=ra4) http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/spanish-2009.html (Not our exam board, but has useful past papers to use as revision with listening files/markschemes) http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/gcse/languages/spanish/documents/ (Not our exam board, but has useful past papers to use as revision with listening files/markschemes) Watch a film in Spanish with English subtitles Listen to Spanish radio/TV online Mi vida loca series – BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/ Read about something in Spanish online by googling it in Spanish www.youtube.com Peppa Pig los Simpsons http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/talk/ (good revision of basics)