Year 7 English – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Digital Literacy and Language Patterns

What this unit covers

In Term 3, Year 7 English in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Digital Literacy and Language Patterns”.

Students explore spelling patterns, digital text creation, and technology's impact on reading and writing through practical application and analysis.

Lesson sequence (30 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Exploring spelling generalisations: the y to i rule in action
2. Applying the y to i rule with suffixes and exceptions
3. Understanding vowel patterns before y in spelling
4. Mastering suffixes beginning with i and spelling rules
5. Introduction to Greek roots in English spelling
6. Exploring Latin roots and their spelling patterns
7. Using Greek and Latin prefixes: anti- in context
8. Applying the prefix pre- with Latin roots
9. Spelling patterns in word families: ough sounds
10. Mastering tricky spelling patterns: drought, bough, plough
11. How digital technology has changed reading habits
12. Exploring social media as a new form of text
13. Understanding vlogs and their interactive features
14. Analysing responses to digital texts and engagement
15. Traditional vs digital picture books: a comparison
16. How picture books become short films using technology
17. From page to screen: animations of picture books
18. Audiobooks and technology: enhancing the reading experience
19. Planning a multimodal book trailer for your audience
20. Selecting digital tools for book trailer creation
21. Creating visual elements for book trailers
22. Writing compelling scripts for book promotion
23. Adding music and sound effects to digital texts
24. Recording and editing techniques for audiobooks
25. Creating an audiobook extract with narration
26. Incorporating sound effects into audiobook production
27. Using music to enhance listener engagement
28. Reviewing and refining digital text creations
29. Presenting multimodal texts to target audiences
30. Evaluating the effectiveness of digital literacy tools

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 3

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 3 runs from Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September — 10 weeks for WA public schools. With 30 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.