Year 7 English – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Communicating and Connecting - Interacting with Others

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 7 English in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Communicating and Connecting - Interacting with Others”.

Students develop skills in analysing language features, text structures, and interaction techniques while learning to communicate effectively with diverse audiences through speaking, listening, reading and viewing activities.

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. Understanding Your Audience: Identifying Target Groups
2. Active Listening Skills: Asking Clarifying Questions
3. Formal vs Informal Language: Choosing Appropriate Vocabulary
4. Reading Body Language and Non-Verbal Communication
5. Analysing TV Show Language for Different Audiences
6. Sentence Structures for Different Purposes
7. Peer Presentation Skills: Sharing Personal Stories
8. Identifying Cause and Effect in Persuasive Texts
9. Understanding Text Structures: Taxonomies and Classifications
10. Extended Metaphors in Speeches and Their Impact
11. Summarising Key Ideas from Informative Texts
12. Comparing Formal and Informal Speech Presentations
13. Evaluating Features of Spoken Language in Debates
14. Language Features That Shape Meaning in Advertisements
15. Organising Ideas Through Cause and Effect Structures
16. Analysing Persuasive Techniques in Political Speeches
17. Presenting Autobiographical Events to Peers
18. Identifying Purpose and Audience in News Reports
19. Using Extended Metaphors to Explain Complex Ideas
20. Summarising Information from Documentary Viewing
21. Discussion Skills: Building on Others' Ideas
22. Analysing Language Choices in Social Media Posts
23. Text Structures in Scientific Explanations
24. Evaluating Effectiveness of Persuasive Appeals
25. Presenting Research Findings to Different Audiences
26. Comparing Language Features Across Text Types
27. Creating Taxonomies to Organise Information
28. Analysing Speaker Techniques in TED Talks
29. Collaborative Discussion: Synthesising Multiple Viewpoints
30. Reflecting on Communication Growth and Goal Setting

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 4

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 4 runs from Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December — 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.