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Grade 6 🌟 How to Use This Plan
1️⃣ Choose the books you want to start with — or follow the order we suggest.
2️⃣ Explore the skills each book builds — comprehension, vocabulary, empathy, creativity, and early academic thinking.
3️⃣ Add the matching Jool companion workbook — these transform each story into structured learning with writing tasks, vocabulary, and projects.
📘 Your child gets their first Jool 200+ page workbook FREE — just tell us where to send it.
📚 Grade 6/Year 7 Literature Plan
Grade 6/Year 7 (UK): Challenging Novels and Analytical Skills
Jool: In Year 7, students delve into creative fiction with Children of Blood
and Bone alongside more serious works like The Diary of Anne Frank.
They explore different writing styles and genres, developing their own
analytical and writing skills through academic projects.
U.S/UK Equivalent: These topics are usually covered in Year 10 in the UK,
as part of GCSE preparation.
Gap: 3 years ahead.
📘 Study this book list with:
Literature - Grade 6
Science - Grade 6
Grade 6/Year 7 (UK): Comprehensive Science Overview
Textbooks: Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook
& Everything You Need to Ace Chemistry in One Big Fat Notebook
Focus: Provide a broad overview of science while emphasizing chemistry
and biology.
Key Topics:
• Chemistry basics (elements, atoms, chemical reactions)
• Physics principles (forces, energy, motion)
• Biology concepts (cells, ecosystems, genetics)
• Earth and space science
Goal: Equip students with a strong grasp of interdisciplinary science
topics in preparation for more advanced study.
Gap: 2-3 years ahead.
📘 Study this book list with:
Science - Grade 6
🏛️ Grade 6 History & Society
Grade 6/Year 7: Guns, Germs, and Steel
Textbook: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Focus: Explore human history through the lens of geography, biology,
and environment, understanding why certain civilisations flourished
while others did not.
Key Topics:
• The role of agriculture and domestication in human development
• Geographic determinism and its impact on civilisations
• How germs, technology, and political organisation shaped
world history
Goal: Encourage critical thinking about the forces that shape civilisations
and their historical trajectories.
📘 Study this book list with:
History - Grade 6
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Enjoy,
James
Principal & Founder, Jool