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Grade 7 🌟 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, 3 or 6 month workbook FREE — just tell us where to send it.
📚 Grade 7/Year 8 Literature Plan
Grade 7/Year 8 (UK): Introducing GCSE-Level Literature
Jool: Year 8 introduces powerful texts like Of Mice and Men and begins
to prepare students for key GCSE texts such as How Many Miles to
Babylon?. By reading and analysing these books early, students gain a
solid foundation for future exams.
U.S/UK Equivalent: These texts are covered in Year 11 in the UK as part of
the GCSE syllabus.
Gap: 3 years ahead.
📘 Study this book list with:
Literature - Grade 7
Science - Grade 7
Grade 7/Year 8 (UK): Advanced Chemistry and Biology
Textbooks: Everything You Need to Ace Chemistry & Everything You
Need to Ace Biology
Focus: Deepen knowledge of chemistry and biology with a focus on
GCSE-level content.
Key Topics in chemistry:
• Chemical bonding, reactions, and the periodic table
• Acids, bases, and solutions
Key Topics in biology:
• Genetics and inheritance
• Cellular respiration and photosynthesis
• Ecosystems and environmental impact
Goal: Strengthen advanced chemistry and biology understanding,
preparing students for more specialised science studies.
Gap: 3 years ahead of UK curriculum.
🏛️ Grade 7 History & Society
Grade 7/Year 8: The Silk Roads and Global Connections
Textbook: Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
Focus: Study the development of global trade and cultural exchanges
along the Silk Roads, from ancient times to modern-day.
Key Topics:
• The rise of empires and the significance of trade routes
• Cross-cultural exchanges between Asia, Europe, and Africa
• The impact of trade on religion, politics, and culture
Goal: Understand the importance of global connections in shaping world
history, with an emphasis on economic and cultural exchanges.
📘 Study this book list with:
History - Grade 7
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Enjoy,
James
Principal & Founder, Jool