kenyancowgirl wrote:
I would speak to his current teacher first - I would be very surprised if they have not taught him basic essay structure (but less surprised if he does not understand it), as it is part of the very basics as yoyo has said.
+1
And, nice as it is to have some idea of what to expect from the transition to secondary school (have a look at the year 7 handbook and under the 'Curriculum' tab on your allocated school's website, when the time comes), please don't try to second guess everything the school your DS goes to will do and how / in what order they do it. (Unless your DS has a specific learning difficulty which means that he can't cope easily with new concepts, in which case, you need to alert the new school to this as soon as it is allocated).