Year 8 – Term 1 – JUNE/OCT – Anti-heroes, morality, misfits – Prose & empathy writing
TEXTS: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Sherlock Holmes, Stone cold or Holes
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Focus
Prose (A01) – first impressions of main character –
select short quotes & make detailed inferences.
H/W: 1 page summary of character + read.
Prose (A01) – main character is hero, villain or antihero? – explore with different quotes & consistent
inferences. H/W: film poster for text with main
character as hero/villain or anti-hero + read.
Writing (A06) – diary entry – use commas in
complex sentences & use vocab/emotive language.
H/W: charity poster with effective vocab + read.
Writing (A06) – diary entry – colons + ambitious
vocab/spelling. H/W: punctuation worksheet
practise + read.
Prose (A01) – main character’s development –
good/bad? – select short quotes & make detailed
inferences. H/W: character timeline/graph + read.
Prose (A01) – as above but explore with quotes
from earlier in text & consistent inferences. H/W:
analyse quote + read.
Writing (A06) – letter – use commas in complex
sentences & use vocab/emotive language. H/W:
charity leaflet with effective sentences+read.
Writing (A06) – letter from one character to
another – colons + ambitious vocab/spelling.
H/W: vocabulary/spelling challenge + read.
Prose (A01) – final, overall impression of main
character at end of text – explore quotes from 3
extracts + consistent inferences. H/W: review+read
Prose/Writing (A01) (A06) – revisit and improve on
of your assessment to develop weakest skills –
focus on revision strategies. H/W: revise + read.
TESTING WEEK – Section A) Reading – analyse of
prose extract; Section B) Writing from character’s
POV – (A01, A06) – H/W: read and revise.
INTERVENTION WEEK - differentiated activities
according to needs of individuals in your class.
H/W: literacy task of teacher’s choice (+reading)
Assessment
READING – to what
extent is main
character good/bad?
WRITING – diary
entry from main
character’s POV
READING – to what
extent is main
character good/bad?
WRITING – a letter
from main character
to minor character.
READING/WRITING –
revisit and improve
work.
TEST 1 – READING
and WRITING
CAG 1
Year 8 – Term 2 – OCT/FEB - Power and Conflict – Shakespeare and Non-fiction Writing
TEXTS: Macbeth and Martin Luther King’s speech ‘I have a Dream’
Week Hours
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Focus
Writing (A05) - research Shakespeare and features
of his tragedies: create a two page spread for text
book focusing on paragraphs. H/W: comparison of
comedies & tragedies + read.
Shakespeare (A04) – how does opening fit genre?
Explain context in relation to characters/events &
themes. H/W: mind map play + read.
Shakespeare (A04) – how does opening fit the
genre? – explain context in relation to language &
its time. H/W: themes poster for play + read.
Writing (A05) – examine M.L.King’s speech – how
does he use sentences to make his speech more
powerful? H/W: annotate a speech + read.
Writing (A05) – examine M.L.King’s speech – how
to use paragraphs to make a powerful speech –
explore power of paragaphs. H/W: find an
example of a powerful speeh & annotate + read.
Writing (A05) – plan speech; how to use sentences
– write speech focusing on using complex & minor
sentences. H/W: sentences poster + read.
Shakespeare (A04) – how does he entertain his
audience? Explain context of characters, events,
and themes. H/W: character summary + read.
Shakespeare (A05) – how does he entertain his
audience? Explain context of characters, events,
themes. H/W: annotate scene + read.
Shakespeare (A05) – how does he entertain his
audience? Explain context of language and explain
its significance for its time. H/W: write review
from Groundlings POV + read.
Writing (A05) – revise and revisit past work. Revise
key facts about sentences & paragraphs – focus on
revision techniques. H/W: revise + read.
Shakespeare (A04) – revise and revisit past work.
Revise key facts about play – focus on revision
techniques. H/W: revise + read.
TESTING – Section A) Reading – Shakespeare
extract; Section B) Writing – respond to a news
article by writing an argument. H/W: read.
INTEVENTION WEEK – differentiated activities
according to the needs of individuals in your class.
H/W: task of teacher’s choice (+read)
Assessment
WRITING – create two
page spread for a text
book about tragedies.
READING 1 – how
does opening of play
fit genre?
WRITING 1 – write a
speech about
equality/power/rights.
CAG 2
READING 2 – how
does S/speare
entertain his
audience?
TEST 2 – READING and
WRITING
CAG 3
Year 8 – Term 3 – FEB/JUNE - Childhood – Pre-19th Century Literature and Poetry
TEXTS: Oliver Twist or Great Expectations
Week Hours
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3
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Focus
Lit (A02) – explain relationship between main
character and an adult focusing on writer’s use of
words. H/W: annotate a quote, learn terms + read
Lit (A02) – explain relationship between main
character & adult focusing on writer’s sentences.
H/W: annotate a quote, learn terms + read.
Poetry (A03) – compare presentation of school in
two poems – focus on themes and effect on
reader. H/W: research & summarise poems + read.
Poetry (A03) – compare presentation of school in
two poems – focus on language techniques. H/W:
poetry Venn diagram and read.
Poetry (A03) Compare presentation of school in
‘School Boy’ & ‘Educate Not’; compare themes,
language & readers. H/W: poetry posters +read.
Lit (A02) – revisit extracts previously studied and
learn quotes, facts about characters etc to develop
revision skills. H/W: revise & read.
Poetry (A03) – revisit poems and learn quotes etc
to develop revision. Also, revisit and improve a
prior assessment. H/W: revise & read.
TESTING – Section A) – Reading – modern drama
extract; Section B) comparison of modern drama
and ‘The Highwayman’. H/W revision & reading.
Role-play scene from the play being studied or
create a short drama/murder-mystery. H/W:
reading.
10
INTERVENTION WEEK – differentiated activities
based on needs of individuals in your class. H/W:
personalised task and reading.
2
hours
+1 lib
Assessment
READING – Star Test
READING – explain
r/ship between child
and adult in text.
READING – compare
two poems.
READING –improve
an assessment.
CAG 4
TEST – READING x2
S&L – discuss
‘childhood’ in 21st
Century – topical
debate/discussion.
CAG 5 and 6