YEAR 8 LONG TERM PLAN
AUTUMN
1 (1st Sep – 24th Oct)
2 (3rd Nov – 19th Dec)
BASELINE READING &
READING
WRITING
GOTHIC HORROR
NOVEL
Feature of gothic genre
Setting
Ghost stories
Character
Film review
Plot structure
Frankenstein/Dracula/The
Selecting quotes
Woman in Black
PEEA paragraphs
Tension
Feelings & emotions
SPAG:
SPAG:
Sentence construction
Homophones
SPAG to build tension
Plurals
Dictionary/Thesaurus
Spelling rules
SPEAKING & LISTENING:
SPEAKING & LISTENING:
Individual presentation on
Group drama task based
a gothic film/book/TV
on the characters from
series.
the novel
FINAL DEADLINE:
READING OCTOBER 10TH
WRITING NOVEMBER 7TH
READING: Comment on
how the author builds
tension or presents a
gothic character.
WRITING: Write a gothic
horror story.
FINAL DEADLINE:
JANUARY 9TH
AUTUMN UPDATE NOV
14TH
READING: Comment on
how a character or
theme is presented in the
class novel.
3 (5th Jan – 13th Feb)
WRITING
SPRING
4 (23rd Feb – 27th Mar)
READING
TRAVEL WRITING
Magazines
Positive and negative
vocabulary
Writing to review
Exploration of
places/cities
SPAG:
Commas
Dictionary/Thesaurus
Colons & semi-colons
SHAKESPEARE
History of Shakespeare
Globe Theatre
Character
Plot
Performance skills
The Tempest/Hamlet
SPAG:
Apostrophes
Speech Marks
Spelling rules
SPEAKING & LISTENING:
Group drama task based
on the characters from
the novel
ASSESSMENTS
FINAL DEADLINE: 27TH
FINAL DEADLINE: 17TH
FEBRUARY
APRIL
SUMMER
5 (13th Apr – 22nd May)
6 (1st Jun – 17th Jul)
WRITING
READING & WRITING
SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Features of spontaneous
and scripted speech
Accent/dialect
Radio shows
Soap operas
Monologues
SPAG:
Formal and informal
Paragraphs
Connectives
SPEAKING & LISTENING:
Group soap opera and
radio show
OTHER CULTURES
Exploring culture
Stories/poems from
different cultures
Analysis/interpretation
Comparison
Stereotypes
SPAG:
Connectives
Paragraphs
TiPToP
FINAL DEADLINE: 23rd
JUNE
NO ASSESSMENT
SUMMER UPDATE 23RD
JUNE + AVERAGE OF BEST
READING & WRITING +
REPORTS
SPRING UPDATE 13TH FEB
WRITING: Create a
magazine review or letter
of complaint about a
place in the world.
READING: Explore how
characters/relationships
are presented in The
Tempest or Hamlet.
WRITING: Write a
monologue or a soap
opera script.