Year 8 Learning
Our year 8 course continues to build upon the foundations laid in year 7. Students begin the year by developing their narrative writing skills, focusing specifically on how writers’ craft their language and structure to manipulate and influence readers. These skills are continually shaped and honed throughout the year. As with year 7, our threshold and thematic concepts are embedded throughout, designed to deepen and broadens students’ expertise in English.
| Unit | Key Concepts | |
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| Autumn 1 | Creating Tension: Manipulating the reader |
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| Autumn 2 | The Gothic Novel: The Woman in Black |
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| Spring 1 | Voices of Conflict: Individual Perspectives in Conflict Poetry |
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| Spring 2 | Finding your voice: Spark Speeches |
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| Summer 1 | Exploring Shakespeare’s Language: Titus Andronicus/ A Winter’s Tale |
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| Summer 2 | Synoptic Unit: Expectations of Gender |
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