Literature
Pupils will be exploring the themes and characters of the novel. They will be building on their interpretation skills, including making inferences and analysing the writer’s use of Language and Structural techniques. Students will explore the writer's craft and analyse how language and structure is used for effect.
In Year 8 Term 1 and Term 2, pupils will study 'Crime and Detection Fiction'. Pupils will study a range of extracts from the genre for example 'A Study in Scarlet' by Sherlock Holmes as well other lesser-known Crime and Detective texts by women authors. Students will draw on knowledge of typical structural features of the genre such as consideration of evidence, red herrings and denouement and apply their reading skills including comprehension and inference to understand character, plot and setting.
Students will complete a common marked task to assess their reading and writing skills at the end of second autumn term.
Looking for implicit meanings based on textual evidence
Written language in its ordinary form
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Spiritual, social and cultural skills developed. Develop the individual: Students will consider a range hey will learn how to approach an unseen text, focusing on language, form and structure. Students will be asked to use empathy skills in order to appreciate the context of the texts they read.
Spiritual, social and cultural skills developed. Students will consider a range of crime and detective fiction dating from the 19th century to modern day texts and will learn how to approach an unseen text with a focus on writer's craft.
Literature:
Shakespeare Text: Much Ado About Nothing
To build on their English Literature Skills from Year 7, pupils will read sections of William Shakespeare’s 'Much Ado about Nothing'. Students will analyse the rich language and structures used within the play and explore how those contribute to the presentation of the plot, character and themes. Pupils will be taught to write in clear analytical paragraphs, selecting suitable quotations from the play as supporting evidence to demonstrate their understanding of textual content.
Language:
Non-Fiction - Times of challenge
Students will study diaries and memoirs that tell fascinating human stories from across history. They will analyse writers’ use of voice and purpose to carry their messages to the reader before moving on to working towards their own non-fictional accounts that discusses a range of strong emotions.
An introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the theme of a play.
The people to whom a performance or speech is directed.
A strained relationship between individuals.
A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable.
When the audience knows something that characters on stage do not.
A section of the play
Excessive exaggeration.
A viewpoint, statement or belief.
Formal or less formal? Serious or humorous? Factual or full of opinions? Balanced or biased?
Spiritual, social and cultural skills developed. Develop the individual: Students will consider a range of non-fiction literary forms. They will learn how to approach an unseen text, focusing on language, form and structure, which will in turn feed into their GCSE study. Students will be asked to use empathy skills in order to appreciate the context of the texts they read. Students will explore their ideas together, developing listening and appreciation skills. They will learn to share ideas and different interpretations about the texts in a safe and respectful way.
Students will explore their ideas together, developing listening and appreciation skills. They will learn to share ideas and different interpretations about the texts in a safe and respectful way.
Literature: Poetry
Students will develop their skills in analysing 'unseen' poetry texts, exploring poems from a range of poets that explore themes of identity.
Language:
Speak up challenge.
This module is an engaging blend of both the joy of poetry and learning through speaking and listening, helping students to hone both their public speaking and performance skills. Pupils will increase their confidence in understanding structure, language and sound in poetry.
Short stories that you use to make the listener feel sympathy or to illustrate a point.
This is where you show the differences in viewpoints or ideas
Words deliberately designed to make the listener have strong feelings.
Over the top words/phrases to emphasise a point.
Using words such as 'I', 'we' or 'you' to talk directly to the listener.
Questions that are used in a speech to engage the listeners
Quotes are used when you bring in some information from another person or a famous book or film to illustrate your point.
The measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables.
A poet takes on a poetic persona, when they write from the point of view of a character or someone other than themselves.
Spiritual, moral, social and cultural skills developed. Develop the individual: Students will consider a range of non-fiction literary forms. They will learn how to approach an unseen text, focusing on language, form and structure, which will in turn feed into their GCSE study. Students will be asked to use empathy skills in order to appreciate the context of the texts they read. Spiritual, moral, social and cultural skills developed. Develop the individual: Students will consider a range of non-fiction literary forms. They will learn how to approach an unseen text, focusing on language, form and structure, which will in turn feed into their GCSE study. Students will be asked to use empathy skills in order to appreciate the context of the texts they read. Students will explore their ideas together, developing listening and appreciation skills. They will learn to share ideas and different interpretations about the texts in a safe and respectful way.
Students will explore their ideas together, developing listening and appreciation skills. They will learn to share ideas and different interpretations about the texts in a safe and respectful way.