English Overview Year 8
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW – ENGLISH
YEAR 8 – SPRING TERM
Main areas of work:
- Post 1914 poetry including a study of different cultures and traditions.
- Pre 1914 short stories.
- Media texts – Inform, explain, describe (including work on recounts, autobiographies, information and explanation.
- Class novel – ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. Related studies for comprehension and discursive essay.
- Writing to imagine, explore, entertain.
Useful Websites:
Any newspaper website (information texts)
Key words for research:
Simile Synonyms
Metaphor Antonyms
Personification Summary
Alliteration Narrative
Onomatopoeia Verse
Noun Stanza
Verb Novel
Adjective Irony
Pronoun
Adverb
Phonics
Genre