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Year 8 English

Year 8 English

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Unit 1 Introduction to Tragedy Unit 2 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Unit 3 Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, Act 2 Unit 4 Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, Act 3 Unit 5 Victorian childhood: non-fiction reading and writing Unit 6 Romantic poetry and paired texts: Introduction to the Romantics Unit 7 Gothic poetry Unit 8 A history of language Unit 9 Romantic poetry and paired texts: Romanticism and Revolution Unit 10 Romantic poetry and paired texts: Revolutionary and Protest poetry Unit 11 Oliver Twist: Oliver and the Workhouse Unit 12 Oliver Twist: Oliver Heads to London Unit 13 Oliver Twist: Oliver is Caught Unit 14 Oliver Twist: Oliver, Bill & The Maylies Unit 15 Oliver Twist: Oliver and the Consequences Unit 17 Creative writing: memoir Unit 18 Rhetoric: Introduction to rhetoric Unit 19 Rhetoric: Injustice: Pankhurst & Sojourner Truth Unit 20 Rhetoric: Change: Michelle Obama & Lennie James Unit 21 Rhetoric: Motivate: Churchill & Gandhi Unit 22 Rhetoric: Writing rhetoric Unit 23 Recapping the basics: simple sentences, statements, paragraphs, capital letters and past simple verbs Unit 24 Complex sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons, capital letters Unit 26 Writing accurate, correctly punctuated and paragraphed dialogue, using personal pronouns

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Punctuating speech correctly: Applying the rules when writing creatively
Punctuating speech correctly: Applying the rules when writing creativelySep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will check our understanding of all the direct speech rules we have learned in this unit. We will then apply these rules to our own creative writing.

Breaking up direct speech with dialogue tags and introducing additional speakers
Breaking up direct speech with dialogue tags and introducing additional speakersSep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will develop our knowledge of how to insert dialogue tags into the middle of a line of direct speech. We will also learn how to introduce additional speakers, using the correct punctuation. We will then apply that knowledge in a piece of creative writing inspired by two images.

Breaking up direct speech with dialogue tags
Breaking up direct speech with dialogue tagsSep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will learn how to insert a dialogue tag into the middle of a line of direct speech. We will then apply that knowledge in a piece of creative writing inspired by an image.

Direct speech: Moving dialogue tags and using pronouns
Direct speech: Moving dialogue tags and using pronounsSep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will practise moving our dialogue tags from the beginning to the end of our sentences. We will also look at how using pronouns can prevent our direct speech writing from being repetitive and confusing.

Direct speech: Varying punctuation and dialogue tags
Direct speech: Varying punctuation and dialogue tagsSep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will learn how to vary our punctuation marks in direct speech. We will also develop our understanding of how we can vary our dialogue tags for effect.

Punctuating speech correctly
Punctuating speech correctlySep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will learn about the difference between direct speech and indirect speech and how to punctuate direct speech correctly.

Subordinate clauses
Subordinate clausesSep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will introduce the concept of subordinate clauses. We will then apply that knowledge in a piece of creative writing.

Independent clauses
Independent clausesSep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will introduce the concept of independent clauses. We will then apply that knowledge in a piece of creative writing.

Avoiding fragments
Avoiding fragmentsSep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will introduce the concept of fragments and learn how to punctuate speech. We will then apply that knowledge in a piece of creative writing.

Avoiding run-on sentences
Avoiding run-on sentencesSep 13, 2024

In this lesson, we will introduce the concept of run-on sentences and consolidate capital letter knowledge. We will then apply that knowledge in a piece of creative writing.