Year 8

Year 8 English

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• Extend And Apply Grammatical Knowledgesentence structure connectives and commas ks3 english
• Know And Understand Different Forms Of Languagehow the english language has changed over time
• Check Understandinganswering comprehension questions on a poem or story
• Make Critical Text Comparisonshow to compare two texts on the same theme
• Support Comprehension Through Knowledgeusing historical and background knowledge to understand a text
• Understand Meaningunderstanding meaning in a ballad poem
• Consider Purpose Of Own Writinghow to write a short story with a clear purpose
• Develop Awareness Of Spelling Patterns And Rulesprefixes suffixes and commonly misspelt words ks3
• Purpose And Audience Awarenesswriting for a specific purpose and audience
• Use Accurate Grammar Punctuation And Spellingcorrecting common grammar and spelling errors ks3
• Use Growing Knowledge To Support Writingusing rhetorical and literary devices in writing
• Read A Wide Range Of Textsreading fiction and autobiography extracts ks3
• Poetic Convention Awarenessconventions of a limerick poem
• Set Plot And Character Awarenessa midsummer night's dream plot and characters explained
• Understand Performance And Stagingpurpose audience and context of a play performance
• Use Inference And Evidencehow to use inference to answer questions about a text
• Vocabulary Awarenessusing context clues to work out word meaning
• Develop Awareness Of A Text's Grammatical Featuresthe effect of grammatical features in a text
• Summarise And Organise Materials Ideas And Argumentsidentifying viewpoints and supporting evidence in an argument