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Year 8 · English

Make critical text comparisons in Year 8 English

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Focus on how to compare two texts on the same theme. Start with “Compare Poems on a Theme: To Autumn and Ode to Autumn”, then explain the idea in your own words.

Year 8 learners practise how to compare two texts on the same theme.

The activities include Compare Poems on a Theme: To Autumn and Ode to Autumn, Compare the Purpose, Audience and Context of Two Texts, Compare Two Monsters in Fiction: Frankenstein and Dracula, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, practice, worksheet, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

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  • Compare Poems on a Theme: To Autumn and Ode to Autumn
  • Compare the Purpose, Audience and Context of Two Texts
  • Compare Two Monsters in Fiction: Frankenstein and Dracula
  • Compare Two Poetry Texts
  • Identify Purpose, Audience and Context in Two Contrasting Texts
  • Understand How to Compare Two Texts

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To Autumn by John Keats Video

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Comparing Texts Across Time

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William Blake: To Autumn

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Poetry Analysis Activity Sheet

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