Long Term Plan for Year 8 English Autumn Term 1 (8 weeks) Description Assessment Reading Non-fiction (Unit 1) 2 weeks Reading newspapers – looking at the structure, Reading AFs looking for bias, analysing the language of adverts. Reading: APP questions, annotations of Private Peaceful (Unit 2) 6 weeks Read Michael Morpurgo’s novel with a light touch text, on WW1 propaganda and poetry. Tie this unit in Writing: Discussion text (corporal with Remembrance Day punishment), ‘A Knock on the Door’ tense narrative S&L: persuasive speeches, drama Autumn Term 2 (7 weeks) Private Peaceful 2 weeks World Literature (Unit 3) 5 weeks Students explore stories and poems from around Reading the world. Writing: story opener & poem Spring Term 1 (6 weeks) Description Assessment The Apprentice (Unit 4) 6 weeks Students work in tasks to complete tasks similar to those on the Group work TV show – include advertising, packaging, poetry anthology. Spring Term 2 (5 weeks) School Issues (Unit 5) 3 weeks Students choose an issue about school life, research it and write Formal writing Students as Teachers 2 weeks up their ‘findings’. They should have the opportunity to interview teachers and governors. Summer Term 1 (6 weeks) Description Assessment Film Analysis (Unit 6) 3 weeks Students compare and analyse films and film openings. Essay Macbeth Analysis (Unit 7) 3 weeks Introduction to Shakespeare with analysis of the themes and Reading – language in Macbeth. annotations of text Summer Term 2 (7 weeks) Macbeth Performance (Unit 7) 4 weeks Performance S&L
Long Term Plan for Year 8 English Autumn Term 1 (8 weeks) Description Assessment Reading Non-fiction (Unit 1) 2 weeks Reading newspapers – looking at the structure, looking for bias, analysing the language of adverts. Reading AFs Private Peaceful (Unit 2) 6 weeks Read Michael Morpurgo’s novel with a light touch on WW1 propaganda and poetry. Tie this unit in with Remembrance Day Reading: APP questions, annotations of text, Writing: Discussion text (corporal punishment), ‘A Knock on the Door’ tense narrative S&L: persuasive speeches, drama Autumn Term 2 (7 weeks) Private Peaceful 2 weeks World Literature (Unit 3) 5 weeks Students explore stories and poems from around the world. Reading Writing: story opener & poem Spring Term 1 (6 weeks) Description Assessment The Apprentice (Unit 4) 6 weeks Students work in tasks to complete tasks similar to those on the TV show – include advertising, packaging, poetry anthology. Group work Spring Term 2 (5 weeks) School Issues (Unit 5) Students as Teachers 3 weeks 2 weeks Students choose an issue about school life, research it and write up their ‘findings’. They should have the opportunity to interview teachers and governors. Formal writing Summer Term 1 (6 weeks) Description Assessment Film Analysis (Unit 6) Macbeth Analysis (Unit 7) 3 weeks 3 weeks Students compare and analyse films and film openings. Introduction to Shakespeare with analysis of the themes and language in Macbeth. Essay Reading – annotations of text Summer Term 2 (7 weeks) Macbeth Performance (Unit 7) 4 weeks Performance S&L