English Learning Cycle Year 8

Term One: All About Me!
1.	Baseline Task (Me and the Coronavirus)	Assessment 1 / Personal Writing / ‘All About Me’
2.	Who are you? (Research: /family/identity)
3.	First Day of School (Poem: comprehension skills/extended writing tasks/spelling and self-checking)
4.	Remember Me? Poem: comprehension skills/extended writing
5	Revision of basic grammar/layout skills: capital letters/full stops/commas/homophones/paragraphing.
6.	Develop independent reading skills for pleasure.
Halloween Assessment Grade:

Term Two: The Study of a Novel
1	The study of a novel: A Series of Unfortunate Events	Assessment 2 / Comprehension and / Extended Writing Task based on the class novel.
2	Build on comprehension skills and introduce the use of / Point, Evidence, and Explain (P>E>E)
3	Introduce presentational devices/book cover/blurb/colour/image
4	Develop an understanding of the writer’s techniques: characterisation/themes/use of language/vocabulary building.
5	Grammar/layout skills: extension on homophones/apostrophes (possession and contractions)/essay structure.
6	Develop independent reading skills for pleasure.
Christmas Assessment Grade:

Term Three: The Poetry Project
1	Inclusiveness and Diversity: develop awareness of world issues and personal interpretation and expression through poetry.	Assessment 3 / Speaking and Listening Tasks
2	Build on comprehension skills and the use of / Point, Evidence, and Explain (P>E>E)
3	Develop an understanding of literary devices: similes/metaphors/onomatopoeia/personification/repetition.
4	Building self-esteem/confidence through: Group work and Individual Poetry Recital
5	Develop independent reading skills for pleasure.
Speaking and Listening Assessment Grade:

Term Four: Reading Non-Fiction Texts/Function Writing
1	Reading non-fiction texts to develop awareness of: genre, audience and purpose/image and layout/the writer’s techniques – language/literary devices/use of vocabulary for purpose.	Assessment 4 / Non-Fiction comprehension and / Functional Writing essay
2	Build on comprehension skills and the use of / Point, Evidence, and Explain (P>E>E)
3	Functional essay writing: letters/articles/speeches/discursive / Develop skills: planning/essay structure/paragraphing/introduction/conclusion/use of vocabulary for purpose.
4	Revise/re-evaluate grammar.
5	Develop independent reading skills for pleasure.
Summer Assessment Grade: