Year 8

Semester 1 Teachers

Teachers:

2024 Year 8 Unit Overview

2024 Yearly Unit Overview Year 8

Units of Work

Task 1

They create written and/or multimodal texts, including literary texts for different purposes and audiences, expressing and advancing ideas with supporting evidence.

Nouns Poster

Folder: Nouns Poster

NOTE This is a short, get to know you style task, you will do this as well as the other unit listed.

Recount

Folder: Recount

Task 2

They explain the aesthetic qualities of texts. AND They explain how text structures shape meaning They explain the effects of language features including intertextual references and literary devices, and visual features.

Star Wars Episode IV & Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Real Steel (Connect)

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Rocky & The Invincible

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The Princess Bride

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Jurassic World: Dominion (Connect)

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Task 3

They explain how ideas are represented and how texts reflect or challenge contexts

Shakespeare Study

(inc Bell Shakespeare Performance)

Twelfth Night and She's the Man UNIT TBD

Folder: Shakespeare Study

Task 4

They select and vary language features including literary devices, and/or multimodal features and features of voice.

Creating Short Stories

LINK: docs.google.com/presentation/d/13vCnUFi-OAEvarhISTwO_sBt5TV4z1oTB-Uzz6dWIr8/edit?usp=sharing

Task 5

With different purposes and for audiences, they discuss, express and elaborate on ideas with supporting evidence.

Adolescent Fiction

Unit TBD by Tom

Folder: Novel Study

Folder: Year 8 Booklist

Don't Call me Ishmael Michael Gerrad Bauer

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Trash Andy Mulligan

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone JK Rowling

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The Hobbit JRR Tolkien

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Tigers on the Beach

Doug MacLeod

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Task 6

Students interact with others and listen to and create spoken and/or multimodal texts including literary texts.

Debating

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Ongoing: Forensic Reading

They read, view and comprehend a range of texts created to inform, influence and/or engage audiences.

One Forensic Reading session per week (20 minutes)

Evidence of learning recorded in a student portfolio (students to MAKE A COPY of the master linked below). Teacher to decide how they will track student progress/ achievement as some activities are discussions and won't be recorded in their portfolio.

Create a DayMap Assessment Task for Forensic Reading, students copy their portfolio hyperlink- give a grade per term.

Folder: Year 8 Forensic Reading

Term 2 *Master* Year 8 Forensic Reading Portfolio

They select and vary text structures to organise, develop and link ideas.

Semester 1 Teachers

2024 Year 8 Unit Overview

Ongoing: Forensic Reading