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Year 7 • ENGLISH
Year 8 • ENGLISH
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
With a focus on learning about who we are as readers and writers, students in Year 7 English engage with a wide range of texts across various genres, including narrative, persuasive and poetry. By using a range of reading strategies, students immerse themselves in reading while enhancing their understanding of the text. In the Reader’s Notebook, there is a focus on noticing the important details of a text and the choices made by the author to create meaning. While in the Writer’s Notebook, students are encouraged to experiment creatively with these strategies in their own writing. Through participation in Literature Circles, students are encouraged to discuss their thinking while learning from their peers.
In Year 8 English, students continue to discover their own interests and passions across a range of texts from various genres, including film, narrative and persuasive. Across the year, there is a focus on noticing themes and analysing the intended impact of choices made by the author while also implementing this into their own writing with an increased awareness of target audience and purpose. Students are encouraged to experiment in creating and crafting their own short films, stories, and opinion pieces. Students continue to work with their Reader’s and Writer’s Notebooks to organise their thinking.
