Year 8 ENGLISH

Term 1
Week 1 — Literary Texts
Week 2 — Plot Story and Structure
Week 3 — Figurative Language I
Week 4 — Figurative Language II
Week 5 — Point of View
Week 6 — Fiction Genres
Week 7 — Non Fiction Genres
Week 8 — Term 1 Test
Week 9 — Narrative Distance
Week 10 — Term 1 Review

Term 2
Week 1 — Texts and Perspectives
Week 2 — Changing Perspectives
Week 3 — Facts and Opinions
Week 4 — Visual Persuasion
Week 5 — Writing Reviews
Week 6 — Persuasive Essays
Week 7 — Editing Writing
Week 8 — End of Term Test
Week 9 — Finding Logical Fallacies
Week 10 — Term Review

Term 3
Week 1 — Poetry and Nature
Week 2 — Poetry and Techniques
Week 3 — Poetry and Emotions
Week 4 — Protest Poetry
Week 5 — Australian Poetry
Week 6 — Atmosphere in Poetry
Week 7 — Themes in Poetry
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Urban Poetry
Week 10 — Animal Poems

Term 4
Week 1 — Facts, Fiction and Feelings
Week 2 — Characters and Emotions
Week 3 — Emotional Writing in Non-Fiction
Week 4 — The Story of Things
Week 5 — Emotional Storytelling
Week 6 — Character Description
Week 7 — Editing Writing
Week 8 — End of Term Test
Week 9 — Textual Adaptations
Week 10 — Term Review