Year 8 Allocation of Weeks 2017-18

Audit, Spellings, Composition, Star Reading Speare YEAR 8- AUTUMN 1 WEEK COMMENCING UNIT TOPIC WEEK Audit, Spellings, Composition, Star Reading Speare Context recap and reading Reading Transactional writing 2 weeks half term holiday HMWK

Transactional writing YEAR 8 - AUTUMN 2 WEEK COMMENCING UNIT TOPIC WEEK Speare Transactional writing Reading fiction Reading fiction (Blind reading assessment) Transactional writing (Blind transactional writing assessment) 2 weeks holiday

Creative writing (Blind writing assessment) Reading fiction YEAR 8 - SPRING 1 WEEK COMMENCING UNIT TOPIC WEEK Gothic Reading fiction Creative writing HOMEWORK TASK - YEAR 8 - SPRING 2 WEEK COMMENCING UNIT TOPIC WEEK Gothic Creative writing (Blind writing assessment) Reading fiction Writing (free choice) Reading fiction (Blind Reading assessment) HOMEWORK TASK

Transactional writing YEAR 8 - SUMMER 1 WEEK COMMENCING UNIT TOPIC WEEK Poetry Reading Poetry Transactional writing HOMEWORK TASK

Reading (Blind Poetry essay assessment) Transactional writing YEAR 8 - SUMMER 2 WEEK COMMENCING UNIT TOPIC WEEK Poetry Reading (Blind Poetry essay assessment) Transactional writing Reading Poetry LEARNING CHALLENGE WEEK ASSEMBLIES ETC