Printable checklist

Year 8 English — what your child learns

These are the 26 English topics Year 8 covers on TheLearnDen, following the National Curriculum for England. Print the list, stick it on the fridge, and tick topics off as they come up. Each topic name matches its page on this site, where you will find checked videos, lessons, worksheets and practice. Many are free; any account or subscription requirement is shown before you open a resource.

• Extend And Apply Grammatical Knowledge
• Know And Understand Different Forms Of Language
• Check Understanding
• Make Critical Text Comparisons
• Support Comprehension Through Knowledge
• Understand Meaning
• Consider Purpose Of Own Writing
• Develop Awareness Of Spelling Patterns And Rules
• Purpose And Audience Awareness
• Use Accurate Grammar Punctuation And Spelling
• Use Growing Knowledge To Support Writing
• Read A Wide Range Of Texts
• Poetic Convention Awareness
• Set Plot And Character Awareness
• Understand Performance And Staging
• Use Inference And Evidence
• Vocabulary Awareness
• Develop Awareness Of A Texts Grammatical Features
• Summarise And Organise Materials Ideas And Arguments
• Back To School
• Core Subjects
• End Of Term 2
• End Of Term 3
• End Of Year
• End Of Term 1
• Topics

Topic order follows the site's Year 8 English listing. Schools teach topics in their own order, so treat this as a coverage map, not a timetable.