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Year 8 · English

Read A Wide Range Of Texts

Year 8 learners practise reading fiction and autobiography extracts ks3.

The activities include Compare Two Texts on the Theme of Pirates, Compare Two Texts with the Setting of Mountains, Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapter 1, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, interactive, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Compare Two Texts on the Theme of Pirates
  • Compare Two Texts with the Setting of Mountains
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapter 1
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapter 11
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapter 2
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapter 3
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapter 4
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapter 7
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapter 8
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapters 12 and 13
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapters 5 and 6
  • Read Fiction: 'Private Peaceful' Chapters 9 and 10
  • Study Autobiographical Writing: Roald Dahls 'Boy' Chapter 15
  • Study Autobiographical Writing: Roald Dahls 'Boy' Chapter 17
  • Study Autobiographical Writing: Roald Dahls 'Boy' Chapter 3
  • Study Autobiographical Writing: Roald Dahls 'Boy' Chapters 4, 5 and 6

Checked learning resources

  • Comparative Paragraphs The Silence Of The Girls And The Song Of Achilles

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can write a comparative paragraph which explores two extracts inspired by the same mythological character (Achilles). The opening of a comparative paragraph could start with a topic sentence

  • Reading An Extract From Frankenstein A Fateful Night

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can explain how Shelley crafts an unsettling atmosphere on the night of the birth of the Creature. On a dreary night in November, Frankenstein brings his creation to life. He despises his cre

  • Comparative Paragraphs The Silence Of The Girls And The Song Of Achilles lesson slides

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can write a comparative paragraph which explores two extracts inspired by the same mythological character (Achilles). The opening of a comparative paragraph could start with a topic sentence

  • Comparative Paragraphs The Silence Of The Girls And The Song Of Achilles worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can write a comparative paragraph which explores two extracts inspired by the same mythological character (Achilles). The opening of a comparative paragraph could start with a topic sentence

  • Comparative Paragraphs Brueghels Winter And The Hunters In The Snow lesson slides

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can write a comparative paragraph which explores two poems inspired by the same painting. The opening of a comparative paragraph could start with a topic sentence which states the paragraphs

  • Reading An Extract From Frankenstein A Fateful Night lesson slides

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can explain how Shelley crafts an unsettling atmosphere on the night of the birth of the Creature. On a dreary night in November, Frankenstein brings his creation to life. He despises his cre

  • Reading An Extract From Frankenstein A Fateful Night worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can explain how Shelley crafts an unsettling atmosphere on the night of the birth of the Creature. On a dreary night in November, Frankenstein brings his creation to life. He despises his cre

  • Private Peaceful Knowledge Organiser

    Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required

    KS3 teaching organiser supports every Private Peaceful chapter with plot, characters, themes, symbols, quotations, vocabulary and techniques. Selected after full-context review for Year 8 activity “Read Fiction: 'Private