Year 8 · English

Understand Performance And Staging

Year 8 learners practise purpose audience and context of a play performance.

The activities include Identify the Purpose, Audience and Context of a Text, Practise Identifying Purpose, Audience and Context. The checked support below includes video, teaching, interactive, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

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Identify the Purpose, Audience and Context of a Text
Practise Identifying Purpose, Audience and Context

Checked learning resources

Evaluating How Two Writers Take A Stand

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can evaluate how two writers take a stand and express strong opinions in their writing. When writers take a stand, they often include elements such as personal anecdote, experts and politics.
Comparing Texts Across Time

Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can compare different versions of the Lord’s Prayer and explain how language has changed over time. The Lord's Prayer, from the King James Bible 1611, contains many words that we still use to
Evaluating How Two Writers Take A Stand lesson slides

Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can evaluate how two writers take a stand and express strong opinions in their writing. When writers take a stand, they often include elements such as personal anecdote, experts and politics.
Evaluating How Two Writers Take A Stand worksheet and quizzes

Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can evaluate how two writers take a stand and express strong opinions in their writing. When writers take a stand, they often include elements such as personal anecdote, experts and politics.
An Introduction to Audience Lesson Pack

Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

KS3 lesson and activities analyse type, purpose, tone and audience and apply suitable language choices in writing. Selected after full-context review for Year 8 activity “Identify the Purpose, Audience and Context of a T
Comparing Texts Across Time lesson slides

Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can compare different versions of the Lord’s Prayer and explain how language has changed over time. The Lord's Prayer, from the King James Bible 1611, contains many words that we still use to
Comparing Texts Across Time worksheet and quizzes

Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can compare different versions of the Lord’s Prayer and explain how language has changed over time. The Lord's Prayer, from the King James Bible 1611, contains many words that we still use to
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

Year 8 English resource matched to purpose audience and context of a play performance.