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Year 8 · English

Use Growing Knowledge To Support Writing

Year 8 learners practise using rhetorical and literary devices in writing.

The activities include Vary Your Word Choice Using Synonyms, Develop Skills in Identifying Rhetorical Devices, Develop Skills in the Use of Spoken and Written English, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, interactive. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Vary Your Word Choice Using Synonyms
  • Develop Skills in Identifying Rhetorical Devices
  • Develop Skills in the Use of Spoken and Written English
  • Develop Skills in Using Literary Devices
  • Identify Differences Between Spoken and Written English
  • Identify Some Rhetorical Devices
  • Identify Synonyms to Improve Vocabulary
  • Know When To Use Formal or Informal Language
  • Practise Descriptive Writing Techniques
  • Understand How to Write a Formal Letter
  • Use Literary Devices
  • Use Standard Written and Spoken English
  • Use Synonyms to Vary Word Choices
  • Write About an Experience: The Day Trip

Checked learning resources

  • The Power Of Rhetoric In Writing

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can identify how language and structural devices have been used to make a speech powerful. Emotive language requires you to select the sensitivity of your words to elicit specific emotions fr

  • Delivering Persuasive Speeches

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can deliver a speech about adding a new word to the dictionary with confidence. Body language and eye contact support the successful delivery of a speech. Pace, pitch and tone can help to emp

  • Using Figurative Language To Create An Atmosphere

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can use figurative language to establish a foreboding atmosphere in my Gothic writing. Figurative language is words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true. Figurative language

  • Developing Active Listening Skills

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can use effective active listening skills to be a present and responsive audience member. Listening is an important skill - it helps to create a supportive environment and can make you better

  • Aristotles Triad

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can identify and use Aristotle's triad in writing. Aristotle was an influential ancient Greek philosopher who lived between 384 BCE to 322 BCE. Aristotle wrote about politics, rhetoric and lo

  • Using Semantic Fields To Create An Atmosphere

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can use semantic fields to create a restrictive atmosphere. A semantic field is a set of words that are related in meaning. Semantic fields can challenge us to use more ambitious vocabulary.

  • Using A Motif In Your Writing

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can successfully use a motif in my writing. A motif is a recurring image or ideas. Writers use motifs to build up imaginative layers of meaning. Shakespeare uses a motif of light to show Rome

  • Planning A Narrative

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 8 KS3 English lesson. I can plan a well-structured piece of narrative writing inspired by a character from a story I have read using single paragraph outlines. The 5 part narrative structure divides a story into: ex