Topic 1 Year 8 English
| English | |||
| Topic | Literature around the world | ||
| No of lessons | 14 | ||
| When is it happening | Half Term 1 Year 8 | ||
| What will students learn | Students will learn about the history of literature as it evolved in other countries as well as learning about seminal world literature from a carefully curated selection of extracts representing both older and more contemporary seminal texts from other cultures. These extracts will include poetry and prose as well as a variety of genres. Students will also continue to learn about narrative essay writing, script-writing and writing poetry. Finally, students will take part in a structured discussion during this unit. | ||
| Key Knowledge that students should know at the end of 'Topic' | This is the knowledge that students will meet for the first time in this topic | Timeline of literature incorporating literature from a range of continents; study of literature from other cultures and traditions including extracts from:- American literature (To Kill a Mocking Bird), Spanish (One Hundred Years of Solitude), African (Invisible Man), Afghan (The Kite Runner), Pakistan (I am Malala), Guyana (Grace Nichols), Lebanon (Khalil Gibran). | |
| This is knowledge that students may have met before but will need to deepen their understanding |
Regular retrieval of the knowledge described above will be retrieved as well as: Greek Myths |
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| Key Skills that students should be able to demonstrate at the end of 'Topic' | This is the skills that students will meet for the first time in this topic | Students will focus on acquiring the following skills: Clear inferences; judicious evidence; audience; figurative language and grammar; setting; comparing; short speeches and keeping to the point; write like a poet; understanding poetic conventions. | |
| This is skills that students may have met before but will need to develop |
Students will concentrate on developing these core Year 7 skills: Making inferences; referring to evidence; purpose; vocabulary choice; characterisation; expressing own ideas. |
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| Key vocabulary that students should know and understand |
Culture, Marquez, Ellison, Hosseini, Yousafzai Gibran, Judicious, Audience, Setting |
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| The Big Question | Why is it important to study literature from around the world? | ||
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Key questions that students should be able to answer at the end of the 'Topic' |
How have stories of other cultures shaped the world? | ||
| Why is the context of a text important? | |||
| Who is Grace Nichols and what do we notice about her poetry? | |||
| What is the purpose of Malala Yousafzai's memoir? | |||
| How do I craft a descriptive writing piece? | |||
| What does it mean to be socially or racially invisible? | |||
| How does Hoesseini explore the idea of identity in Kite Runner? | |||
| How did Gael Garcia Marquez place Columbia on the global literary map? | |||
| Should world literature be personal or political? | |||
| Why should we celebrate contemporary world literature? | |||