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Year 8 English Study Guides
Every lesson below links to a pupil-friendly study guide with key notes, vocabulary, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Act 2, Scene 1: Titania and Oberon's conflict Study Guide
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': How is Puck presented in Act 3, Scene 2? Study Guide
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': powerful topic sentences about Puck Study Guide
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Puck - obedient servant or irreverent joker? Study Guide
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Puck's epilogue in Act 5 Study Guide
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': reviewing and refining an essay about Puck Study Guide
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Shakespeare and the supernatural Study Guide
- Act 3 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': disorder in the forest Study Guide
- Act 3, Scene 2 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': order is restored in the forest Study Guide
- Analysing Puck's epilogue in Act 5 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- Analytical paragraphs: Puck and the supernatural in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- Conclusions to essays: Puck and the supernatural in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- Creating an argument about the character of Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- Exploring key themes in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': love, power, disorder Study Guide
- Exploring the character of Puck in Acts 2 and 3 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- How is Puck presented in Act 2, Scene 2 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'? Study Guide
- How is Puck presented in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'? Study Guide
- Including context when writing about Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- Introductions to essays about Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- Model paragraphs about Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- The character of Oberon in Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- The character of Puck in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- The impact of the magical potion in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- The patriarchal world of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- The plot of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- The presentation of Egeus in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- The significance of the magical forest in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
- Understanding the genre of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Study Guide
A history of language
- A history of the English language Study Guide
- Comparing the Lord's Prayer over time Study Guide
- Creating a new word Study Guide
- Delivering a persuasive speech about a new word Study Guide
- Exploring how a word's meaning can change over time Study Guide
- Planning a persuasive speech about a new word Study Guide
- Reading an Anglo-Saxon Bible extract Study Guide
- Writing a persuasive speech about a new word Study Guide
A monster within: reading and writing Gothic fiction
- 'Frankenstein' and the Gothic context Study Guide
- A written analysis of 'Frankenstein' Study Guide
- A written analysis of 'The Tell-Tale Heart' Study Guide
- An introduction to 'Jane Eyre': Analysing an unseen extract Study Guide
- Analysing effective opinion articles Study Guide
- Analysing the atmosphere at Thornfield Hall in 'Jane Eyre' Study Guide
- Context for Gothic literature: science and religion in the 19th century Study Guide
- Editing descriptive writing based on 'A monster within' Study Guide
- Exploring the character of Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' Study Guide
- Frankenstein's reaction to his creation Study Guide
- Frankenstein's regret and the scientific revolution Study Guide
- Identifying features of the Gothic genre in the plot of 'Frankenstein' Study Guide
- Improving your opinion article on Gothic literature Study Guide
- Lowood Institution: Gothic settings in 'Jane Eyre' Study Guide
- Organising our gothic writing to build tension Study Guide
- Planning a cohesive argument about 'The Tell-Tale Heart' Study Guide
- Planning a Gothic description inspired by 'A monster within' Study Guide
- Planning a written analysis of 'Frankenstein' Study Guide
- Planning an opinion article about Gothic literature Study Guide
- Reading 'The Tell-Tale Heart' Study Guide
- Reading an extract from 'Frankenstein': A fateful night Study Guide
- Reading an extract from Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre' Study Guide
- Regret in Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' Study Guide
- Symbolism in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' Study Guide
- The creation of suspense in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' Study Guide
- The structure of an opinion article Study Guide
- Using 'Jane Eyre' to inspire our use of gothic vocabulary Study Guide
- Using description in functional writing Study Guide
- Using figurative language to create a gothic atmosphere Study Guide
- Using semantic fields to create a gothic atmosphere Study Guide
- Writing a gothic description Study Guide
- Writing an opinion article on Gothic literature Study Guide
Gothic poetry
Myths, legends and stories that inspire
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shalott': understanding the ballad Study Guide
- Bruegel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus: how the myth inspired the painting Study Guide
- Comparative paragraphs: 'The Silence of the Girls' and 'The Song of Achilles' Study Guide
- Comparing poems: 'Brueghel's Winter' and 'The Hunters in the Snow' Study Guide
- Creating convincing characters using 'The Canterbury Tales' as stimulus Study Guide
- Descriptive writing using Lord Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shalott' as stimulus Study Guide
- Effective sensory language using 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' as stimulus Study Guide
- Exploring enjambment in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shalott' Study Guide
- Exploring the theme of power in Hanan Al-Shaykh's 'One Thousand and One Nights' Study Guide
- Exploring W.H. Auden's poem 'Musée des Beaux Arts' Study Guide
- Exploring Walter de la Mare's poem 'Brueghel's Winter' Study Guide
- Exploring William Carlos Williams's poem 'Landscape with the fall of Icarus' Study Guide
- Exploring William Carlos Williams's poem 'The Hunters in the Snow' Study Guide
- Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales': compelling characterisation Study Guide
- Hanan Al-Shaykh's 'The Fisherman and the Jinni': understanding the story Study Guide
- Improving and proofreading a piece of narrative writing Study Guide
- Madeline Miller's 'The Song of Achilles': understanding the extract Study Guide
- Natasha Bowen's 'Skin of the Sea': understanding the extract Study Guide
- Pat Barker's 'The Silence of the Girls': understanding the extract Study Guide
- Planning a narrative using the five part narrative structure Study Guide
- Reviewing and refining descriptive writing: alliteration, plosives and sibilance Study Guide
- Symbolism in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shalott' Study Guide
- The five part narrative structure Study Guide
- Third person omniscient writing: 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' as stimulus Study Guide
- Use of flashback in Natasha Bowen's 'Skin of the Sea' Study Guide
- Writing a full descriptive piece: 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' as stimulus Study Guide
- Writing a full narrative piece using the five part narrative structure Study Guide
- Writing inspired by 'Skin of the Sea': varying sentence types to create rhythm Study Guide
Participating in effective debates
Single poet study: Maya Angelou
- An introduction to Maya Angelou's distinctive voice: 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me' Study Guide
- Analytical paragraphs: Maya Angelou's poetic voice Study Guide
- Exploring Maya Angelou's 'Caged Bird' Study Guide
- Exploring Maya Angelou's 'Equality' Study Guide
- Exploring Maya Angelou's 'On Aging' Study Guide
- Exploring Maya Angelou's 'On the Pulse of the Morning' Study Guide
- Exploring Maya Angelou's 'Phenomenal Woman' Study Guide
- Exploring Maya Angelou's 'Still I Rise' Study Guide
- Exploring Maya Angelou's 'Woman Work' Study Guide
- Exploring Maya Angelou's figurative language in 'Phenomenal Woman' Study Guide
- Exploring Maya Angelou's use of figurative language Study Guide
- Finding my own voice: performing a poem Study Guide
- Finding my own voice: planning a poem inspired by Maya Angelou Study Guide
- Finding my own voice: writing a poem inspired by Maya Angelou Study Guide
- Maya Angelou's influences: exploring 'Sympathy' by Paul Laurence Dunbar Study Guide
- Maya Angelou's poetic voice Study Guide
- Performing Maya Angelou's 'Caged Bird' Study Guide
- Performing Maya Angelou's 'Still I Rise' Study Guide
- Refining poems: harmony and dissonance Study Guide
- Writing a poem inspired by Maya Angelou's 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me' Study Guide
Taking a stand
- 'The Chimney Sweeper': a protest against child labour Study Guide
- 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?': a song of conviction Study Guide
- Analysing an opinion article about protecting the greenbelt Study Guide
- Aristotle's triad Study Guide
- Creating content for a formal presentation Study Guide
- Delivering a formal presentation Study Guide
- Evaluating how two non-fiction writers express their opinions Study Guide
- Expressing convictions Study Guide
- Hillary Clinton's passionate speech about women's rights Study Guide
- Planning a fairy tale about a social issue Study Guide
- Planning content for a presentation Study Guide
- Preparing to deliver a presentation Study Guide
- The use of a motif in Hillary Clinton's speech Study Guide
- Using a motif in your writing Study Guide
Victorian childhood: non-fiction reading and writing
- Delivering speeches about supporting Victorian working class children Study Guide
- Developing active listening skills Study Guide
- Education for poor Victorian children Study Guide
- Exploring the experience of child workers in the Victorian era Study Guide
- Exploring youth justice in the Victorian era Study Guide
- Preparing a speech about supporting Victorian working class children Study Guide
- Writing a persuasive speech about supporting Victorian children Study Guide
- Writing speeches about supporting Victorian working class children Study Guide