See Year 8s English ‘Schedule of Learning’ for the 2025/26 academic year

TopicSub-topic
Animal FarmContext, ch.1&2
Animal FarmCh.3&4
Animal FarmCh.5&6
Animal FarmCh.7&8
Animal FarmCh.9&10
Animal FarmReflecting on the novel
Exploring the Natural World Intro to unit, texts 1, 2, writing to present a viewpoint
Exploring the Natural World Texts 3, 4 & 5, descriptive writing
Exploring the Natural World Texts 6, 7 & 8 , descriptive writing
Exploring the Natural World Texts 9 & 10, personal nature writing
Exploring the Natural World Texts 11 & 12, writing to present a viewpoint
Women’s voicesThe Role of Women, ‘Phenomenal Woman’, ‘I Coming Back’
Women’s voicesStill I Rise’ & extracts from ‘Goblin Market’
Women’s voicesMirror’, ‘Praise Song for my Mother’, ‘Catrin’
Women’s voicesWomen’s voices in war time: ‘There Will Be Soft Rains’, ‘Children in War Time’ and ‘Perhaps’
Women’s voicesFiction extracts – Austen
Women’s voicesFiction extracts – Austen
Dystopian FictionConventions of the genre, ‘The War of the Worlds’, ‘1984’ & start ‘The Pedestrian’
Dystopian FictionFinish ‘The Pedestrian’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘Vox’
Dystopian FictionOryx and Crake’, ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘The Time Machine’
Dystopian FictionA Sound of Thunder’, ‘Never Let Me Go” and ‘Farenheit 451’
Dystopian FictionConsolidation
The EmpressIntro to the context of the play, Act 1 Scenes 1-3
The EmpressAct 1 Scenes 4-8
The EmpressAct 1 Scenes 9-12
Y8 exams (English, Maths, Science, Languages, Humanities)
The EmpressAct 1 Scenes 13-15
The EmpressAct 2 Scenes 1-4
The EmpressAct 2 Scenes 5-7
The EmpressAct 2 Scenes 8-12
The EmpressAct 2 Scenes 13-14
The EmpressReflection and watching ‘Victoria and Abdul’

 

What will you study?

1. Novel: Animal Farm – George Orwell
2. Non-Fiction Writing – Nature Writing
3. Poetry: Women’s Voices
4. Fiction extracts: Dystopian Fiction
5. Modern Drama
6. Independent Reading Scrapbook
7. Media Unit: Whale Rider

Useful tips and resources

School reading list

Sutton High Prep School

86 Grove Road, Sutton,
Surrey, SM1 2AL
T. 020 8225 3072

Sutton High Senior School

55 Cheam Road, Sutton,
Surrey, SM1 2AX
T. 020 8642 0594