June 2023
year_8_study_guide_june_2023.docx
December 2022
You will be doing one paper for English Language that is 1 hour long. It will be divided into two sections.
Section A will cover the SPAG work you have been doing with Mr Andy and Mr Toby. You should spend approximately 30 minutes on this section. This will be a series of short answer questions on the following areas.
Section B will cover the composition work you have been doing with Ms Mel. You should spend approximately 30 minutes on this section. During this section you will be asked to write a composition piece, it will be based on one of the areas you have covered:
year_8_study_guide_june_2023.docx
December 2022
You will be doing one paper for English Language that is 1 hour long. It will be divided into two sections.
Section A will cover the SPAG work you have been doing with Mr Andy and Mr Toby. You should spend approximately 30 minutes on this section. This will be a series of short answer questions on the following areas.
- Rules for plurals
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
- Comparatives
- Superlatives
- i before e rule
- Commonly misused words
- Authorital techniques
- Literary devices, e.g. similes, metaphors, personification, etc.
Section B will cover the composition work you have been doing with Ms Mel. You should spend approximately 30 minutes on this section. During this section you will be asked to write a composition piece, it will be based on one of the areas you have covered:
- Impressions of characters
- Responding to descriptive text
- The difference between implicit and explicit information
- Choice of language
- Creating convincing characters
- Using punctuation for effect