English

The aim of the Strive to Thrive Learning Program for Year 8 is to:

• Create imaginative and informative texts;
• Report events and advance opinions;
• Experiment with text structures and texts;
• Select language to influence to audience response;
• Use accurate spelling and punctuation.

Students are provided with opportunities to read and interpret a wide variety of literature, and create texts to influence their audience.

Typically, students will:

• read and interpret a range of challenging fiction texts
• compare, analyse and question ideas and information in texts
• select evidence from texts, which shows how authors represent their viewpoints
• create texts for different purposes and audiences
• write a series of well-organised paragraphs to present an argument or convey information
• read online texts and use a range of software to create texts
• recognise and use a wide range of language features such as sub-headings
• know and use a wide range of words, including those from technical and literary language
• give presentations that include visual and digital features.