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English

What are we doing in English this term?

Year 7 English

	Lesson One	Lesson Two	Lesson Three
Week 1	Egyptian Fables in the 21^st Century	Storytellers Rule the World	Myths, Fables and Legends
Week 2	QAR Strategies	Making Meaning	Organising my Thinking
Week3	Look Again	Give One, Get One	Assessment Task 1 (Thursday collaborate lesson)
Week 4	Everything Old is New Again – Universal Fables	Everything Old is New Again – Universal Fables	Everything Old is New Again – Universal Fables
Week 5	Creating a Storyboard	Creating a Storyboard	Creating a Storyboard
Week 6	How to Pivot	How to Pivot	How to Pivot
Week 7	Adapting a Fable	Adapting a Fable	Draft of Adapted Fable Due
Week 8	Creating a Storyboard	Creating a Storyboard	Draft of Storyboard Due
Week 9	Pivot Animation	Pivot Animation	Assessment Task 2 Due
Week 10	Showtime	Showtime	Showtime

Year 8 English

Science fiction is often referred to as the “literature of ideas”, and explores the potential consequences of scientific, social, and technological innovations. Through short stories, the students at Ripley are going to delve into this exciting and creative genre.

This term, in Year 8 English, we will be investigating this new world of science and art. From reflecting on Ray Bradbury’s thoughts on dystopian worlds, to Steven Spielberg’s interpretation of an alien encounter, we will be analysing and creating our own texts on what we dream the world of our future might become.

The Year 8’s are going to go where no man has been before, they are going to imagine a world of the future and, and even, maybe, discover new planets and civilisations. As they progress through each lesson this term, where might an author take them? What experiences might await them from worlds afar? How might they become the protagonist of their own narrative in an environment that new futures have built? Stay tuned for some exciting examples of what we think our future might look like!