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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 1 - Autumn · Week 13
Pages: Whole novel review + final extracts
Term 1.2 assessment week.
Lesson 1
What students do
Whole-text recap; echo-read key extracts (four monster visits).
Task
Knowledge organiser: 5 characters, 3 motifs, 5 quotes.
Success criteria
Organiser complete with all elements.
Lesson 2
What students do
Group discussion: "Which character changes most?" Consensus + 90-second presentation.
Task
Consensus reached; three textual references; all members contribute.
Success criteria
Consensus + textual evidence + universal participation.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model timed two-paragraph comparative response (25 mins).
Task
Copy strategy: 5 min plan, 18 min write, 2 min check.
Success criteria
Strategy + one practice plan for a sample question.
Lesson 4
What students do
Google-Form reading quiz (20 questions, 25 mins).
Task
T1.2 Reading Quiz - auto-marked.
Success criteria
Target 14/20; stretch 17/20.
AI marking - try this with the English Hub feedback engine
Students can submit their independent paragraph to the AI feedback engine for AO-aligned commentary. Their teacher sees the same feedback alongside their own marking. The task is auto-loaded into the practice surface - students just write and submit.
Open the marking surface with this task pre-loaded →Lesson 5
What students do
Two-paragraph comparative response under timed conditions (25 mins + 5 min edit).
Task
How does Ness present Conor at the start and end of the novel? (240-300 words)
Success criteria
Two paragraphs + comparative connective; four embedded quotes; four inferences with "because"; terminology three times; visible self-edit.
AI marking - try this with the English Hub feedback engine
Students can submit their independent paragraph to the AI feedback engine for AO-aligned commentary. Their teacher sees the same feedback alongside their own marking. The task is auto-loaded into the practice surface - students just write and submit.
Open the marking surface with this task pre-loaded →