Grasp English — Learn
Year 8
Building on Year 7 — reading and literature analysis go further into rhetoric, literary movements and context, and writing extends into reviews and formal argument.
📖 Reading
Sharper analytical reading, evaluation and rhetoric.
📚 Literature
A wider range of literary forms studied with more developed analysis.
✍️ Writing
Creative writing alongside a wider range of transactional forms.
🔤 Grammar & Language
Sentence-level craft and consistent register.
📚 Vocabulary
Meaning, origin and figurative/rhetorical vocabulary.