ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT

Year 8 assessments

what you’ll be doing in each assessment window this year

KEY: SC = Skill Check | KC = Knowledge Check | BCS = Bonus Skill Check | BKC = Bonus Knowledge Check

JUMP TO A WINDOW: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12

WINDOW 0: 2/9 – 13/9

There will be no assessments at the very start of the year.

WINDOW 1: 16/9 – 4/10

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. SC: Embedding and contextualising evidence

  2. SC: Making an argument

  3. KCs: 3 x Grammar and syntax

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

No Bonus Skill Checks or Knowledge Checks will be available in the first assessment window.

WINDOW 2: 7/10 – 25/10

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. SC: Selecting relevant, meaningful evidence

  2. SC: Analysing language, form and structure

  3. KCs: 3 x Rhetorical devices

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Embedding and contextualising evidence

  • BSC: Making an argument

  • BKC: Grammar and syntax (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 3: 4/11 – 22/11

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. Holistic assessment: Lord of the Flies mini-essay

  2. KCs: 3 x Poetry and drama

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Selecting relevant, meaningful evidence

  • BSC: Analysing language, form and structure

  • BKC: Rhetorical devices (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 4: 25/11 – 13/12

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. SC: Analysing language, form and structure

  2. SC: Linking analysis to big ideas

  3. KCs: 3 x Grammar and syntax

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Selecting relevant, meaningful evidence

  • BSC: Making an argument

  • BKC: Poetry and drama (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 5: 6/1 – 25/1

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. SC: Writing direct speech

  2. SC: Using 3rd person limited narrative voice

  3. KCs: 3 x Lexis and semantics

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Analysing language, form and structure

  • BSC: Linking analysis to big ideas

  • BKC: Grammar and syntax (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 6: 28/1 – 14/2

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. Holistic assessment: Short story creative writing assessment 1

  2. KCs: 3 x Structure

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Writing direct speech

  • BSC: Using 3rd person limited narrative voice

  • BKC: Lexis and semantics (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 7: 24/2 – 14/3

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. SC: Creating a character

  2. SC: Describing a setting in vivid detail

  3. KCs: 3 x Discourse

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Using 3rd person limited narrative voice

  • BSC: Controlling time in a story, including timeshifts

  • BKC: Structure (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 8: 17/3 – 4/4

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. Holistic assessment: Short story creative writing assessment 2

  2. KCs: 3 x Poetry and drama

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Creating a character

  • BSC: Describing a setting in vivid detail

  • BKC: Discourse (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 9: 22/4 – 9/5

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. SC: Writing direct speech

  2. SC: Controlling time in a story, including timeshifts

  3. KCs: 3 x Grammar and syntax

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Creating a character

  • BSC: Describing a setting in vivid detail

  • BKC: Poetry and drama (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 10: 12/5 – 6/6

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. SC: Embedding and contextualising evidence

  2. SC: Linking analysis to big ideas

  3. KCs: 3 x Rhetorical devices

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Making an argument

  • BSC: Analysing language, form and structure

  • BKC: Grammar and syntax (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 11: 9/6 – 27/6

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. Holistic assessment: End-of-year examination mini-essay

  2. KCs: 3 x Discourse

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Embedding and contextualising evidence

  • BSC: Linking analysis to big ideas

  • BKC: Rhetorical devices (3-star quiz)

WINDOW 12: 30/6 – 18-7

Compulsory assessments in lessons

  1. SC: Using 3rd person limited narrative voice

  2. SC: Controlling time in a story, including timeshifts

  3. KCs: 3 x Rhetorical devices

Optional lunchtime practice assessments

  • BSC: Creating a character

  • BSC: Describing a setting in vivid detail

  • BKC: Discourse (3-star quiz)

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