English learning objectives

	Year 7	Year 8
Reading – 5 Reading for meaning: understanding and responding to print, electronic and multi-modal texts
5.3 Reading and engaging with a wide and varied range of texts
	make informed personal choices of texts and express their preferences	broaden their experience of reading a wide range of texts and express their preferences and opinions
	understand how readers choose and respond to texts	explore how different audiences choose and respond to texts

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Assessment Focuses
Reading – AF 6 – Identify and comment on writers' purposes and viewpoints, and the overall effect of the text on the reader Reading – AF 7 – Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical traditions Speaking and listening – AF1 – Talking to others Speaking and listening – AF2 – Talking with others Speaking and listening – AF3 – Talking within role-play and drama

Reading – 5 Reading for meaning: understanding and responding to print, electronic and multi-modal texts