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Name of HOD: Olivia McNeill
Staff currently teaching in Department:
- Mrs Shauna Clements
- Miss Marie Hagan
- Miss Olivia McNeill
- Miss Maria O’Neill
- Mrs Anne Quinn
- Mrs Maria Campbell
Topics taught in Year 8:
- Genre (Type & Form) Overview with focus on Non-Fiction – recounts (autobiography);
- Grammar Skills;
- Fiction Genre – Ghost Stories, Horror & Fables;
- Figurative Language and Poetry - Haiku, Limerick, Kenning;
- Odes – with Moving Image Arts;
- Analyses of Shakespearian plays;
- Analyses of Classical Literature (e.g. Treasure Island, Great Expectations, Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Selection of Tales from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales;
- Spellathon (with spelling strategies);
- Characterisation – focusing on characters by Roald Dahl;
- A selection of drama activities whilst focusing on Willy Russell’s Our Day Out;
- A selection of ICT tasks;
- Debating skills
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