Sources and Provenance

Year 8 English • General Resources • five-week unit • {count} public resources • no assessment instrument • Sources and Provenance

This packet is an original skills resource. The model sentences and the passage used for close reading were written for this unit.

Original material

• All explanations, tables, prompts and model paragraphs.
• The market passage used in the close-reading page.
• The sentence-combining and annotation examples.
• The feedback frames and planning templates.

What is linked rather than copied

• Any class texts, novels, films or poems used alongside the unit.
• Public-domain passages or school-licensed extracts chosen by the teacher.
• Visual texts used for analysis, viewed in their original context.

What is not included

• No complete copyrighted text, transcript or screenplay.
• No copyrighted images, advertisements or film stills.
• No student work samples or personal data.
• No commercial worksheet or test-preparation material.

Text and image rights

Teachers should use school-licensed copies of texts and images. When printing a passage for annotation, check that the use falls within the school's licensing agreement or the relevant exception. Link to online sources where possible rather than copying them into a handout.

Currency and review

The packet was prepared for the 2027 Year 8 English course and reviewed in October 2026. It is a general skills resource, not a syllabus document. Teachers should align it with the current curriculum, school policies and the texts chosen for the class.