Spellings- Year 8
Each half term KS3 students will be allocated a set of spellings that they must learn and write within a
sentence. This will not only help their spelling but also to enhance their vocabulary and sentence
structure. Below are the spellings for the year. Students will be directed in their lessons as to what list
they must learn.
Autumn 1
The Gothic
List 1Purpose
Mystery
Ghoul
Dread
Ghost
Setting
Beginning
Phantom
Vampire
Dracula
Autumn 1
The Gothic
List 2Purpose
Mystery
Evil
Dread
Ghost
Setting
Beginning
Phantom
Vampire
Dracula
Autumn 2
‘A Christmas Carol’
List 1Charles Dickens
Cratchit
Scrooge
A Christmas Carol
Marley
Tiny Tim
Queen Victoria
author
spectre
nephew
Gothic
Extract
Motif
Frankenstein
Atmosphere
Tension
Supernatural
Sublime
Darkness
Revenge
Genre
Corpse
Coffin
Twilight
Midnight
Audience
Anxiety
Psychological
Stimulus
Brochure
Gothic
Extract
Motif
Terror
Atmosphere
Tension
Supernatural
Shock
Darkness
Revenge
Genre
Corpse
Coffin
Twilight
Midnight
Audience
Horror
Scary
Stimulus
Brochure
Victorian
society
hardship
neglected
beggars
Chimney sweepers
workhouse
exploited
injustice
labour
covetous
miserly
tight -fisted
stingy
selfish
generous
charitable
changes
portrays
suggests
Autumn 2
‘A Christmas Carol’
List 2Charles Dickens
writer
Scrooge
Cratchit
Marley
Tiny Tim
Queen Victoria
A Christmas Carol
spirit
ghost
Spring 1
Have I got News for you?
List for All
purpose
audience
language
layout
form
connotation
denotation
advertisement
article
media
Spring 2
‘Private Peaceful’
List 1Michael Morpurgo
Lieutenant
Cowardice
Courage
Innocence
Stunning
Memories
Battlefields
Portrayal
Brutality
Spring 2
‘Private Peaceful’
List 2Tommo
Loudly
Married
Screaming
Surprised
Frightened
Vicar
Hugged
Heartbroken
Hedgehog
rich
poor
turkey
beggars
workhouse
poorhouse
hardship
society
Victorian
era
mean
cruel
selfish
changes
big -hearted
pleasant
caring
kind
shows
suggests
persuade
presentation
devices
images
subtitles
colour
headlines
interpretation
connectives
comparison
Camaraderie
Poignant
Peaceful
Raucous
Commandments
Massacre
Boisterous
Thunderous
Mischief
Swoops
Forbidden
Colonel
Protested
Suppressed
Squawks
Interpreter
Soothed
Hitching
Breathless
Coffin
Stunning
Memories
Battlefields
Portrayal
Brutality
Breathing
Breathe
Desperate
Orchard
Potatoes
Through
Kneeling
Peaceful
Reliable
Concentration
Snuffling
Thieves
Courage
Mischief
Swoops
Summer 1
A Twist in the Tale
List for All
Roald Dahl
mysterious
curious
bizarre
unexpected
confusion
ambiguous
misleading
criminal
secrecy
Summer 2
The Book Project
List for All
genres
fairy tales
adventure
fables
fantasy
exposition
crisis
climax
resolution
author
alternative
superstitious
suspicious
complicated
incident
prediction
explicit
implicit
speculate
interpretation
drafting
paragraphing
Illustration
proof reading
characters
Imagination
plot
blurb
audience
purpose
language
sentences
punctuation
adverbs
adjectives
writing
beginning
middle
infer
deduce