Some good pieces of homework are being handed in. Unfortunately there are still some of you who are doing the bare minimum (if any at all). These homeworks are important preparation for your final piece of assessment so do make sure you are putting enough time and effort into them.
Very well done to the majority of you who are giving me detailed and thoughtful pieces of work each week.
Keep going...3 more pieces to do including one for this Friday (29 June).
Use the following link to find out more about how the characters in the story link to real life people from Russia's history
http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~sbennet3/mead/lessonplans/animalfarm.htm
Thursday 28 June 2012
Year 7 homework feedback
Well done everyone for some superb pieces of homework!!
I'm very impressed with the amount of effort and time being taken to produce such great work. Please keep going - all this preparation and knowledge is going to help you with your final piece of assessment.
Next week we will be concentrating on our scene again but this time we will be using the words that Shakespeare wrote (instead of my modern version!)
If you want to have a look at it in advance then click on this link....It is Act II Scene I
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/midsummer/full.html
I'm very impressed with the amount of effort and time being taken to produce such great work. Please keep going - all this preparation and knowledge is going to help you with your final piece of assessment.
Next week we will be concentrating on our scene again but this time we will be using the words that Shakespeare wrote (instead of my modern version!)
If you want to have a look at it in advance then click on this link....It is Act II Scene I
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/midsummer/full.html
Year 9: Billy Elliot Homeworks
Here are the homeworks for the Billy Elliot work we are currently doing. This time there is no choice but I have listed all the homeworks below so you know what is coming up!
Homework 1 - due in Friday 6 July Research northern England during the 1980s. What was it like to live there? Was it any different to living in the south of the country? Did people have a lot of money? Why did the miners strike and were they successful?
Homework 2 - due in Friday 13 July Billy lied to his family about going to ballet class. Was there a better way of handling it? In what circumstances are children justified in defying their parents? Do you think Billy's dad handled it well, did he let his disappointment affect how he treated Billy?
Homework 3 - due in Friday 20 July What have you learnt from studying the story of Billy Elliot? Write a piece of work giving your ideas in no more than 200 words.
Homework 1 - due in Friday 6 July Research northern England during the 1980s. What was it like to live there? Was it any different to living in the south of the country? Did people have a lot of money? Why did the miners strike and were they successful?
Homework 2 - due in Friday 13 July Billy lied to his family about going to ballet class. Was there a better way of handling it? In what circumstances are children justified in defying their parents? Do you think Billy's dad handled it well, did he let his disappointment affect how he treated Billy?
Homework 3 - due in Friday 20 July What have you learnt from studying the story of Billy Elliot? Write a piece of work giving your ideas in no more than 200 words.
Friday 1 June 2012
Year 9 GCSE preparation homeworks
As promised here is the list of GCSE preparation tasks. Remember you need to choose 5 of the 10 and must hand one in each Friday. At this stage you really should be aiming to be spending at least 90 minutes a week on your English homework!
WRITING
1. Practise your descriptive writing by describing either a school in the middle of lunchtime or a shopping centre on a Saturday afternoon. Remember to appeal to your readers' senses but try not to use the words 'hear' / 'smell' etc
2. Homework should be abolished. Write the text for a speech in which you agree or disagree with this statement.
3. Put together a test which could be used to examine everyone's basic writing skills - make sure you cover the skills we have revised in class (at the time of writing this we've looked at apostrophes and homophones)
4. Find a piece of writing that you admire (maybe a section from the book you are currently reading) write a half page account of why you admire it - remember to include a copy of the chosen section too.
5. Practise writing concisely (i.e. without waffle) by rewriting a famous story in only 100 words
6. Use the podcasts on the English website to revise the basic writing skills (there are plenty of them to choose from)
READING
7. Ensure you are reading newspapers as much as you can so that you can build up an awareness of life outside of Bicester. Demonstrate this knowledge with notes.
8. Read a speech from a famous orator (look at politicians for this if you need guidance) and make notes about how they are effective. Maybe print out a speech and annotate it.
9. Read an article from a newspaper or magazine and summarise the main points in 150 words.
10. From a fiction piece of writing (i.e. a story) analyse the language that a writer has chosen to use. Why those particular words and not a synonym?
WRITING
1. Practise your descriptive writing by describing either a school in the middle of lunchtime or a shopping centre on a Saturday afternoon. Remember to appeal to your readers' senses but try not to use the words 'hear' / 'smell' etc
2. Homework should be abolished. Write the text for a speech in which you agree or disagree with this statement.
3. Put together a test which could be used to examine everyone's basic writing skills - make sure you cover the skills we have revised in class (at the time of writing this we've looked at apostrophes and homophones)
4. Find a piece of writing that you admire (maybe a section from the book you are currently reading) write a half page account of why you admire it - remember to include a copy of the chosen section too.
5. Practise writing concisely (i.e. without waffle) by rewriting a famous story in only 100 words
6. Use the podcasts on the English website to revise the basic writing skills (there are plenty of them to choose from)
READING
7. Ensure you are reading newspapers as much as you can so that you can build up an awareness of life outside of Bicester. Demonstrate this knowledge with notes.
8. Read a speech from a famous orator (look at politicians for this if you need guidance) and make notes about how they are effective. Maybe print out a speech and annotate it.
9. Read an article from a newspaper or magazine and summarise the main points in 150 words.
10. From a fiction piece of writing (i.e. a story) analyse the language that a writer has chosen to use. Why those particular words and not a synonym?
Year 8: Animal Farm Homeworks
Below is a list of 10 homeworks of which you will need to choose 5. Each one is due in on the Friday of each week. Remember that you should be spending no less than 1 hour on each piece of these homeworks - insufficient work will be treated the same as no work at all!
1) Read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
2) Read Nineteen-eighty-four by George Orwell
3) Design a cover for a new edition of Animal Farm.
4) Which characters do you think are most responsible for the failure of Animal Farm? Why? (at least half a page)
5) Draw a spider diagram on either Napoleon or Snowball, showing 5 characteristics of the character and quotations from the book that back them up.
6) What does the word propaganda mean? Research two famous propagandists from the 20th Century of your choice (maybe Goebels, Stalin, Churchill – find others too)
7) Who writes history? Is there more than one version of the truth? Discuss these questions in at least half a page of writing.
8) Find out the names of 5 dictators and the countries they are / were in charge of. Were they forces for good?
9) Diary entry- write an entry from the point of view of one of the characters discussing their feelings of events in the book at the time.
10) Who is your favourite character in the book and why? (at least half a page)
1) Read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
2) Read Nineteen-eighty-four by George Orwell
3) Design a cover for a new edition of Animal Farm.
4) Which characters do you think are most responsible for the failure of Animal Farm? Why? (at least half a page)
5) Draw a spider diagram on either Napoleon or Snowball, showing 5 characteristics of the character and quotations from the book that back them up.
6) What does the word propaganda mean? Research two famous propagandists from the 20th Century of your choice (maybe Goebels, Stalin, Churchill – find others too)
7) Who writes history? Is there more than one version of the truth? Discuss these questions in at least half a page of writing.
8) Find out the names of 5 dictators and the countries they are / were in charge of. Were they forces for good?
9) Diary entry- write an entry from the point of view of one of the characters discussing their feelings of events in the book at the time.
10) Who is your favourite character in the book and why? (at least half a page)
Year 7: Midsummer Night's Dream Homeworks
Below is a list of 10 homeworks of which you will need to choose 6. Each Monday you will hand one piece of work in (or add it to the blog). Remember that you should be spending no less than 1 hour per week on your English homework - ideally more time! I will add an extension piece of work each week which is closely related to the work we are doing in class.
The following options will help you to develop your understanding of Shakespeare and of plays in general;
1. Research / read another of Shakespeare's plays and write out the story in no more than 100 words
2. Choose a scene from Midsummer Night's Dream and create an illustrated version of it
3. Create a wordsearch using words which are associated with Shakespeare
4. Why do you think Shakespeare is still taught in schools today? List 3 features of his writing which you think help him to remain popular
5. Choose a speech from another of Shakespeare's plays (try a popular one from Hamlet or Macbeth maybe) and anaylse the language...how is it dramatic?
6. List all of Shakespeare's plays
7. Choose a scene from any play (doesn't have to be Shakespeare) and practise reading it. Make sure you use your voice to emphasise the words
8. Research and find 5 famous quotes from any Shakespearian play(s)
9. Choose a Shakespearian play and create a poster advertising a performance
10. Choose one of Shakespeare's plays and write a modern version (i.e. Romeo and Juliet written for a Year 9 audience)
The following options will help you to develop your understanding of Shakespeare and of plays in general;
1. Research / read another of Shakespeare's plays and write out the story in no more than 100 words
2. Choose a scene from Midsummer Night's Dream and create an illustrated version of it
3. Create a wordsearch using words which are associated with Shakespeare
4. Why do you think Shakespeare is still taught in schools today? List 3 features of his writing which you think help him to remain popular
5. Choose a speech from another of Shakespeare's plays (try a popular one from Hamlet or Macbeth maybe) and anaylse the language...how is it dramatic?
6. List all of Shakespeare's plays
7. Choose a scene from any play (doesn't have to be Shakespeare) and practise reading it. Make sure you use your voice to emphasise the words
8. Research and find 5 famous quotes from any Shakespearian play(s)
9. Choose a Shakespearian play and create a poster advertising a performance
10. Choose one of Shakespeare's plays and write a modern version (i.e. Romeo and Juliet written for a Year 9 audience)
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