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?
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