Good job today with the comprehension exercise on the Pompeii article!
This week's homework is to write a non-fiction report to go into your own newspaper. You can write a report on any topic that you like! Think of something you find interesting and exciting and do some research this week so that you can write a great, informative article full of interesting facts. You might choose to write about pirates, or NASA, or dinosaurs, or pollution, or steampunk, or the invention of the iPod - anything that tickles your fancy, basically.
What is important to me is that you research your article carefully and that you show me you can write clear, interesting and grammatically correct sentences appropriate to your audience. So long as you're doing that, you can pick any subject you like.
When you type it up onto your MS Publisher document in class, you'll want to include photographs and subheadings, and you may like to include text boxes with fun facts or other appropriate details. But for now, just concentrate on getting a good first draft together with clear sentence structure and accurate, interesting information.
(You may choose to write it by hand in your exercise book or on paper, or you may prefer to type it up and bring it in on a thumb drive. I don't mind. The final article will be typed up into your newspaper here at school, though.)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Homework
This week's homework is to write a report on the Chinese New Year celebrations that took place at St Andrews 107 last Friday.
You'll be wanting to write in the past tense.
Please include details about what was going on, what kind of stalls were there etc etc and include some information about what Chinese New Year is about.
As you know, this half term we are concentrating on non-fiction text types, and each student is making their own newspaper containing a variety of articles. You have already begun writing an interview and later we will include a book or movie review, but this week we are all concentrating on writing a report.
You'll be wanting to write in the past tense.
Please include details about what was going on, what kind of stalls were there etc etc and include some information about what Chinese New Year is about.
As you know, this half term we are concentrating on non-fiction text types, and each student is making their own newspaper containing a variety of articles. You have already begun writing an interview and later we will include a book or movie review, but this week we are all concentrating on writing a report.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Homework!
Hello lovely people!
This week's homework, as I told you in the lesson on Monday, is to find a non-fiction article in a newspaper or magazine, stick it into your book and then you need to write
1) The source of the article (where you found it).
2) The writer.
3) A summary of the article.
4) At least 5 new words WITH THEIR MEANINGS.
This is the same as the exercise we did last term, so if you're not sure, check back in your book.
THEN you need to prepare to present this article to the rest of the class. You aren't just going to read out what you've written on the page - you need to have learned and understood what the article is about, and you might need to do a bit more research on the internet to help you understand the subject better. You will be standing up in front of the class next week and telling them confidently about the article.
This week's homework, as I told you in the lesson on Monday, is to find a non-fiction article in a newspaper or magazine, stick it into your book and then you need to write
1) The source of the article (where you found it).
2) The writer.
3) A summary of the article.
4) At least 5 new words WITH THEIR MEANINGS.
This is the same as the exercise we did last term, so if you're not sure, check back in your book.
THEN you need to prepare to present this article to the rest of the class. You aren't just going to read out what you've written on the page - you need to have learned and understood what the article is about, and you might need to do a bit more research on the internet to help you understand the subject better. You will be standing up in front of the class next week and telling them confidently about the article.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Happy New Year!
Welcome back to school, folks! It's lovely to see you all again!
This week's homework (due, as always, on Friday) is to help revise the Parts of Speech, using a non fiction text like some of the ones we looked at today. This one is a news article.
STEP ONE:
Read this article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16265519
(There is a video you can watch too at the top of the article, which is pretty interesting, but you don't have to watch it if you don't want.)
STEP TWO:
Make a list of all the nouns you can find in the article.
STEP THREE:
Make a list of all the verbs you can find in the article.
STEP FOUR:
Make a list of all the adjectives you can find in the article.
STEP FIVE:
Make up ten new sentences, using as many of these words as you can manage to include.
STEP SIX:
Hand in your work on Friday.
This week's homework (due, as always, on Friday) is to help revise the Parts of Speech, using a non fiction text like some of the ones we looked at today. This one is a news article.
STEP ONE:
Read this article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16265519
(There is a video you can watch too at the top of the article, which is pretty interesting, but you don't have to watch it if you don't want.)
STEP TWO:
Make a list of all the nouns you can find in the article.
STEP THREE:
Make a list of all the verbs you can find in the article.
STEP FOUR:
Make a list of all the adjectives you can find in the article.
STEP FIVE:
Make up ten new sentences, using as many of these words as you can manage to include.
STEP SIX:
Hand in your work on Friday.
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