Good afternoon, my lovelies!
This week's homework is to read the first three chapters of 'Two Weeks With The Queen' and answer the following questions to hand in by Friday:
1) Write a paragraph describing Colin's personality, using quotations from the text to support your statements. (eg "I know Colin is very ........ because on page 5 it says "........").
2) What time of the year is it at the beginning of the story? How do you know?
3) What country is Colin in? How do you know?
4) What did Colin get for Christmas?
5) What did he WANT to get?
6) Why didn't his parents get him what he wanted?
7) What did Luke get for Christmas?
8) How does Colin feel about Luke? How do you know?
9) What surprising thing happens to Luke in Chapter One?
10) Why does Colin walk across town to visit the doctor?
11) Why does the Matron in the hospital shout at the two nurses? (page 25).
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Homework!
This week's homework is to write a REVIEW.
You can choose whether you are writing a review of a movie, a book, a game, a theatrical performance, or an album. (You may even have some other ideas - if so, ask me and I'll tell you if that's okay.)
WHAT NOT TO DO: Please don't just write a summary. If you just write a summary of the plot, you are writing a bad review.
HOW TO WRITE A REVIEW WELL:
You need to tell us the title.
You need to tell us who wrote the book (or, if it's a movie, who's the director and who the main actors are).
You need to tell us the genre, and compare it to other examples of the genre - if it's a superhero movie, is it better than X Men or Thor? If so, why? If not, why?
You need to think about who the audience is supposed to be, and whether this movie is suitable for that audience. (For a game or a movie, this includes telling us whether it's PG, 13 etc etc and why.)
You need to give us some background - that means doing some research, so that YOU know about who the writer/director is and what else they have done before.
You need to think about what works well, and what doesn't work.
You need to tell us a bit about the main characters (and, if it's a movie, the way that the actors perform their characters - do you think they are well cast? If so, why? If not, why?).
You need to tell us a bit about the main relationships in the movie/book/game.
If it's a game, you need to tell us what makes it an exciting and successful game, and what weaknesses it has.
I've talked about this before; if you follow this link, you'll find examples of good book reports:
http://sweetlikecrabapples.blogspot.com/2011/09/homework-book-report.html
If you want to read some good examples of movie reviews, try Rotten Tomatoes, which will give links to many different reviews of each movie:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chronicle/
(To read the FULL reviews, you have to click on 'Full Review'. The teaser for the first of the reviews on the 'Chronicle' page only says: "Chronicle is the kind of movie that makes one excited about the future prospects of the man at the helm" but when you click on 'Full Review' it takes you to the actual review, which is much longer:)
http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=2417
You can choose whether you are writing a review of a movie, a book, a game, a theatrical performance, or an album. (You may even have some other ideas - if so, ask me and I'll tell you if that's okay.)
WHAT NOT TO DO: Please don't just write a summary. If you just write a summary of the plot, you are writing a bad review.
HOW TO WRITE A REVIEW WELL:
You need to tell us the title.
You need to tell us who wrote the book (or, if it's a movie, who's the director and who the main actors are).
You need to tell us the genre, and compare it to other examples of the genre - if it's a superhero movie, is it better than X Men or Thor? If so, why? If not, why?
You need to think about who the audience is supposed to be, and whether this movie is suitable for that audience. (For a game or a movie, this includes telling us whether it's PG, 13 etc etc and why.)
You need to give us some background - that means doing some research, so that YOU know about who the writer/director is and what else they have done before.
You need to think about what works well, and what doesn't work.
You need to tell us a bit about the main characters (and, if it's a movie, the way that the actors perform their characters - do you think they are well cast? If so, why? If not, why?).
You need to tell us a bit about the main relationships in the movie/book/game.
If it's a game, you need to tell us what makes it an exciting and successful game, and what weaknesses it has.
I've talked about this before; if you follow this link, you'll find examples of good book reports:
http://sweetlikecrabapples.blogspot.com/2011/09/homework-book-report.html
If you want to read some good examples of movie reviews, try Rotten Tomatoes, which will give links to many different reviews of each movie:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chronicle/
(To read the FULL reviews, you have to click on 'Full Review'. The teaser for the first of the reviews on the 'Chronicle' page only says: "Chronicle is the kind of movie that makes one excited about the future prospects of the man at the helm" but when you click on 'Full Review' it takes you to the actual review, which is much longer:)
http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=2417
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Homework!
Last week we read about the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted. You summarised the information in that article, and then you also took notes when I read you Pliny's first hand account of his uncle's death.
This week's homework is to write a vivid and detailed account of the destruction of Pompeii, writing in the first person ("I saw", not "he saw") and in the past tense. Imagine you were one of the people in the city of Pompeii and you managed to escape, and you are writing a letter to a friend telling them about your terrible experience.
Remember to include good punctuation and to check your grammar and spellings, and be sure to include lots of sensory details - what you SAW, HEARD, SMELLED, FELT (physically and emotionally) and even how things TASTED.
This week's homework is to write a vivid and detailed account of the destruction of Pompeii, writing in the first person ("I saw", not "he saw") and in the past tense. Imagine you were one of the people in the city of Pompeii and you managed to escape, and you are writing a letter to a friend telling them about your terrible experience.
Remember to include good punctuation and to check your grammar and spellings, and be sure to include lots of sensory details - what you SAW, HEARD, SMELLED, FELT (physically and emotionally) and even how things TASTED.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Homework
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.)
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 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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