7L Spelling and Homework Tasks Term 3

SPELLING

Pre-test – IN CLASS

We will pre-test the spelling list words every Monday. This will be doneas an entire class.

The words youdo not spell correctly are your spelling words for the week. Personal words will also be added to the list and will be taken from mistakes in your writing (English books or previous homework).

Spelling List – IN CLASS

You need 20 spelling words for the week.

If you are short of 20 spelling words take the words from the Challenge words at the bottom of the pre-tested

spelling list. If you still need more to make up the 20 words, take the words from the Theme Challenge words on the wall in the classroom or in your Sound Waves book.

You will be tested on these words every Friday.

Spelling Homework – AT HOME

  1. All work to be written neatly and finished in your Homework Book
  2. If you lose your book you will need to get another one
  3. You will need to write out your Spelling words (20 words) 4 times each, in columns. (This work is to be done as neat as possible and set out as instructed)
  4. You will need to choose 10 Spelling words and write 10 separate complex sentences
  5. Each Sentence is to be numbered and you will need to underline the spelling word.

Spelling Homework will be due every Friday (5 days to complete)

HOMEWORK

Reading – AT HOME and IN CLASS

In Year 7 it is your responsibility to read every night before you go to sleep or at another time of your convenience. To assist you with this, you will be providedwith a reading log to record your reading information (This should be glued into your homework book). Additional to this at the end of each book you will be required to provide a brief book review. These can be glued into your homework book alongside your spelling homework.

English –There will be a writing task due every 2 weeks. These tasks will be an extension of the work done in class.

The outline for this is as follows:

  • Week 2 Friday 19th July

“Settings activity” 50-100 words each: /20

  • Week 4 Friday 2nd August

“Problem and Resolution” story development:

100 – 150words each: /20

  • Week 6 Friday 16th August

Narrative story writing using “Possible Story Beginnings”

250-300 words: /20

  • Week 8 Friday 30th August

Poetry: rhyming, repetition and rhythm: /20

  • Week 10 Friday Sept 13

Poetry: Haiku, Cinquain, diamante: /20

For those of you who wish to extend your skills please choose a story title from the ‘Possible Story Beginnings” and write a story and hand it in on Friday with your other homework tasks.

Weeks 1-11 Studyladder tasks – Complete the weekly Maths tasks

Maths – Complete weekly Maths revision/ Maths mentals activities –Maths homework will be given out each Monday after the weekly spelling test and will be glued or written into your homework books.

Responsibility

As a Year 7 Leader it is your responsibility to organise your time and energy to complete homework. It is not your parent’s responsibility. If you are finding homework difficult or think that the 5days to complete it is not long enough then you need to speak to me immediately and we will discuss your issues with homework.

If your reason for not completing homework for the week is Time Management then homework will be completed during Play Time at school on the Friday if necessary. Continually missing homework means that a Time Management problem has resulted and I will call your Parents to discuss how we can work on a schedule for this issue.

Year 7 Language Targets for Term 3

WEEKS / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Phonics
Spelling patterns
(Suggested word list) / long a
a a-e ai ay eigh ey / long i
I I-e ie igh y ei / long o
o o-e oe oa ow ou / long u
u u-e ew ue eu / long e
e e-e ee ea ie y ei ey / g says j
g –dge –ge age- / Double consonants
pastry
courageous
legislature
federate
estate
separate
straighten
failure
payment
surveyor
ache
behave
café
faithfully
female
fete
occupation
potato
stationary
stationery / ironic
itinerant
delight
pie
apartheid
align
hygiene
benign
occupy
glorify
fortnight
lightning
pilot
tried
frightened
tyre
dialogue
classify
apply
silence / composed
token
coaxed
cocoa
swallowed
woeful
tiptoe
gross
hero
bouquet
known
program
thrown
tomorrow
condolence
retrograde
appropriate
approach
smoulder
poultry / Judicial
constitution
security
continual
immune
accuse
nephew
residue
euphoria
neurotic
fuel
dual
masculine
eucalyptus
fewer
human
humorous
humour
interview
nuisance / obedience
create
genial
video
athlete
obsolete
refugee
conceal
decision
complete
disease
employee
develop
groceries
temporary
thoroughly
various
married
Aborigine
achievement / gigantic
genius
fragile
gymnastics
ginger
region
religion
generally
suggestion
passenger
acknowledge
badgering
bludgeoned
budget
budgeting
cartridge
drawbridge
fidget
nudge
pledge
porridge / occurrence
according
accident
official
suggestion
intelligence
immigration
communication
discuss
professional
opposition
recommend
personnel
possible
immediately
unnecessary
dessert
effect
wholly
quarrel
Continual teaching focus: *Adding –ion to base words “e” drop and spelling change, no spelling change (congratulate/congratulation), ion to base words, predictable changes in consonants (explode/explosion). * Base word plus suffixes (-er, -est, -ier, -iest). * Base word plus prefix (non-, fore-, pre-, post-).Suffixes: ish, al, ate, ise, fy, ant. Prefixes:
ex, anti, under, ac, re, sub. Revise above and revisit Year Six suffixes (man; ship; en; ee; ism) and prefixes (semi; up; pro; mis; il; inter; mini’ co)
Student selected list to include
- Revision words
- Unit words
- Personal words from student’s own written work

Year 7 Language Targets for Term 3

WEEKS / 8 / 9 / 10
Phonics
Spelling patterns
(Suggested word list) / Ending in c / silent
t k p s / ity
electric
plastic
civic
ethic
scenic
septic
sonic
exotic
Olympic
genetic
economic
public
comic
antic
Arctic
basic
pelvic
traffic
toxic / softened
softening
often
mortgagee
mortgaged
acknowledge
knowledge
embalm
walked
stalk
receipt
accept
mortgage
psychic
pneumonia
psychology
castle
could
would
should / absurdity
ability
acidity
alkalinity
cavity
charity
creativity
dignity
electricity
enormity
extremity
radioactivity
humanity
inferiority
locality
majority
minority
mobility
priority
quantity
Continual teaching focus: *Adding –ion to base words “e” drop and spelling change, no spelling change (congratulate/congratulation), ion to base words, predictable changes in consonants (explode/explosion). * Base word plus suffixes (-er, -est, -ier, -iest). * Base word plus prefix (non-, fore-, pre-, post-).Suffixes: ish, al, ate, ise, fy, ant. Prefixes:
ex, anti, under, ac, re, sub. Revise above and revisit Year Six suffixes (man; ship; en; ee; ism) and prefixes (semi; up; pro; mis; il; inter; mini’ co)
Student selected list to include
- Revision words
- Unit words
- Personal words from student’s own written work