Year seven homework tasks
W/c 5th September 2016 –
Giant word search
Students should create a giant, creative word search on A3 paper and should fill the word search with synonyms for the words: ‘good’, ‘bad’ and ‘happy’.
Literacy skills: students will be able to use powerful vocabulary choices and will be expanding their vocabulary.
Not sure? This will involve students looking in a thesaurus or on the online thesaurus.
http://www.thesaurus.com/
Students can make the word search on the computer or by hand if they choose to.
W/c 12th September 2016 –
Design a leaflet
Students should design a leaflet that instructs students how to identify/ use a verb, adverb and an adjective.
Literacy skills: the students should give a definition for the key terms and should provide examples and will be using grammar elements effectively.
Not sure?
Please use the website for examples on how to use verbs, adverbs and adjectives.
http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/adverb.html
Students can make these by hand or on the computer.
W/c 19th September –
Designing a punctuation board game
Students will be designing their own punctuation board game. The board game can be based loosely around monopoly or a game of their choice.
Literacy skills: the game should teach students how to use punctuation and may ask questions related to punctuation.
The students could land on an exclamation mark and when they land on this, they have to use this within a sentence.
Higher level students may want to include a comma/ semi-colon in to their board game. They may also want to design a bee to go in a square on the board game and if someone lands on this, then they will be asked a spelling question.
Not sure?
Feel free to browse the array of punctuation and this can be explored by clicking on the appropriate icon and an explanation becomes available.
http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/en-dash.html
W/c 26th September
Washing line sentences
Creating different sentence forms.
Students should create washing line sentences.
Literacy skills: students will be able to correctly use simple, compound and complex sentences.
Not sure?
Use some of these examples:
Barking aggressively, the dog ran towards me. (Complex)
The dog ran towards me. (Simple)
The dog ran towards me because he recognised me. (Compound)
Students should create washing lines using:
· A piece of string
· Pegs to peg on the words to the string
· Words typed/printed/cut out and pegged on to the string
· Words written on pieces of cards
W/c 3rd October –
Turning one page of a novel in to a script
Students should turn the first page of the novel that they are currently reading in to a page of scriptwriting.
Literacy skills: students should be able to create different forms of writing effectively, after completing this homework.
Not sure?
Students can ask their parents for help with this and should use the example of a script provided to model their own on. The teacher can use the website below to print off an example script to hand to the students.
https://www.writersstore.com/how-to-write-a-screenplay-a-guide-to-scriptwriting/
Students need to include:
Stage directions
Characters
Dialogue
Students should also include in to the project the first page of their novel.
W/c 10th October –
Researching Chris Priestley/ writing the opening to a gothic short story.
Students should research Chris Priestley and should find at least one page of research related to him and should research a novel, written by him, that they would want to read.
Possible novels:
· Tales of terror from the black ship
· The Dead Men Stood Together
· The Last of The Spirits
Literacy skills: students should then attempt to write their own opening to a ghost story and will be using structural elements, descriptive language and punctuation effectively.
Not sure?
Please use the website below.
http://www.chrispriestleybooks.com/
W/c 17th October –
Writing a review
Students should write a review by hand/ on the computer about a recent day trip they have been on.
Literacy skills: students will be able to write a review effectively after completing this task.
Not sure?
Teacher can look for examples reviews in the year eight Roald Dahl SOW and there are example reviews in here.
Possible places:
· Thorpe park
· A local farm
· The seaside
· A shopping centre
W/c 24th October –
Applying FLAP to a text of their choice
Students should find an advert in a local newspaper or should find an article.
Students should then apply FLAP to this.
Literacy skills: students will be able to correctly apply FLAP to a text of their choice.
Not sure?
Techer can provide a newspaper for the students to look at/ example articles on Daily Mail.
Form, language, audience and purpose.
W/c 31st October –
Creating a list of names using alliteration
Students should create a name list using alliteration.
Students should attempt A – Z and will receive ten points per sentence created.
Literacy skills: students will be able to effectively use and identify alliteration.
Not sure?
Diy Dave danced to ABBA.
Calm Carl cried all the way home as he realised that he had lost his favourite toy.
If students receive over 200 points they will can receive ten merits.
100 points – 5 merits
Anything under this – 2 merits
W/c 7th Nov –
Find an example of a Ballad/ Writing their own
Students will need to type in to Google/ use a poetry anthology to find an example of a ballad.
Students will then need to create their own poem to share within class.
Literacy skills: students will be able to create an effective ballad.
Not sure?
http://www.poetryarchive.org/glossary/ballad
W/c 14th Nov –
Students should draw a representation of Timothy Winters
Students should create a creative representation of Timothy Winters from the poem and should surround this with quotations from the poem.
Literacy skills: students will be able to use quotations effectively and in a concise manner.
Not sure?
The teacher can provide a copy of the poem.
W/c 21st Nov –
Creating a theme tree
Students will be creating a theme tree and will be placing themes related to Timothy Winters around this.
Literacy skills: students will be exploring the themes conveyed in the poem.
Not sure?
Students can find a plain image of a tree and write the themes around this.
Students can also create a general theme tree of themes that may relate to poems.
· Isolation
· Love
· Abandonment
· Power
W/c 28th Nov –
Students should research The Rime of The Ancient Mariner/ create a mood board to represent this
Students will research The Rime of The Ancient Mariner/ Can read The Dead Men Stood Together by Chris Priestley to aid the learning of this poem.
Literacy skills: students should be able to justify why they have chosen the images.
A student may choose a cross to symbolise the albatross as it is initially viewed as a saviour.
Not sure?
Students can look at the mood board in E1, which are displayed on the walls.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43997
W/c 5th Dec –
Creating their own free verse poem
Students should write their own free verse poem based on what they have eaten for dinner the night the homework is set/ based loosely around the plum poem in class.
Literacy skills: students will be able to create an effective poem using free verse.
Not sure?
https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-free-verse
W/c 12th December –
Find an example of a poem relating to sunburn
Students should find an example of a poem relating to sunburn, which will relate to the work being completed within class.
Literacy skills: students will be practising research skills.
Not sure?
Type ‘sunburn poem’ in to Google.
W/c 19th December –
Creating a card game
Students should create a card game such as a pairs related to the key terms: formal, colloquial and slang.
Literacy skills: students will be learning the key terminology listed above.
Not sure?
Students can research the classic card game ‘snap’ to give them inspiration for their own game.
Coloured card can be provided to students to complete this task.
Students may have words/ pictures that create a pair.
W/c 26th December –
Creation of a poem
Students will be creating a poem that is free verse/ using a rhyme scheme and will be relating this to the best holiday that they have ever had.
Literacy skills: students will be able to create an effective poem using free verse.
Not sure?
Students should also include in the project:
· Images of the holiday destination
· Any keepsakes from the trip
· Any symbols that represent the holiday in a mock suitcase/ drawn or real.
W/c 2nd January 2017 –
Researching Mary Shelley/ Frankenstein
Students should print out an image of Mary Shelley and should place facts concerning her life around the image.
Literacy skills: students will be conducting research.
Not sure?
Students can type Mary Shelley in to Google and a biography will be available.
W/c 9th Jan –
Students will be creating a representation of Frankenstein using craft materials, then will place powerful adjectives used in the novel around the image to describe the monster.
Literacy skills: students will be building on their knowledge of the novel and will be able to use powerful vocabulary choices.
Not sure?
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives
W/c 16th Jan –
Students will be creating a leaflet that instructs students why Dickens is still relevant today.
Literacy skills: students will be justifying why Dickens is still relevant today.
Not sure?
Students may include:
· Words Dickens used in his novels that we use today
· The themes relate to things that happen in our lives
· Action-packed storylines
W/c 23rd Jan –
Building a set
Students should build the set for The Hound of the Baskervilles/ the text written by Conan Doyle that they are studying in class.
Literacy skills: students will be able to justify and explain what they have created and why they have made these choices.
Not sure?
Students should ask for boxes from reprographics if appropriate/ use any old recycled boxes available at home.
The set can be futuristic/ relate directly to the text.
W/c 30th Jan –
Creating top trump Dracula cards
Students should create top trump cards to represent the characters in Dracula that they are currently studying.
Literacy skills: students will be synthesising because they will be able to decide from all the information available, what precise characteristics their character has.
Not sure?
Possible categories:
Villain/ hero
Protagonist/ insignificant character
Degree of involvement in the main story
W/c 6th Feb –
Review ‘The Canterbury Tales’/ a poem by Chaucer.
The students should pretend that they are a critic and should review the text that they are studying.
Literacy skills: students will be able to review a text that they have studied and will be able to express their ideas and opinions effectively.
Not sure?
Students can type this/ hand write this/ record this on their mobile devices.
W/c 13th Feb –
Researching novel openings
Students should be given the openings of Dracula/ The Canterbury Tales/ Great Expectations/ Frankenstein to re-read. Students should write one page that states which opening is their favourite and why.
Literacy skills: students will be forming a judgement/ reading the texts provided.
Not sure?
Students if they cannot decide on one favourite opening should discuss this with their teacher.
The teacher for the lower ability sets may want to give the students a choice of two openings to choose between.
W/c 20th Feb -
Creating an advert
Students will be creating an advert that relates directly to a Rudyard Kipling text that they are studying in class.
Literacy skills: students will be able to create an advert effectively.
The higher ability students may be able to justify why they have used certain colours on their advert. (The denotations/ connotations)
Not sure?
The teacher can show the class some adverts in the Power of Persuasion SOW for year eight.
Students may want to take a different spin on their text.
It could be set in the future/ dystopian etc…
W/c 27th Feb -
Students should write a review of the Charles Dickens text that they are studying.
Students may also want to find a review for their personal reading book to share in class as well.
Literacy skills: students will be able to write an effective review.
Not sure?
The teacher can provide book review examples. (There are lots on the shared area.)
W/c 6th March –
Complete a comparison
Students should compare Dracula/ Frankenstein/ one other text provided in class and create a column for similarities/ differences.
Literacy skills: students are using comparison skills.
Not sure?
The teacher can draw an example table on the board before the homework is set.
W/c 13th March –
Contemporary or archaic?
Students should create a flow chart of reasons how they know that their text is modern or old-fashioned.
Students will be given an extract from Chris Priestley The Dead Men Stood Together and Frankenstein.
Literacy skills: students are able to identify archaic/ contemporary language.
Not sure?
The teacher can provide extracts of these texts in class/ draw an example of a flow chart on the bord for students to take a picture of.
Students should include examples of the texts in their project.
W/c 20th March –
Bring in an article
Students should bring in an appropriate article from a newspaper/magazine to discuss in class.
Literacy skills: students should be able to distinguish if this is a modern/ old-fashioned style of writing.
Not sure?
Students can ask for newspapers/ magazines if they not do not have these available.
W/c 27th March –
Bring in a piece of music
Students should bring in a piece of music that relates to one of the 19/20/21st century texts that they are studying.
Students should write at least half a page explaining why they have chosen this piece of music and how it relates to the themes within the text.
Literacy skills: students will have to use justification skills.
Not sure?