Welcome 12C! Homework 1

For Monday  11th Sep:
1. Sign up to Google Classroom using the code lhevgwb. You must sign in with your school email address. If you don’t wish to use this, forward all emails to your usual account.
2. Follow me on twitter if you would like to - @EnglangGeek
3. Read the article given to you in class and answer the questions

For Friday 15th 
1. Learn the terms in the Quizlet https://quizlet.com/_1kpngp ready for a test

Year 12 Genre Conventions homework

This is due for Tuesday 22nd November

I would like you to investigate the genre conventions of charity adverts.

1. You need to be confident that you understand what 'genre' and 'genre conventions' actually mean. Do some research and write down some notes and definitions so that you are confident that you understand the concept.
2. Read the website here and have a go at the task: what do all of the adverts have in common?
3. You may wish to read more widely about charity adverts.
3. Produce a guide for year 7 children, informing them what genre conventions would be expected of a charity advert, ie/ a list of features they would need to include if they were to write their own charity advert. OR Create a poster with a charity advert of your choice in the middle, labelled with the genre conventions identified.
4. Identify these genre conventions in the Elephant text that we looked at on Tuesday. Make a list of genre features with quotations if appropriate
5. Challenge (optional): Write a paragraph evaluating how closely the elephant text adheres to genre conventions.

12B and 12C1 homework set Tues 27th due Tues 4th Oct - wouldn't be a bad idea for Y13 to revise too!

Homework – What do you know about Grammar?

Have notes available to check in class on Tuesday 4^th October

Note: You need to know definitions and examples.

            E.g. An adjective describes or modifies a noun, e.g. the irresponsible father.

Assumed – you must be 100% confident with the words in this column	Learn now – you should research what the following terms mean, make notes, and learn the concepts	Challenge – if you are already fairly confident with much of column 2, research some of these terms
Nouns	concrete, common, abstract, proper, plurals	Count and non-count nouns
Adjectives	Comparative, superlative
Adverbs	Adverbs of place, time, manner, degree, frequency
Verbs	Regular verbs and irregular verbs Main verb Auxiliary verb Tense (past, present, future)	Modal auxiliary verbs Primary verbs Aspect (continuous, perfect) Subject–verb agreement
Pronouns	First, second, third person	Subject form, object form, possessive, demonstrative
	Determiners	Indefinite and definite article
	Preposition	Prepositional phrase
	Conjunctions	Types of conjunction

Year 12 Homework 1

Read the following article (Article about A-Level English) and answer the questions below. You don't need to hand the answers in, so you can answer them in note format if you wish, but I will be looking at your note-taking skills. Be ready to explain your answers in class, though.

1. What do you understand by the phrase 'modern cultural references'? Paraphrase it. 
2. Give two reasons why people have criticised the A-level. Do you think these reasons are valid?
3. What is the 'crumbling castle' view of language?
4. What viewpoint does Laura Barton hold about this subject? Where does the reader first understand this viewpoint?
5. Find at least two pieces of vocabulary that you would not ordinarily use in your own writing. Write down the words and their definitions. 

 * The version of this article that you have read was the online version. What genre features in this article would you not have found 25 years ago?

*Underline 3 uses of language that stand out to you for any reason. 

Year 9 Poetry homework - due first lesson back after Easter holidays

Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle Received from a Friend Called Felicity

During that summer

When unicorns were still possible;

When the purpose of knees

Was to be skinned;

When shiny horse chestnuts

    (Hollowed out

    Fitted with straws

    Crammed with tobacco

    Stolen from butts

    In family ashtrays)

Were puffed in green lizard silence

While straddling thick branches

Far above and away

From the softening effects

Of civilization;

 

During that summer--

Which may never have been at all;

But which has become more real

Than the one that was--

Watermelons ruled.

 

Thick imperial slices

Melting frigidly on sun-parched tongues

Dribbling from chins;

Leaving the best part,

 

The black bullet seeds,

To be spit out in rapid fire

Against the wall

Against the wind

Against each other;

 

And when the ammunition was spent,

There was always another bite:

It was a summer of limitless bites,

Of hungers quickly felt

And quickly forgotten

With the next careless gorging.

 

The bites are fewer now.

Each one is savored lingeringly,

Swallowed reluctantly.

 

But in a jar put up by Felicity,

The summer which maybe never was

Has been captured and preserved.

And when we unscrew the lid

And slice off a piece

And let it linger on our tongue:

Unicorns become possible again.

 

John Tobias

 

Year 9 English Homework Task 1

     

1.   Before you read the rest of the poem, what does the title suggest that the poem will be about?   Try to think of 2 ideas and explain each idea.  (4 marks)
    (4 marks – 1 mark for each valid answer and 1 mark for each valid explanation.)
    
2. Choose a word/phrase/line from Stanza 1 which you find interesting and explain the poet’s choice of words and what you think he meant or was trying to achieve? (1 mark for valid quotation and 1 mark for valid explanation)  (2 marks)
    
3. From the rest of the poem find TWO examples of a word/phrase or line which provides evidence that the poet enjoyed his childhood.  (4 marks – 1 mark for each valid answer and 1 mark for each valid explanation.)  (4 marks)
    
   Total: 10 marks

Year 9 Library homework

Each week, unless you are told otherwise, this will be your homework from your library lesson. It will be set on a Thursday and will be due the following Thursday.

1. Reading Homework: Read your library book (or a book of your own) for 15 - 20 minutes. Write 3 sentences in the back of your English book about how the story has progressed. You have a sheet in your English book with more details about this. Your three sentences should be totally accurate. The marking focus is on the accuracy of your writing, not your understanding of the book.

2. Spelling and Vocabulary work: Use any spelling errors from your English book, combined with words I have given you to make a list of 10 spellings to work on. Learn them!

3. If you are already a confident speller, you should work on your vocabulary instead. Using the list I have given you, spend 10 - 15 minutes extending your vocabulary instead of working on spellings.

Year 12 Verbs homework Set 15/10/2015

Research verb phrases

You need to research, make notes and learn the following, so that you are able to give definitions and examples, preferably without your notes!

• Main verb
• Auxiliary verb
• Modal verb
• Primary verb

Due Thursday 22 October

Year 12 Homework - Grammar Revision Thursday 24th September

Your homework this week is to revise some grammar terms in preparation for our learning next week. Most of these are terms that you should already know from your GCSE study, but some of them may be new to you. We will go over them in class, but you need to have done this activity first.

Below is a link to a set of revision cards on Quizlet:

Grammar Quiz

You need to revise these terms ready for a test on Thursday 1st October. You have a week to learn the terms (there are different activities you can do to learn them) and I expect you to be confident in them all. Having a quick look at them is not enough - you need to get close to 100% correct!

Y9 Homework set Tuesday 22nd September

Due Friday 25th Sepember

Using the ideas you have gained from Tuesday's lesson, I would like you to write a list of quotations from each person that you have interviewed. What are they likely to have said to you, that you could use in your newspaper report? You need at least two quotations from each person (the victim, the Sheriff and the Boss)

For example:

Mary Lou Hobbs: "It was awful - he just wouldn't let go of my dress."

Year 12 Homework Set Thursday 17th September. 
Due Date Thursday 24th September

1. Find two texts. These can be anything - something out of the recycling bin, a newspaper / magazine cutting, something out of your pocket / bag. It can be anything with writing on it.

For each of the texts, write a brief paragraph describing what you think is the Genre, Audience, Purpose and Mode.
* You may be able to find one or two language features that you can link to each of the above. E.g. "The use of adjectives with positive connotations, like "amazing" and "superlative" tie in to the text's persuasive nature, as they serve to create a positive meaning in the mind of the reader. 

2. Start a mind map for each of the language frameworks, so that you can add further information and terms to them as you progress through the course. Add the definitions and examples from the sheet we looked at, and add anything else from your notes so far.

Year 12 Homework 1

Read the following article (Article about A-Level English) and answer the questions below. You don't need to hand the answers in, so you can answer them in note format if you wish. Be ready to explain your answers in class, though.

1. What do you understand by the phrase 'modern cultural references'?
2. Give two reasons why people have criticised the A-level. Do you think these reasons are valid?
3. What is the 'crumbling castle' view of language?
4. What viewpoint does Laura Barton hold about this subject? Select two quotations where this viewpoint is evident.
* The version of this article that you have read was the online version. What genre features in this article would you not have found 25 years ago?