Guide to Completing Weekly Homework Grids for Year 8 Students

In this guide, students will learn how to complete their weekly homework grids for Year 8, focusing on tasks such as spelling, grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, reading comprehension, techniques, and challenges. The grids include exercises to enhance language skills and analytical thinking, with clear instructions on each task. Students are encouraged to refer to their Knowledge Books for assistance and to communicate with their teacher if needed before the submission deadline.

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1. Weekly Homework Grids YEAR 8 BOOKLET 2 Spring Name: _____________________________ Teacher: ____________________________ Room: ______________________________

2. How to complete the homework grids (Tasks 1-3) 1. Spelling 2. Grammar and punctuation 3. Vocabulary Pupils will see two words: one spelled correctly, the other is a common way of misspelling it. They should circle or highlight the correct spelling. This task will check pupils general knowledge of how to proof-read and correctly structure sentences. They might need to add missing capital letters and punctuation, or create sentences using key words. Tasks may also focus on securing grammatical terms. Pupils will be asked to find out the definition of a word. This word will be linked to the topic being studied in English. They can copy a definition from the dictionary or write it in their own words. Example: Key terms: Example: A complex sentence has a major and minor clause or part. The minor clause won't make sense without the major clause. As you can see from the example below, pupils must state the word type as well as the defintion: School Although it was raining, Laura didn't put her hood up. Education noun Skool A compound sentence is when two clauses are joined by a connective. These do make sense on their own. This means the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university, in order to learn. Laura brought her umbrella so she didn't need to wear her hood.

3. How to complete the homework grids (Tasks 4-6) 4. Reading Comprehension 5. Technique Pupils will be given a brief sentence or quote from a familiar text studied in class. The will need to work out what language technique has been used in the sentence/quote and write this in the space provided. 6. Challenge This final homework task will require pupils to complete a random task aimed at stretching and challenging them. The tasks will be a selection of the following: Transformation turn a piece of text into a simple image/turn an image into a description. Pupils will be required to read a passage from a text related to their English studies. They should read the passage then answer the question underneath it. The challenge task will require them to think about what is suggested by the technique and explain what it helps them to imagine or feel. (Please note: challenge tasks are NOT compulsory). Connections Map make links between the given words and explain how they link. Key terms: Example: Triangle rank order the given subject from best to worst, first to last, etc. Infer this means to read between the lines and make sensible guesses based on the evidence in the text. The cat fell heavily onto the mat. What is this technique? adverb Link to learning identify the task that links to a previous English lesson and explain the link. securing the knowledge from their Knowledge Books. Knowledge Book pages are specified to go with the task. Revising the Curriculum: Pupils have 3 tasks that are closely linked to Analyse this means your child will need to work out the effect or impact of the writers' language choices. Challenge: what is the effect? The word heavily makes me imagine a very tired cat, who cannot walk any further. The fact that the cat fell, rather than sat or lay, suggests that it had no control over lowering its body, and the word heavily reinforces this lack of control. Listing Pupils will need to select four key details from the text based on the question focus.

4. Homework Grids Expectations - Firstly, complete the homework grid assigned. - Secondly, use your Knowledge Book of the 'how to' pages the front to help you. - Thirdly, email your teacher BEFORE the day it's due of you are struggling.

5. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.1 1. Spelling Identify the correct spelling: 2. Grammar and punctuation Circle the proper nouns, nouns and adjectives. 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Fear Weird Jill and her mother came on a plane from London. This is because Jill is going to perform for an audience in a concert. Jill plans to sing three songs, because she loves to play Italian, Greek and Irish music. Type of word _______ Wierd Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension This brand-new hotel and resort goes all out to impress, with highlights like couple-sized daybeds, a round-the-world spa experience, plus a great activities line-up. 5. Technique 5. Challenge Which of the tasks on this sheet links to your learning this week? The girls giggled as he walked in the room Answer: Task _____ What is this technique? ____________ What can you infer about the hotel from this extract? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Reason: ______________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

6. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.1 Revising the curriculum When you read Private Peaceful, you learned about the following themes: When you were learning William Blake, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 71 of your KB) During your study of Grammar, you learned about compound sentences. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own compound sentences. Family and Loyalty Loss Justice and Injustice WORD Write a sentence using the word A compound sentence contains two Choose one of these themes and explain how it links to the story of The Lie Tree so far. Give examples from the book to support your ideas and use your knowledge book to help you. main clauses (like two simple Childhood sentences). These are joined with a conjunction: and, but, so, because. Theme: ______________________________ This links to The Lie Tree because... _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ Industrial Miss Kureczko was thirsty, so she drank a diet coke. ____________________________________ Inequality ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Morality ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Poverty ____________________________________ ______________

7. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.2 1. Spelling Identify the correct spelling: 2. Grammar and punctuation Add the missing capital letters and full stops 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Gothic this year I went on holiday to australia I wanted to go to beijing but my dad wanted to see the outback and Margaret river it is fun exploring other countries Supersede Type of word _______ Superseed Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension When my best friend moved to France, I was heart-broken. I felt so alone and I hated the idea of having to make new friends. No one could replace her. 5. Technique 5. Challenge: Transform this sentence into an image: The bells ceased as they had begun, together. They were succeeded by a clanking noise, deep down below. The girls cackled as he walked in the room What is this technique? ____________ What can you infer about the speaker from this extract? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

8. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.2 Revising the curriculum When you studied texts in the Life, Labour and Loss unit at the start of Year 8, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 72 of your KB) When you studied texts in the Life, Labour and Loss unit, you learned the words from the previous task. Choose two words and explain how they link to your reading of The Lie Tree so far (page 19 and 20 of your KB). During your study of Grammar, you learned about simple sentences. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own compound sentences. WORD Write a sentence using the word A simple sentence is a complete piece of information. It contains a subject, a verb Word: ___________________________ Exploitation ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ _______________________________ Despair Mr Greig lost his pen. Control ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Word: ___________________________ ____________________________________ Despondent ____________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ _______________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Desperation ____________________________________ ______________

9. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.3 1. Spelling Add the prefix auto to make one new word. 2. Grammar and punctuation Circle the complex sentence: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Erika went to the tuck shop for a pasty, even though she brought a salad for lunch. Threaten Marine Type of word _______ Erika was still hungry after her dinner, whilst Teddy was not. Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Biography 4. Reading Comprehension That day, I prayed to die. All I could think of were the men who stood begging on street corners with a crutch and a tin can. And I was a footballer and that was finished. It was terrible. 5. Technique 5. Challenge: Transform the image into a short description: As slippery as an eel. What is this technique? ____________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ What can you infer about the place and people from this extract? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

10. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.3 Revising the curriculum When you studied Shakespeare's Comedies, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 77 of your KB) When you studied Shakespeare's Comedies, you learned the words from the previous task. Choose two words and explain how they link to a character or characters from 'The Lie Tree' so far (page 27 of your KB). During your study of Grammar, you learned about simple sentences. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own compound sentences. WORD Write a sentence using the word A complex sentence contains a main clause and a subordinate clause. Word: ___________________________ Misogyny _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ __________ Hierarchy Miss Higgins likes cats, unlike Miss Baines. ____________________________________ Patriarchy ____________________________________ Word: ___________________________ ____________________________________ Expectations ____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Authority ____________________________________ ______________

11. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.4 1. Spelling Identify the incorrect spelling: 2. Grammar and punctuation Turn the following sentences into compound sentences: Rain + and + coat _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Sunshine + so + suncream _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Abnormal Surprise Type of word _______ Suprise Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension The Lakes , as the area is commonly known, is the largest, by area, of England s national parks. It contains all the land in England over 3000 feet above sea level; the highest peak being Scafell Pike at 3209 feet. It is home to the longest and largest English lake, Windermere; and the deepest Wastwater. Without doubt, it has some of the most stunning scenery of all the British Isles. Unfortunately, it has the dubious honour of being perhaps the wettest place in England. 5. Technique 5. Challenge Which of the tasks on this sheet links to your learning this week? The moon was a misty shadow Answer: Task _____ What is this technique? ____________ Reason: ______________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ List four things that you learn about the Lakes: 1____________________________________ 2____________________________________ 3____________________________________ 4____________________________________

12. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.4 Revising the curriculum When you read Private Peaceful, you learned about the following themes: When you were learning Pride Not Prejudice, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 71 of your KB) During your study of Grammar, you learned about commas. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.9), try creating 3 of your own sentences using the example. Memory Nationality Gender WORD DEFINITION Choose one of these themes and explain how it links to the story of The Lie Tree so far. Give examples from the book to support your ideas and use your knowledge book to help you. Bilingual A comma indicates a pause between parts of a sentence or separates items in a list. Culture Theme: ______________________________ This links to The Lie Tree because... _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________ I went to Morrisons and bought linguine, Empowerment king prawns, garlic and chilli flakes. Ethnicity ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Expectations ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Discrimination ______________________________________ ______________________________________

13. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.5 1. Spelling Identify the correct spelling: 2. Grammar and punctuation Explain the effect of the verbs. 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? The rifle cracked. The dog leaped, flopped over and crumpled in a heap. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Superstition Braek Type of word _______ Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Brake 4. Reading Comprehension. I could not believe it; we had only gone and won the lottery! The jackpot! The big one! Us! It was overwhelming - more money than I could count, more money than I could imagine. 5. Technique 5. Challenge Transform the word superstition into an image. The flame danced in the dark What is this technique? ____________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ What can you infer about the speaker s feelings from this extract? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

14. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.5 Revising the curriculum When you studied texts in the Women's Writing unit, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 72 of your KB) When you studied texts in the Women's Writing unit, you learned the following concepts: During your study of Grammar, you learned about colons. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own sentences using colons. WORD DEFINITION A colon is used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation. Discrimination Empowerment Monday: the worst day of the week. ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Choose two concepts and explain how they link to The Lie Tree. Concept: ___________________________ Link: ________________________________ ____________________________________ Concept: ___________________________ Link: ________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Equality ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Feminism ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ______________

15. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.6 1. Spelling Write as a contraction: 2. Grammar and punctuation Write a description of your plans for half- term using two simple, one compound and one complex sentence: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Diabolical has not Type of word _______ ________________ Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension. Throughout the ages, humanity has been perpetually dogged, damaged, destroyed by something that, despite its tide of detriment, is willingly sometimes enthusiastically pursued in the name of happiness. That thing, the thing that seems somehow to both tether us together and tear us apart, is love. What does the writer suggest about love? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 5. Technique 5. Challenge Think of better synonyms for the word angry: The sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds What is this technique? ____________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

16. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.6 Revising the curriculum When you studied Women's Writing, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 77 of your KB) When you studied Women's Writing, you learned the words from the previous task. Choose two words and explain how they link to a character or characters from 'The Lie Tree' so far (page 27 of your KB). During your study of Grammar, you learned about semi-colons. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own sentences using semi-colons. Word Definition Word: ___________________________ A semi-colon can be used between two closely related independent clauses, provided they are not already joined by a coordinating conjunction. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ __________ Misogyny Patriarchy Miss Kureczko was busy; she wouldn't even answer the phone. ____________________________________ Prejudice Word: ___________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________ ____________________________________ Society s norms ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Suffrage ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ______________

17. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.7 1. Spelling Identify the correct spelling: 2. Grammar and punctuation Add in all of the missing punctuation: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Absence Probably my favourite fruits are apples and bananas miss kelly only likes chocolate Type of word _______ Probly Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 5. Technique 5. Challenge Complete the connections map. 4. Reading Comprehension. The birds had been driven down into this corner the day before by some shooting-party; and while those that had dropped dead under the shot, or had died before nightfall, had been searched for and carried off, many badly wounded birds had escaped and hidden themselves away, or risen among the thick boughs, where they had maintained their position till they grew weaker with loss of blood in the night- time, when they had fallen one by one as she had heard them. What can you infer about the birds from this quote? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ The snow stung my face, numbed my toes, and clung to my eyelashes with determination. ISOLATION SCIENCE What is this technique? ____________ DANGER GOTHIC Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ WOMEN FAMILY

18. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.7 Revising the curriculum When you were learning Privare Peaceful, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 71 of your KB) During your study of Grammar, you learned about apostrophes. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own sentences using apostrophes for possession. When you studied texts in the Shakespeare unit, you learned the following concepts: An apostrophe is used to WORD DEFINITION indicate possession - Using an Alliance apostrophe + s ('s) shows that one person/thing owns or is a member of something. Conflict Recce's ballet class was in the centre of town. Choose two concepts and explain how they link to The Lie Tree. Concept: __________________________________________ Link: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Concept: __________________________________________ Link: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Cowardice ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Justice ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ______________

19. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.8 1. Spelling Identify the correct spelling: 2. Grammar and punctuation Create two compound sentences: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Frank + so + bacon Guilt Noes _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Alice + but +cakes _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Type of word _______ Knows Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension. She had occasionally caught glimpses of these men in girlhood, looking over hedges, or peeping through bushes, and pointing their guns, strangely accoutred, a bloodthirsty light in their eyes. She had been told that, rough and brutal as they seemed just then, they were not like this all the year round, but were, in fact, quite civil persons save during certain weeks of autumn and winter What does this passage about men? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 5. Technique 5. Challenge Which of the tasks on this sheet links to your learning this week? The sound of the traffic seemed muffled by the thick blanket of pelting snow Answer: Task _____ What is this technique? ____________ Reason: ______________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

20. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.8 Revising the curriculum When you studied texts in year 7 and the beginning of this year, you learned about these techniques. How are these techniques used in The Lie Tree? When you were reading novels in Year 7, you studied narrative structures. In your own words, summarise what each stage of a story does (page 14 of your KB) During your study of Grammar, you learned about ISPACE sentences. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own ISP sentences. Pathetic fallacy Exposition: ___________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ISPACE indicates the various ways you can start a sentence. It stands for ING verbs, Simile, Preposition, Adverb, Connective, - ED verbs. Personification Climax: ______________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ING verb Simile Simile Resolution : _________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Preposition

21. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.9 1. Spelling Identify the correct spelling: 2. Grammar and punctuation Create two compound sentences: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Dan + so + pizza Fear Inclucivity _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Type of word _______ Inclusivity Carolina + but +cakes Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension. Plagued by an unspoken scandal, Faith and her family are forced to flee their home in Kent to start a new life. But news travels fast, and the gossip they re running from soon reaches them, to devastating effect. When Faith s father is found dead under mysterious circumstances, she is determined to untangle the truth from the lies. Following the trail left behind in her father s books, and their secret father- daughter night-time boat ride, Faith discovers her father s biggest secret . . . What does this passage about Faith? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 5. Technique 5. Challenge Which of the tasks on this sheet links to your learning this week? She tapped, then knocked, then banged on the door. Answer: Task _____ What is this technique? ____________ Reason: ______________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

22. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.9 Revising the curriculum When you studied Life, Labour and Loss, you learned the words from the previous task. Choose two words and explain how they link to a character or characters from 'Of Mice and Men' so far (page 27 of your KB). When you studied Life, Labour and Loss, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 77 of your KB) During your study of Grammar, you learned about ISPACE sentences. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own ISP sentences. WORD DEFINITION Word: ___________________________ Desperation ISPACE indicates the various ways you can start a sentence. It stands for ING verbs, Simile, Preposition, Adverb, Connective, - ED verbs. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ __________ Despondent Destitution _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Adverb Word: ___________________________ Dilapidated _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________ Exploration Connective Industrial -ED verb Inequality

23. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.10 1. Spelling Circle the incorrect spelling, then correct it. 2. Grammar and punctuation Create two complex sentences, suing the following words: Jack + then + hill _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Jill + but + fell _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Jealousy There are vairious ways to stay healthy. Type of word _______ _____________________________________ Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension. As Conor watched, the uppermost branches of the tree gathered themselves into a great and terrible face, shimmering into a mouth and nose and even eyes, peering back at him. Other branches twisted around one another, always creaking, always groaning, until they formed two long arms and a second leg to set down beside the main trunk. The rest of the tree gathered itself into a spine and then a torso, the thin, needle-like leaves weaving together to make a green, furry skin that moved and breathed as if there were muscles and lungs underneath. What can you infer about the Monster? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 5. Technique 5. Challenge Prioritise: What is the single most important sentence here? Explain your thinking. She sat still and silent and bleeding in my arms Nothing in her life was sufficiently interesting or shameful to merit hiding; no one wanted to know. None of this was particularly an affliction; or rather, it appeared so only in retrospect, once a solution had been found. What is this technique? ____________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

24. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.10 Revising the curriculum When you were learning William Blake, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 71 of your KB) During your study of Grammar, you learned about apostrophes. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own sentences using apostrophes for omission. When reading The Lie Tree, you explored the following themes: WORD Write a sentence using the word An apostrophe is used to indicate omission - When you combine two words to make a contraction, you Childhood will always take out some letters. In their place, use an apostrophe. Industrial They'll [they will] be on time for school today. Think back over everything you've learned in Year 7 and 8. Name two topics that cover similar themes to the ones above. ____________________________________ Inequality ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Topic: ___________________________________ Link: ______________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Topic: __________________________________ Link: ______________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ ____________________________________ Morality ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Poverty ____________________________________ ______________

25. Year 8 English Weekly Recall Spring 2.11 1. Spelling Identify the correct spelling: 2. Grammar and punctuation Create a compound sentence: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Sun + but + rain Regret Histry _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Type of word _______ History Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension. A rustling in the sand dunes behind him made Adam turn. A large kangaroo was bounding straight towards him, paying him no attention. Adam jumped out of his way just in time. The wet sand felt cold, but not unpleasantly so, as it squirted between his toes. But he was not interested in his feet, or even the kangaroo. His eyes were drawn up and out towards the horizon. What can you infer about the place from the description? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 5. Technique 5. Challenge Can you think of better synonyms for the word worried? a flicker of hope wakes in my belly What is this technique? ____________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

26. Year 8 English Weekly Homework Spring 2.11 Revising the curriculum When you studied texts in the Life, Labour and Loss unit, you learned the following words. What do they mean? (Use Page 72 of your KB) According to page 38 of your Knowledge book, what must the following text types contain: During your study of Grammar, you learned about three different sentence types. Using the definition below and your knowledge book (p.3), try creating 3 of your own sentences. WORD Write a sentence using the word _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Exploitation _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Despair Control _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Despondent _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Desperation