Completing Year 9 English Homework Grids

Weekly Homework Grids YEAR 9 BOOKLET Spring Part 1 Grid Comment 1.1 Name: _____________________________ Teacher: ____________________________ Room: ______________________________ 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5

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.

How to complete the homework grids (Tasks 4-6) and the revision grids 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 this is not optional. This term s comprehension tasks are focused on ensuring pupils are securing an understanding of common idioms. 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). Transformation turn a piece of text into a simple image/turn an image into a description. Connections Map make links between the given words and explain how they link. Key terms: Example: The cat fell heavily onto the mat. Idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative (not real), non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. Triangle rank order the given subject from best to worst, first to last, etc. What is this technique? adverb 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. Revising the Curriculum: Pupils have 3 tasks that are closely linked to securing the knowledge from their Knowledge Books. Knowledge Book pages are specified to go with the task.

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.1 1. What is a plural? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Spelling: plurals 2. Grammar and punctuation Add the apostrophe and explain their use: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Destitution Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Does it have positive or negative connotations?_________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Peters car was absolutely stunning. Hes had it for 8 year. 1. ____________________________ ________________________________ 2. ______________________________ ________________________________ Look at the help sheet (on the other side) and turn the following words into plurals: cat - ______________________ goose - ___________________ diary - ____________________ 4. Reading Comprehension What can you infer about the man from this extract? 5. Technique 6. Challenge: Define the following Aristotelian pillars of persuasion. (Knowledge Book: Page 24) The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens. Tucked away at a secluded table by the stairs, one man sits alone. He might have been handsome once upon a time, but his otherwise delicate features are ruined by a long beak-like nose that has clearly been broken and reset several times in the past. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Ethos: What is this technique? ____________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Logos: Pathos:

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.1 Revising the curriculum When you read When you were learning During your

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.2 1. Find the singular noun for the following plurals: Oxen: _____________________ Dice: ______________________ Octopi: ____________________ Cacti: _____________________ Foci: _______________________ Phenomena: __________________ Transform any words you don t understand into a picture. Spelling 2. Grammar and punctuation Add a semi-colon to the following sentence: Rose was a very helpful girl she regularly went to the homeless shelter to support her aunty. 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Social Stratification Transform the word into an image: Explain how the semi-colon has been used in one the sentences: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________ Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension The lighting was dim and the air was thick with the scents of food. I tried not to gag as a waitress carrying a plate of seafood walked by. I never like the smell of fish. As I waited for my food, I listened to the noisy chatter of all the people sitting around me. The restaurant was small; the tables were tightly packed together. 5. Technique 6. Challenge: List 3 things you know or have learned about the Industrial Revolution? He is as strong as an ox. 1.___________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________ 2.___________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________ 3.___________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________ What is this technique? ____________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ List four things that you learn about the restaurant: 1____________________________________ 2____________________________________ 3____________________________________ 4____________________________________

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.2 Revising the curriculum When you read When you were learning During your

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.3 1. Spelling Correct the following misspelt words: destititution: _________________ repetion: ____________________ anapora: __________________ 2. Grammar and punctuation Move the subordinate clause to the start of the sentence: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Capitalism She was happy after Sarah left the room. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Transform the word into and image: Choose two of the words to use in a sentence: 1. _________________________________ _________________________________ 2. _________________________________ _________________________________ I manage to finish my essay although I had a no time off. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension 5. Technique It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place. - The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger 6. Challenge: Transform the technique hypophora into an image: Inside the floating cloak he was tall, thin, and bony; and his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness. Lord of the Flies by Golding What is this technique? ____________ What do you think the phrase ugly without silliness suggests about the boy? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Define: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.3 Revising the curriculum When you read When you were learning During your

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.4 1. Spelling Circle the correct spelling 2. Grammar and punctuation Turn the following sentences into a compound sentences: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Allusion calender calendar definitely definately infinately infinitely convinient convenient deteriorate deterioreit dissappear - disappear English is fun. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Peter thought he was late. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Type of word _______ Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension We wore our best dresses on the outside to make a good impression. Rachel wore her green linen Easter suit she was so vain of, and her long whitish hair pulled off her forehead with a wide pink elastic hairband . Sitting next to me on the plane, she kept batting her white rabbit eyelashes and adjusting her bright pink hairband, trying to get me to notice she had secretly painted her fingernails bubble-gum pink to match. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 5. Technique The below sentence uses an allusion: 6. Challenge Transform this image into a short description: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ (You can write a full version for We Are Writers) He is a real Casanova. Who is the person being compared to? ____________________________________ What was Casanova well known for? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ List four things you learn about the characters described. 1____________________________________ 2____________________________________ 3____________________________________ 4____________________________________ What does the allusion tell you about the person? _____________________________________ _____________________________________

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.4 Revising the curriculum When you read When you were learning During your

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.5 1. Spelling Correct the following pluralised words: 2. Grammar and punctuation Add the missing colon or semi colons: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? A. The teachers were in favour of extra homework. The pupils, however, were not. England played their last four matches abroad against the following Argentina, USA, Russia and Italy. I nominate the following people for parts Anne, Bill and Fred. The recipe needed bacon, smoked not unsmoked, risotto rice, which is also labelled as arborio rice, stock cubes, preferably chicken but vegetable will do, and spinach to serve. churchs - _____________________ zooes - _______________________ tomatos -______________________ partys - ________________________ computeres - ____________________ echos - __________________________ Utopia B. Type of word _______ C. Definition ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ D. 4. Reading Comprehension. Summarise the similarities between the events described: 5. Challenge Create a connections map for the following words: A: Exhausted from traveling, I fell into bed the minute I entered my room, Room 8. I was sleeping soundly until a chill woke me up. I opened my eyes and saw that a dark figure was looming over me! In the darkness I could just make out a strange man dressed in what appeared to be a hospital gown. He had boils all over his face and body, and pus oozed from the boils. He reached out a hand towards me and, terrified, I squeezed my eyes shut and screamed. B: I was jet-lagged and couldn't sleep. I don't know if it was because I was sleep-deprived or what, but I could swear I saw a dark form, even darker than the darkness in the room, in the corner. The longer I stared, the more I was able to make out some clear features: a face, arms, and a torso. Then, very slowly, it began moving towards me. I tried to just close my eyes, still thinking I was imagining it, but I could just feel it getting closer and closer. Social stratification Poverty Industrial Revolution ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Capitalism Class Use the other side to explain your links.

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Spring 1.5 Revising the curriculum When you read When you were learning During your