English Weekly Homework Grids for Year 9 - Autumn Term Tasks

Weekly Homework Grids YEAR 9 BOOKLET Autumn Part 2 Grid Comment 1.6 Name: _____________________________ Teacher: ____________________________ Room: ______________________________ 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10

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) 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. 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. 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.

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Autumn 1.6 1. Spelling What is the difference between a prefix and a suffix? Give two examples for each. 2. Grammar and punctuation Name the sentence types: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Misanthropic Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Does it have positive or negative connotations?_________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 1. ____________________________________ 2. Because it was raining, she put her hood on. ____________________________________ 3. He was handsome and she was beautiful. ____________________________________ Loneliness. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension. How has the writer used language to present the woman? 5. Technique 6. Challenge Rank order these three characters in order of who you dislike the most: George, Lennie or Candy. Explain your top choice. Raul was as good as gold. Her real face was so crumpled and wizened, so shrunken and shrivelled, it looked as though it had been pickled in vinegar. It was a fearsome and ghastly sight. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ What is this technique? ____________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Autumn 1.6 Revising the curriculum When reading 'Of Mice of and Men' you have looked at the technique of foreshadowing (page 9 of your KB). When reading 'Of Mice of and Men' you have been looking at examples of symbolism (page 9 of your KB). Summarise what the following items from 'Of Mice and Men' symbolise (page 28). Thinking about symbolism, think about the following biblical quotes. Explore the symbolism: Describe one event from the beginning of the novel that foreshadows a later event: Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire. St. Catherine of Siena __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ What happens in the beginning? In the beginning _____________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Why does St Catherine of Siena use the word 'fire', what does it symbolise? fire __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________ What later event is it foreshadowing? This foreshadows how later on _______ _____________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ _________________________ __________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

Year 9 English Homework Grid Autumn 1.7 1. Spelling Circle the correct spellings: 1. excellense/ excellence 2. excercise/ exercise 3. achieve/ achieve 4. foreign/ forerain 5. solder/ Soldier 6. heigt/ height 7. neccessary/ necessary 8. parliament/ parliament 9. enviroment/ environment 10. onomatopoeia/ onomatopieao 2. Grammar and punctuation Label the subject and verbs in the following sentences: 1. He took Daisy to the party. 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Sacrifice Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Is sacrifice making a good or a bad thing?____________________________ _____________________________________ __________________________________ 2. Sheila was a very happy person. 3. The dog sat on the mat. 4. Peter had three brothers. 5. The shinning star shone brightly. 5. Technique Improve the following overused similes: 6. Challenge Find examples of the following linguistic features in everyday items: 4. Reading Comprehension. You couldn't be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn't be a Surplus if you were loved. as quiet as a mouse _________________________________ _________________________________ 2. as fast as a cheetah _________________________________ ________________________________ 3. as cold as ice _________________________________ _________________________________ 1. Puns Alliteration Hyperbole Rhetorical Questions Direct Address Superlative What can you infer about the word Surplus from this quote? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ You can present this however you like, but you may wish cut these real-life examples. Challenge: Can you explain their effects?

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Autumn 1.7 Revising the curriculum Whilst reading 'Of Mice and Men', you have learned the following words. Look up what they mean and se them in a sentence? (Use Page 17 of your KB) Think about novels that you have read in Year 7 and 8. Select two words from the previous task and explain how your chosen word links to those texts. During your study of Grammar, you learned about using commas. Look at page 4 of your KB. An complete the following task. Word: ___________________________ How should you use commas? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ WORD Write a sentence using the word _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Aspirational Ethical Explain how commas have been used in the following sentences. Marginalised My brother, believe it or not, loaned me 1000. _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Word: ___________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Naive For dinner I had soup, fish, chicken, dessert, and coffee. _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Solitary

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Autumn 1.8 1. Spelling Can you explain the meaning created by the following prefixes: 2. Grammar and punctuation Add the missing commas: 3. Vocabulary Find synonyms for the colour: Were very pleased with the schools decision to construct a new cafeteria and student lounge. These new facility s will definitely raise the quality of student life. However, we would like to request several features. First, we would like the cafeteria to be furnished with round tables. Long table s with benches keep many student s from engaging in meaningful conversations during lunch. 'un-' as is uncover: __________________ _________________________________ 'pre-' as in preorder: ______________ ___________________________________ 're-' as in review: ______________________ ____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension. Compare the differences between the two people described: 5. Challenge Describe a person in detail follow Roald Dahl's example. ______________________________ ______ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ___________________________ A: The teacher was called Miss Honey, and she could not have been more than twenty-three or twenty-four. She had a lovely pale oval Madonna face with blue eyes and her hair was light-brown. Her body was so slim and fragile one got the feeling that if she fell over she would smash into a thousand pieces, like a porcelain figure. B: Miss Trunchbull, the Headmistress, was something else altogether. She was a gigantic holy terror, a fierce tyrannical monster who frightened the life out of the pupils and teachers alike. When she marched along a corridor you could actually hear her snorting as she went, and if a group of children happened to be in her path, she ploughed right on through them like a tank, with small people bouncing off her to the left and right. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Autumn 1.7 Revising the curriculum Whilst reading 'Of Mice and Men', you have learned the following words. Look up what they mean and se them in a sentence? (Use Page 17 of your KB) Think about your reading of GhostBoy . How do these words that you learned whilst reading Of Mice and Men link to this novel. During your study of Grammar, you learned about using semi-colons. Look at page 4 of your KB. An complete the following task. How should you use semi-colons? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Word: ___________________________ WORD Write a sentence using the word Aspirational _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Ethical Explain why a semi-colon has been used in the following sentence. Marginalised I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight. _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Word: ___________________________ Naive _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Solitary

Year 9 English Homework Grid Autumn 1.9 1. Spelling, grammar and meaning Root words: in English grammar, a root is a word or portion of a word from which other words grow. Most words in the English language are based on words from ancient Greek and Latin e.g. the word benevolent had the Latin root word 'bene' meaning 'good' therefore it means 'well meaning and kind'. Find the meaning of the following Latin root words and find a word for an example: 2. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Pugnacious 'dict' as in 'dictate' = _________________________________________________________ 'port' as in 'export' = _________________________________________________________ 'omni' as in omnivorous = _____________________________________________________ Can you find one other? __________________________________________________________________________ Type of word _______ Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 3. Reading Comprehension. 'Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of Pemberley Woods with some perturbation; and when at length they turned in at the lodge, her spirits were in a high flutter. The park was very large, and contained great variety of ground. They entered it in one of its lowest points, and drove for some time through a beautiful wood stretching over a wide extent.' How does Elizabeth feel in the extract? Explain _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Technique What is this technique? ____________ 5. Challenge Write a pitch to sell/persuade an audience to buy a pencil: (use a pun) What is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Autumn 1.9 Revising the curriculum Themes are universal ideas that reappear throughout literature. How do the themes from Of Mice and Men link to Ghost Boys ? When you were reading Of Mice and Men , you looked at narrative structures. In your own words, what happens in Of Mice and Men at each stage of the novel (page 14 of your KB) During your study of Grammar, you learned about using colons. Look at page 4 of your KB. An complete the following task. How should you use colons? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Exposition: ___________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Explain why a colon has been used in the following sentence. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Climax: ______________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Me and my sisters are really excited: we're going to Disneyland! _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Resolution : _________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

Year 9 English Homework Grid Autumn 1.10 1. Spelling Correct the missing capital letters. Explain your changes: 1. john went to the closest shop. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 2. My favourite book is 'the jungle book'. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 3. cats are awesome! _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 2. Grammar and punctuation Explain why the comma is needed: 3. Vocabulary What is the meaning of this word? Prejudice Type of word _______ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Definition ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4. Reading Comprehension. What can you infer about the situation based on these first lines from the 'Reluctant Fundamentalist' by Hamid? 5. Technique 6. Challenge Write the opening to a speech addressing the below issue: 'It is hard to be the real you in a world that constantly demands for someone else.' _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ (You can write a full version for We Are Writers) Move it now! Move it now! 'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard: I am a lover of America.' _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________ What is this technique? ____________ Challenge: what is the effect? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

Year 9 English Weekly Homework Autumn 1.10 Revising the curriculum When reading 'Of Mice of and Men' you have looked at the technique of foreshadowing (page 9 of your KB). When you read Private Peaceful, you learned about the following themes: When reading 'Of Mice of and Men' you have looked at symbolism (page 28 of your KB). Family and Loyalty Loss Justice and Injustice Have you spotted any foreshadowing in Ghost Boys? Have you spotted any symbolism in Ghost Boys? Choose one of these themes and explain how it links to the story of Ghost Boys so far. Give examples from the book to support your ideas and use your knowledge book to help you. What happens in the beginning? Symbol: ________________ In the beginning _____________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Explanation: ________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ ________________________________ Theme: ______________________________ This links to Ghost Boys because... _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ What later event is it foreshadowing? This foreshadows how later on _______ ________________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Symbol: ________________ Explanation: ________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ ________________________________