Week commencing 18th May

English 

Reading Activity 1

Read a book of your choice and tell someone about what you have read.

Reading Activity 2

Read a book of your choice and tell someone about what you have read.

Reading Activity 3

Read a book of your choice and tell someone about what you have read.

Reading Activity 4

Read a book of your choice and tell someone about what you have read.

Reading Activity 5

Read a book of your and tell someone about what you have read.

Write a book review telling the teacher why he should read the book. Think about:

Why you liked it. What were the exciting parts, the sad parts etc.

What surprised you about the story?

Do you have a favourite character?

Words of the Week

Word 1: apparent

Word 2: sufficient

Word 3: pronunciation

Word 4: programme

Word 5: inferior

Learn how to say it, spell it, its definition and use it in 3 different sentences to show you can use it

Activity 1

Using your learning and notes from the previous week beginning 11^th May, plan your article using the format provided:

Activity 2

Today (using your plan) you are going to write your headline, by-line and lead paragraph.

Ensure you Headline is big and bold. It can contain wordplay such as alliteration. You should concentrate on answering the 4 ws from the lead paragraph. Ensure you use a variety of sentence starters and phrases. You should be writing using formal language.

Activity 3

Today (using your plan) you are going to write paragraph 3 and 4. Ensure you write about your 2 products in detail. Make sure you punctuate your direct speech perfectly.

Activity 4

Today you are going edit your work.

Consider:

Does it make sense? Is it punctuated correctly? Do you have a variety of conjunctions? Does it sound formal? Does it sound like you support Fairtrade?

Examples of specific writing to include:

Varied formal sentence starters

• According to
• In addition
• Subsequently
• Increasingly
• Furthermore
• The popular view is
• Many believe
• Despite further evidence

Alternatives to said

• Exclaimed
• Urged
• Stated
• Preached
• Commented
• Reported
• Quoted
• Divulged

Topic vocabulary

• Modern
• Sustainability
• Protection
• Economy
• Security
• Big business
• Companies
• Equality

Activity 5

Publish your final draft including all of the correction you made. Use the following template to guide/create your final write up design. You can also include your own pictures with a caption explaining the picture, maybe with an interesting fact linked to your article.