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Volume 1, Issue 1
September 2010—July 2011
Crime Unit of Work
Inside this issue:
Task One:
Define the word Crime?
Task two:
Practice spelling of key
words. Make a list.
Task Two:
Find an example of a
formal report and identify the main features.
Task Three:
Explain the two types of
questions and write 5
examples of each.
Task Four:
Watch ‘The Bill’ or similar
police series. Prepare a
feedback to the class.
Task Five:
Map the positions/roles
of police officers in an
investigation.
Holes (narrative/
novel)
2
Task Six:
Media — Magazines
3
Imagine you witnessed a
crime (theft for example)
write a simple report for
the police.
Scripts & Screenplays
4
Introduction to
Shakespeare
5
Greek Myths
6
Key Words—
Words—
Spellings
7
Targets & Feedback
8
Task Seven:
Identify an example of
an Eye Witness report in
the news. Copy into your
exercise book.
Task Eight:
Bring an example of a
comic strip to use a model next lesson.
Task Nine:
Mind map—what are the
main ingredients of a
‘Wanted’ poster.
Crime Scene Investigation
involves the examination of
clues and selection of pertinent clues to formally present
a case as a prosecutor.
Task Ten:
Define the term Forensic
Science.
Task Eleven:
Select a Broadsheet and
a Tabloid headline with
Crime Unit of work continued...
Word Bank:
• Criminology
• Investigation
• Suspicion
Task Twelve:
Task Fourteen:
Task Sixteen:
• Pertinent
What is a Ballad? Select an
example of a crime Ballad.
Draw and label a courtroom including the Jury,
Judge, Witnesses, etc. etc.
Recap the features of the
front page of a newspaper.
Draw a label a Tabloid and
a Broadsheet front page.
• Distinguish
Task Seventeen:
• Legislations
Complete Self-Assessment.
• Conviction
Task Thirteen:
Define Simple, Complex
and Compound Sentences
with examples.
Task Fifteen:
Research the main features
of a Trail in court.
• Detective
• Forensic Science
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SWS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Holes by Louis Sachar
Task One:
Task Six:
Describe the front cover of your
best read from primary school or
favorite book you have read.
Research the history of curses—
were they real and worked?
Task Seven:
Task Two:
Get an example of an ID card to
model.
Design a poster of your own Similes and Metaphors with the definitions and examples (10 of each).
Task Eight:
Write a summary of the plot including the subplot.
Task Three:
Write one of Madame Zeroni’s stories, use a variety of imaginative
writing features: use the sense,
figurative language and varied
sentences to make it interesting /
engaging.
Task Four:
Make a list of high level descriptive
vocabulary.
Judge a book by its cover: what clues
does the front cover give about the story?
Task Nine:
Plan a prediction of the next chapter or event in the novel.
Task Five:
Task Ten:
Define literary terms—
onomatopoeia; personification;
alliteration; repetition including
examples.
Imagine you are one of the boys at
Camp Green Lake, describe how
you might escape. Use imaginative
and creative descriptions.
Task Eleven:
Choose another character at Camp
Green Lake and write his diary of
the events at the camp now. Show
how he feels about the recent
events and what he might do.
Task Twelve:
Develop high level vocabulary—
select top 20 new words to use in
your own writing in this unit of
work. Add to your word bank.
What are the holes in holes by Louis Sachar
Task Thirteen:
Task Fifteen:
Task Seventeen:
Write a summary of the novel; this
must include the links between the
main and sub-plot.
Write a chapter which follows the
adventures of Stanley and Zero.
Give the chapter an appropriate
title.
Write a review of Holes the novel
using the key features of the book
review.
Task Fourteen:
Examine how the novel ends for
the boys, describe imaginatively
how their life changes.
Task Sixteen:
Select an example of a book review, identify the key features.
Task Eighteen:
Summarize the plot of the film
Holes to form part of your review
of the film. Compare book vs. film.
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
PAGE 3
Media—Magazines
Task One:
Task Six:
Define the key term Journalist,
write the meaning in your book.
Create list of common vocabulary
in magazine articles about celebrities or music or sport etc. Identify
the words and phrases that are
used in these types of magazines.
Task Two:
List key magazine terms from the
previous lesson.
Task Seven:
Task Three:
Task Four:
Mind map the proposal (ideas) for
your own magazine, for example,
the target audience, key features
such as the types of pictures, the
style etc.
Spider diagram the design of the
front cover of your own magazine.
Task Eight:
Select a magazine front cover of
your choice.
Research the features of a selected
magazine to identify what makes it
effective / appealing to the target
audience.
Task Five:
Research the various types of ageappropriate / teen magazines.
with a newspaper
article.
The joke being using the words
‘Foot Doctor’ instead of podiatrist.
Task Ten:
Task Twelve:
Explain the primary
differences between
a Tabloid and a
Broadsheet.
What are the rules for writing an
effective headline.
Task Eleven:
Task Nine:
Spider diagram the conventions of
a magazine article. Compare these
Task Thirteen:
What is a magazine Editorial?
Find examples of funny headlines. They are usually a
play on words. For example:
‘Hospitals sued by 7 Foot Doctors.’
Magazine unit of work
Task Fifteen:
Target Audience means the primary
or specific group that the advertised
product is appealing to whether it
might be kids, women, singles,
twenty-something etc.
Create a poster of the variety of
connectives with examples.
Task Sixteen:
Brainstorm the main features of a
television news broadcast.
Task Seventeen:
What is a transcript or autocue?
Task Eighteen:
Spider diagram the conventions
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SWS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Scripts and Screenplays
Task One:
Task Six:
Task Seven:
Summarise the plots of Romeo
and Juliet.
Create a Word Bank of relevant
British and American words
such as ‘trunk’ (USA) and
Annotate “The Room is Utterly
Silent;” complete class work.
Task Two:
Research the history and setting
of Romeo and Juliet screenplay.
Task Eight:
Create a list of high level verbs
related to movement such as amble, meander, gallop, etc.
Task Three:
Research any other play written
by William Shakespeare and
was converted into a film.
Task Nine:
Task Four:
Task Ten:
Identify the roles of those involved in a film from Actor to
Director etc.
Complete transforming annotations into filming notes.
“All the World’s a
stage and men and
Task Five:
Identify common American slang
words such as ‘barf’ for vomit
and ‘cop’ for police, etc.
Task Eleven:
Create a formal letter format.
‘boot’ (UK) for example.
Find an example of a radio play.
Taken from Scripts to Plays on Screen and Stage
Task Fourteen:
Task Twelve:
What are the features
or key ingredients of a
radio play?
Task Thirteen:
What is a commentary? Select examples
to explain.
How does a script turn from
an idea into a screen or stage
play, all the time being edited
by editors etc. along the way?
Task Sixteen:
Task Eighteen:
Develop with descriptions and
images to complete the ’Granny
Project’ character profile.
Identify the varied
techniques used by
writers to develop a
character.
Task Seventeen:
Task Nineteen:
What is a ‘back story’ of a character?
Create a checklist for
writing a script.
Imagine or remember a tense
moment. Describe the situation.
Task Fifteen:
Select a film or event, note the
behaviour of the speaker as he
tells a story and the reaction of
the listener what he is told.
Task Twenty:
Complete selfassessment of
your narratives
that were then
converted into
scripts. Set a
target.
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
PAGE 5
Introduction to Shakespeare
Task One:
Task Four:
Task Five:
Complete research on the life
and times of William Shakespeare.
Identify which play the lines the
quote was taken from (I said it).
Complete ‘All the world’s a
stage’ storyboard and plan a
modern version.
Task Two:
Task Six:
Mind map the experiences of
those who visited The Globe
Theatre; include who wanted it
and who were against it.
What are the main features of a
comedy and a tragedy? Give
examples from plays or films.
Task Seven:
Task Three:
Create a spider diagram of the
Tudor times including examples
of the vocabulary of the times.
William Shake-
Create a character profile of
‘Bottom’ in Midsummer
Night’s Dream using high level
adjectives.
Elizabethan England—Horrible Histories
Task Eight:
Task Ten:
Task Eleven:
Collect an example of a ‘lonely
hearts’ advert to
select the features
of the text.
List modern
versions of
Shakespeare
plays, e.g. ‘10
things I hate
about you’
and ‘She’s
the man.’
Complete storyboard and timeline of ‘R&J.’
Task Nine:
Practise spellings.
Task Twelve:
Who would play
the witches in
your version of
Macbeth?
Research fascinating facts and features
Task Thirteen:
Task Fifteen:
Plan the design of an information leaflet on
Shakespeare for Year 7.
Complete self and
group assessment.
Task Sixteen:
Task Fourteen:
Practise lines and select
costumes for the play.
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
Set targets based on
assessments for R /
W / S&L.
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SWS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Greek myths
Task One:
Task Five:
Task Seven:
What is a Greek Myth? Give
brief explanation and at least
two examples .
Revise the features of a newspaper headline and article.
Select images and ideas to
make a spider diagram of your
perfect room.
Task Two:
Task Six:
Mind map what makes a hero.
Task Eight:
What are the main ingredients
of a myth? Consider examples
from other cultures.
Research ‘the fall of Icarus.’
Task Three:
What are the features of a saga?
Task Nine:
Task Ten:
Summarise the myth of Theseus
and the Minotaur.
Who were Hades, Orpheus and
Eurydice?
Task Four:
Research the myth Perseus and
the Gorgon for next lesson.
Ancient Greek Myths and
Legends from Zeus to Hades
Task Eleven:
Recap conventions of a myth.
Z e u s * H e r a * P o s e i d o n * A r e s * A p h ro d i t e * H a d e s
Task Twelve:
Task Thirteen:
Create a variety of sentences
Research ideal actors (without
and bank of at
copying
least 20 high
existing
The
Ancient
Greeks
believed
in
and
level adjectives
films) to
worshiped ‘gods’ who controlled
to be used in
star in the
the all things in nature from the
your own myth.
Greek
Include key
Myth to
heavens above to hell below.
be made.
ingredients.
Task Seventeen:
Plan a presentation to the class
on Helen of Troy. Use PowerPoint, pictures, moving images
and text.
Task Eighteen:
Self-Asses performance and set
targets at the end of this unit of
work.
Task Fourteen:
Research the mythological
character ‘Helen of Troy.’
Task Fifteen:
Bring film poster to the lesson.
Task Sixteen:
What makes a good speaker?
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
PAGE 7
Spellings: Look—Cover—Write—Check
Criminology
Research
Mythology
Theatre
Imagination
Production
Director
Forensic
Report
Diagram
Saga
Epic
Explanation
Summary
Correct spelling means practise and
applying the strategy that works
for YOU—here’s one method that
works for most of us.
Legends
Introduction
Commentary
Midsummer
Conventions
Suspect
Shakespeare
Narrative
Editorial
Tragedy
Quote
Magazine
Compare
Issue
Contrast
Rehearsal
Production
Ancient
Fascinating
Creativity
Ballad
Adjectives
Presentation
Tabloid
Define
Ingredients
Broadsheet
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Crime
Holes
Media—Magazines
Scripts and Screenplays
Introduction to
Shakespeare
Greek m yths