Year 9 Homework Grid: Spring Term: Consolidating Progressing Skills. Students should complete one task a week. All written work should be coherent and accurate.
Write a summary of the play Romeo and Juliet. Divide
the summary into acts and use bullet points to note
the main events.
w/c 9th January 2017
Find the opening to the gothic novel Frankensteinavailable on line or from the library. Read from the
start to the end of paragraph 2 ‘such as mine’.
Identify any words that you don’t understand, find
the meaning and record them in your vocabulary
book.
w/c 30th January 2017
Create a Facebook page for 3 of the following
characters in Romeo and Juliet: Romeo, Juliet, Lord
Capulet, Lady Capulet and Friar Lawrence. What
would they say about themselves? What photo would
they use?
w/c 27th February 2017
Create a revision card for the correct use of commas,
semi colons and colons. Ensure there are clear
explanations and colour coding to aid retention.
w/c 20th March 2017
Create a revision aid for literary devices. Ensure it is
clear and with examples of usage. Include:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration/sibilance/assonance
Pathetic fallacy
w/c 16th January 2017
Create a revision aid for word classes. Ensure it is clear
and has examples. Include:
proper noun/common noun/collective noun/ abstract
noun/pronoun/verb/adjective/adverb/
definite article/indefinite article/connective/
conjunction
Research what is meant by gothic literature and make
notes. Include:
The features of gothic literature
When it was most popular
Examples of novels which are classed as gothic
literature.
An example of a paragraph from a gothic novel
showing some of the features.
w/c 23rd January 2017
w/c 6th February 2017
Complete a self-assessment of a piece of your written
work.
In a different colour pen proof read and improve your
work.
Re-draft your work and consider your handwriting
carefully.
w/c 13th February 2017
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w/c 6 March 2017
Memorise the last 6 lines of the prologue from Romeo
and Juliet
w/c 27th March 2017
Memorise the first 8 lines of the prologue from Romeo
and Juliet
Write a blog entry from the perspective of Romeo or
Juliet following their first meeting.
w/c 13th March 2017
Research the meaning and make notes on the following
terminology. Give examples:
Dramatic irony
Flashback
Narrative viewpoint
Motifs
w/c 3rd April 2017
Year 9 Homework Grid: Summer Term: Consolidating Progressing Skills. Students should complete one task a week. All written work should be coherent and accurate.
Produce a factual resource which shows an
understanding of how life in London would have
been when the poem London by William Blake,
was published. Look at housing, education, health
and crime
Memorise two stanzas from one of the poems you Create a revision card for poetic devices. Include
simile, metaphor, personification, plus at least 5
have studied – Charge of the Light Brigade,
other devices.
Bayonet Charge, London or Prelude
w/c: 24th April 2017
Research and make notes on life in the trenches
during WW1. Find at least 3 quotes from soldiers
that actually experienced being in the trenches.
w/c: 1st May 2017
Write a diary entry for one of the characters in a
poem you have studied which explain their
thoughts and feelings – for example the soldier in
Bayonet Charge or the chimney sweep in London
w/c: 8th May 2017
Memorise two stanzas from another of the
poems you have studied – Charge of the Light
Brigade, Bayonet Charge, London or Prelude
w/c: 15th May 2017
Create a spider map for an upper class young girl
and a working class young girl. Research and
make notes about their lives. Consider aspects
such as education, clothing, what they did with
their day, how they lived. Colour code your notes
so you can compare the difference in their lives.
w/c: 22nd May 2017
Revise your motes on description and then
produce a description of Mr Birling. Given your
knowledge of him from his manner and stage
directions try to ‘show not tell’ what his character
is like. Aim to write 2-3 paragraphs.
w/c: 5th June 2017
Create a plot summary for An Inspector Calls.
w/c: 12th June 2017
Find 10 words you don’t /didn’t understand from
An Inspector Calls. Add them to your vocabulary
book and their meaning.
w/c: 19th June 2017
Imagine you are the director for a new production
of An Inspector Calls. Look at the opening of the
play and produce a diagram showing how the
setting would look. You can draw or use images
from the internet or magazines etc. Label at least
3 of the images with the impression they would
give the audience
w/c: 26th June 2017
Imagine you are Eric or Sheila. Write your diary
entry for the end of the night.
w/c 10th July 2017
w/c 17th July 2017
w/c: 3rd July 2017
HAVE A LOVELY SUMMER!