Friday, 31 March 2017

Competition Classwork


1.      Answer the following questions on what we have read so far:

  1.  In chapter 39, what does Zero confess to doing?
  2.  Why did people snicker when Hattie Parker told Gladys Tennyson that she was looking lovely this morning?
  3. Why did Hattie’s face go red when Gladys Tennyson said that her daughter was sick because she had eaten some bad meat?
  4. Define: contritely 
  5.  In chapter 41, Zero describes how he used to steal the things that he needed. Do you think it was wrong of him to steal? Explain your opinion.
  6. Why do you think that Stanley asks Zero if he wants to dig one more hole at the end of chapter 42?

When completed, continue reading in your small groups. 

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

First task for points

Read chapters 34-38 then answer the following questions:

1.Find an example of personification on page 152.
2.Define: Mirage.
3.Why do you think ‘Barf Bag’ stepped on a rattlesnake on purpose?
4.Why did Stanley keep taking a ‘mental snapshot’ of the Big Thumb?
5.Why was Stanley scared when he realised he was almost at the Big Thumb?
6.What was the first sign that Stanley and Zero were near water?

7.How was Stanley able to find water in the end?

Friday, 24 March 2017

Vocabulary


HOMEWORK: Please learn this vocabulary by next Friday for a class test. The test will also include questions of past tense verbs. 
  • A meadow 
  • Roots 
  • A nightgown 
  • A very proper person 
  • A leech 
  • To snigger 
  • To be flushed 
  • A butcher 
  • Contritely 
  • A trail 
  • Overhead 
  • Pointless
  • To shimmer 
  • A mirage 
  • Man-made
  • Raspy 
  • Sheepish
  • A miacle 
  • To take a sip 
  • To peel 
  • A layer 
  • Murky 
  • A cub scout 
  • A prize 
  • To be arrested 
  • To sneak 
  • To be evicted 
  • To dunk 
  • A thron 
  • To retrieve
  • Sandpaper 
  • To crawl 
  • Dizzy 

Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Tuesday Classwork

 ALL ACTIVITIES TO BE COMPLETED IN NOTEBOOKS :)

TASK 1: Read Chapter 33 of Holes then complete the activity below:




Task 2: Read Chapter 34 and 35 of Holes. Match up the following words from the novel to the correct definition.





Task 3: Read Chapter Chapter 36 and create a word/definition activity for difficult vocabulary.






Friday, 17 March 2017

8A Friday Classwork

Congratulations on finishing your 2nd trimester exams of year 8! 


Today you have a range of different activities you may chose from and do in any order you wish. You can:


  • Continue working on your Kate Barlow newspaper report 
  • Complete the Holes crosswords in your white work booklets 
  • Complete a poster displaying irregular past tense/past participal verbs - You can find this information in the back of grammar books
  • Use quizlet to revise irregular past tense verbs - play GRAVITY 

There will be a reward for those students that impress me most with their behaviour and effort. 

There will be time for Quizlet live at the end of the lesson. 

Image result for quizlet live

DON'T FORGET: You will need to hand your completed newspaper article on Monday, so make sure they are completed. 

Friday, 10 March 2017

Kissin' Kate Report





Features of a newspaper:
- Headline
- Sub-heading
- Columns
- Pictures
- Captions
- Who? what? when? where? why? how?


OPTIONAL EXTRA: How to age paper using tea



Thursday, 2 March 2017

Past Tense verbs activities (8A only)

TASK 1 (5 minutes) 
Look at the following passage written in the present tense. Fill in the gaps in the second passage with the same verbs but in the past tense:

I get up at about 8 ‘o’clock and go downstairs for some breakfast.  I walk down to the shop and I buy a banana and some orange juice.  I come back home and make myself a cup of tea.  Next, I listen to the football on the radio before I go and meet some friends at the cinema.  I then watch a film called Alice in Wonderland and then I go back home.  I cook some chicken and pasta for my dinner and I eat it quickly because I am hungry.


I ____ up at about 8 ‘o’clock and ______ downstairs for some breakfast.  I ______ down to the shop and I _______ a banana and some orange juice.  I _______ back home and _______ myself a cup of tea.  I _________ to the football on the radio before I ______ and _____ some friends at the cinema.  I ________ a film called Alice in Wonderland and then I ______ back home.  I _________ some chicken and pasta for my dinner and I ______ it quickly because I ______ hungry.



TASK 2 (10 minutes)
QUIZLET! - Irregular past tense verbs 
Use quizlet to revise irregular past tense verbs.


TASK 3
Irregular Past Tense Verbs

To show that something happened in the past the verb changes in a sentence. Usually we add ‘ed’ to the verb.
BUT some verbs are irregular; we don’t add ‘ed’ and the spelling changes.
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Use the irregular past tense verbs to change the verb in the sentences below. Rewrite the sentence correctly in your notebook using the irregular past tense verb.

1      1)   Yesterday, I find 10 pounds on the floor.
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2) Last week, we learn about flowers and seeds in science.
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3) Two months ago, I meet a famous film star!
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4) Last night, I sleep very badly it was too hot.
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5) Yesterday, I spend £10 on a toy.
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6) On Sunday last week, I swim for one hour.
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7) Last night my little brother build a toy house.
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8) When I was 4 I ride a bike for the 1st time.
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9) Yesterday, I see a ghost!
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10) Before, I always forget how to spell hippopotamus.
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11) Yesterday he say, “bring your book today.”
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12) When I was in year 1 the teacher teach me about spelling.
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13) Before I always eat candy. Now I have stopped.
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14) Yesterday, I run very far.
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15) Last week, my mum give me £5.
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16) Yesterday for lunch I drink milk.
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17) When I was 2 I draw very badly. Now I am better at drawing.
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18) Last year I get a bike for my birthday.
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