January 28, 29, 30

January 28, 29, 30
What is free verse poetry?

http://lugezi.com/images/

These poems may use internal rhyme, repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia.

Criterion C - Communicating in response to spoken, written or visual text
1.  Write a free verse poem: minimum 50 lines

January 21, 22, 23

2.  Could you be a poet?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zxcbb9q

3. Activity:  Translate by Benjamin Zephaniah
ATL: Creative-thinking skills: Create original workds and ideas; Use existing works and ideas in new ways.

Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Birmingham in the UK, and grew up in Jamaica and the UK.  He became famous in the 1980s with his powerful political poetry. He was one of the poets tht made dub poetry famous. Dub poetry is a form of performance poetry that evolved from reggae music and is sometimes performed over music.

4. Research:  What is spoken poetry? What is dub poetry?  What is dis poetry?

Complete:
5.  Task 1   pp.34-35

6.  Task 2   p. 34  To be done individually
  Criterion C - Write a poem or spoken-word piece inspired by and performed over a piece of music

January 14, 15, 16

January 14

in, at, on - time
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/time-prepositions-exercise-2.html
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/prepositions_at_in_on_time.htm
https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/prepositions-time-quiz/
https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-16425.php
https://agendaweb.org/grammar/prepositions-of-time-exercises.html

January 15 
1.  Criterion A - Assessment

2.  in, at, on - place    online exercises
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/prepositions-of-place-exercise-1.html
https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/in-on-at-prepositions-place
https://agendaweb.org/grammar/prepositions-exercises.html
https://www.englishgrammar.org/prepositions-place-exercise/
https://www.really-learn-english.com/at-in-on-prepositions-of-place.html

January 16

1.  Language register is the level of formality with which you speak. Explain this in your own words to a Year 7 student. Support your answer by including examples. Write your response in your notebook.

2.  Links to: Individuals and societies - History    p. 32
Song lyrics often contain slang words and expressions. By listening to songs from different time periods, we can get an insight into the slang words that were popular at that time. They also provide an insight into culture trends, fashion and society.

Task 1 - complete Task 1

In pairs, translate the following phrases from the song into Standard English expressions. Which ones are still in use today? . . .     p. 32
http://teachrock.org/video/the-beach-boys-fun-fun-fun-1964/

Task 2 - complete Task 2
Match the song slang with the correct meaning.   p. 32

January 7, 8, 9

January 7
1.  Task 3, p. 29
In pairs, have a go a making your own Shakespearean insults. Visit this website and coose a word from each colum:  www.pangloss.com/seidel/shake_rule.html.

To get a feel for Shakespearean insults: https://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-insults/

For fun check out this site: http://insult.dream40.org/

2.  Quia Quiz - Irregular Verbs - Infinitive - Past Simple - Past Participle #1

http://www.quia.com/quiz/6369090.html 

January 8
The World's English mania

• Visit this website and watch the video "The world's English mania" by Jay Walker       http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-world-s-english-mania-jay-walker#watch

1. Identify what Jay Walker says is the world's newest mania   (strand i)
2. Explain in your own words the meaning of the word "mania"  (strand ii)
3. Evaluate what manias can be
4. Identify how many people are trying to learn English around the world  (strand i)
5. When do Chinese students start to learn English (strand i)
6. Why does Jay say that people want to learn English? Do you agree or disagree? Justify your response with information from the text. (strand iii)
7. In two sentences, identify the type of audio-visual text that is used and its basic purpose.  (strand ii)
8. After viewing the video, analyse the way students learn English in China. In your opinion, is this a good way to learn a language? Why? Why not?  (strand iii)
9. What is your experience of learning English?   (strand iii)
10. What other universal languages are there?   (strand i)
11. Synthesize the video using your own words.  (strand i)

January 9
Criterion A (Comprehening Spoken and Written Language) Assessment