Adverts - Useful phrases

How to say where things are:

On the right / left
At the front / back / the top / the bottom
In the top right hand corner. In the bottom right hand corner.
In the middle / centre
Next to / besides / between /


How to say what the different elements could represent:

In my opinion the boy represents /shows / illustrates / portrays / symbolises / depicts / signifies/ highlights family life and chilhood.

How to express your idea about who the target audience could be:

I think the target audience might be...
Perhaps the target audience could be...
In my opinion the target audience are...
The target audience could possibly be...
One could argue that the target audience are...
The target audience are most likely ...

Holes Comprehension questions - FINISH FOR FRIDAY 27TH JANUARY

Read over chapter 19 individually and answer these reading comprehension questions.
1/ How did Squid react to Stanley´s friendly comments at the beginning of the chapter?
2/ Did Stanley want the sack of sunflower seeds?
3/ On page 86 on the 6th line why is the word into in italics?
4/ Give a definition on the verb to mutter on page 86.
5/ Does Stanley take the blame for stealing the sunflower seeds? Why or why not?
6/ Write a short summary of no more than 5 lines of chapter 19.

Work for Wednesday 18th January

Hello lovely year 8,

1. Look at the following website.

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

It has lots of the information we were discussing yesterday. Read through it and then attempt some of the exercises at teh bottom of the page.

COPY and PASTE at least five of these exercises into a word document to show me on Friday.

2. Start designing a poster on the uses of the passive voice and on its formation (like the tables we looked at on Tuesday)

Have fun!

NOTE: YOUR FIRST ASSESSMENT OF THE TERM WILL BE ON TUESDAY 24TH JANUARY.
This will be criteria B (Reading comprehension) and Critera D (Grammar). Passive voice and being able to use it in various tenses will be tested!

Chapter 16 Holes - Copy the definitions and find the correct words or phrases

1/ an odd description of the human body (page 72)

2/ another way of saying sofa (page 72)

3/ a sound expressing pain (page 73)

4/ another way of saying broken (page 73)

5/ another way of saying to take away (page 73)

6/ what you put on a pen or jar to close it (page 73)

7/ another way of saying to stop (page 74)

8/ a stealthy act or movement  (page 74)

9/ one supposes that (page 74)

10/  a revelation/discovery (page 75)

Wednesday 30th November 2016

Tasks for today:

1. Finish your poster about Cry, the beloved country (see the blog post below this one). This is the last lesson we will have to finish these. Remember, there will be prizes for the best ones. 

When you have finished it, hand it into me or send them to me at banwellsfp@gmail.com. I must have these before the end of today´s lesson for them to be considered for the prize.

Some of your posters are FANTASTIC and we will display them so everyone else can see them :)


2. Prepare a powerpoint presentation about South Africa. This should include TEN INTERESTING FACTS about the country. This could be information about important historical events, famous people who are from there, information about the geography / South African cities or anything else you think is important. Make sure you include pictures as well as the information. When you finish this, please also send it to me at banwellsfp@gmail.com. 

Jornada Help

Attention the amazing 8C!!

LINK FOR INFORMATION

Using this link, please complete a WordArt poster of the information contained on this website.

You should include:

The characters, the authors, the key dates, the themes, the setting, the cities.

...and anything else you think is important. Make sure you include pictures too that are relevant!

You can use your computer to design your poster and to find out any extra information.

There will be prizes for the posters with the most detail and most interesting designs...!

Work to be completed whilst orals are being done.

YOU NEED TO REMAIN IN SILENCE WHILST THE ORALS ARE BEING COMPLETED.

1: You can continue to prepare for your orals in silence whilst your colleagues are doing theirs.

2. On Friday, we will complete your 67% reading comprehension. Part of this will be testing if you can PEE (point, evidence, explain). Revise for this using your notes, using the blog post and completing the Holes - Lesson 3 activity on P22 of your workbook.

3. Complete pages 9 and 10, exercises 1-5 in your booklet.

4. Complete the reading activities pages 11-14. This is good practice for your reading assessment on Friday. 

Read the texts and make a vocabulary list of 10 or more words you do not know / words that are good for this topic. Copy them and DEFINE them in your own words.