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Index of Assignments Eyemouth High School

Page 20 Department of English and Literacy

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This version 2012/1

Tools for Writing Homework Book 1

Experiences and Outcomes I can spell most of the words I need to communicate, using spelling rules, specialist vocabulary, self correction techniques and a range of resources (Lit 2-21a) In both short and extended texts, I can use appropriate punctuation, vary my sentence structures and divide my work into paragraphs in a way which makes sense to my reader. (Lit 2-22a) Throughout the writing process, I can check that my writing makes sense and meets its purpose. (Lit 2-23a)

Assignment 1 – Capital Letters Assignment 41– Writing

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Capital letters are used for: a) people’s names; for example: Charles Dickens, J. K. Rowling b) place names; for example: Edinburgh, Trafalgar Square c) brand names; for example: Ford Focus, Volkswagon Golf d) TV programme names; for example: ‘Neighbours’, ‘BBC News’ e) names of countries; for example: Scotland, Wales f) names of famous places; for example: The White House, Buckingham Palace g) names of religions; for example: Hinduism, Christianity h) names of days; for example: Wednesday, Christmas Eve i) names of organisations: for example, Manchester United Football Club, Heart of Midlothian j) names or titles of books or papers; for example: The Daily Record, ‘James and the Giant Peach’

Write a rant. Pick something that annoys you and write between 50-100 words where you rant about why it annoys you. This can be anything!!!

Task:Rewrite the following sentences, adding in all capital letters. 1. paris is the capital of france (2 capital letters) 2. planes fly from heathrow (2 capital letters) 3. she went to germany for her holiday (2 capital letters) 4. ipswich town are my favourite football team in England (2 capital letters) 5. many people have visited buckingham palace (3 capital letters) 6. we went by plane to spain (2 capital lettes) 7. i used to live in manor road but now I live in harrow road (3 capital letters) 8. the player moved from manchester united to ipswich town (5 capital letters) 9. france, germany and italy are all in Europe (4 capital let-ters.) 10. not everybody likes the millennium dome (3 capital let-ters)

A noun is a naming word. It can be a person, place, thing or activity.

Assignment 40– Adjectives

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Assignment 2 – Nouns

Task: Copy out the following sentences into your jotter and underline the adjective. 1. The soft bear. Lay on the crumpled bed. 2. The bright, shiny star twinkled in the night sky. 3. The clever owl hooted my favourite tune. 4. The happy child sag a beautiful song. 5. The angry rabbit hopped across the busy road. Task: Copy and complete the following sentences using adjectives. 1. The ____________ man ran across the

________ street. 2. The _________ girl bought a ________ skirt. 3. The _________ dog barked loudly at the

_______ man. 4. The __________ bird sang in the ________

tree. 5. The ________ water at the _________ beach

was so ________!

Task: Sort the following list of nouns into either: person, place or thing. Make a chart in your jotter.

An Adjective is a describing word.

Assignment 3 – Writing Assignment 39– Hyperbole

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Show not tell: this type of writing asks you to focus on the action and facial expressions of the character to SHOW how they are feeling. 1. Write a sentence which shows that Ben is

ANGRY. 2. Write a sentence which shows that Ryan is

SLEEPY. 3. Write a sentence which shows Sue is

SURPRISED. 4. Write a sentence which shows that Sandra is

bored. 5. Write a sentence which shows that George is

HAPPY.

Task: Copy the following sentences into your jotter and identify if each one is a hyperbole or not. Write HYPERBOLE or NONE after each sentence. 1) I’m so hungry I could eat a whole elephant! 2) May is the nicest month of the year. 3) Her brightly coloured dress hurt his eyes. 4) Larry was such a big baby that this parents had

to use bed sheets for nappies. 5) I ate all of my salad for lunch. 6) As I approached the horse, it seemed larger

than it had in the pasture. 7) The roof rose up and down to the rhythm of the

loud music. 8) We thought the apple pie was the best kind of

dessert for the party. 9) The dog was so dirty that it had a tomato plant

growing on its back. 10) There were a million replies that popped into her

head.

A hyperbole is an exaggeration.

Assignment 4 – Verbs

A VERB is a doing word or an action word. Task 1: Remember that verbs are action words. Copy this list of words into your books and underline the words which are verbs. pencil chair open eat spade write sit door cake dig run swim Table car hop draw Task 2: Copy these sentences neatly into your books. Underline the verb in each sentence. 1. The fox ran fast. 2. Cows eat grass. 3. The lady carried her bag. 4. The man hooted his horn. 5. Birds sing in the trees. 6. The flag fluttered in the breeze. 7. I drank the cup of tea. 8. The shark swam under the water. 9. You write with a pencil. 10. The queen sat on the throne. TASK 3: Copy these 3 sentences into yours books. Where there is a space you must write a verb to make the sentence make sense. 1. At school I -------------- on a chair. 2. A gardener can -------------- with a spade. 3. My dog Jessie can -------------- the door with her paw.

Assignment 38– Writing

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If your shoes could talk, what would they say to you? Write 50-100 words from the point of view of your shows. Do they like where you go? Do you treat them nicely? Are they happy?

Assignment 5 – Past Tense

The PAST TENSE of a verb is used to show that something has already happened. It is in the past.

Assignment 37– Personification

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Personification is when you give objects human character-istics.

Task: Copy the following examples of personification into your jotter. Underline the thing that is being made to sound like a person and circle the human characteristic that they are do-ing. 1. The wind sang her song as I walked to school. 2. The microwave timer told me my dinner was ready. 3. The daffodils nodded their heads to me as I walked by. 4 The rain drops danced on the roof. 5 The engine coughed alive. 6 The train mumbled when it passed the children. 7 The bed hugged me when I got into it. 8 The armchair said hello to me when I sat down. 9 The snow whispered to me as I walked outside. 10 The china danced on the shelf during the earthquake.

Task 1: Copy the following sentences in your jotters and put in a past tense verb in the space. 1.Last week we ______________ to the beach. 2.My dad _____________ for the council. 3.We ______________ on holiday last month. 4.Jamie __________ his best clothes for the party. 5.It _____________very hard today so we can not go out to play. 6.When I went to the shops I __________ £2.50. 7.It _____ my brother’s birthday today. 8.I _________________ 10 lengths of the pool yesterday. 9.I ________________on the computer at school today. 10. I ____________ fish fingers for tea last night. 11.Last Friday we ________ the day off school. 12. I _________________ a goal in the match yesterday.

Assignment 6 – Writing

Show don’t tell: Practice describing the way a room looks. Pay attention to your five senses to help with your description. What can you see, hear, taste, touch, smell? The room was full of desks, shelves and pictures on the wall. There were cupboards full of books and paper. There was a buzz of people talking. At the front of the room a telephone rang. Outside, you could see the trees swaying and the coast. There was the low groan of air conditioning. TASK : The above piece of writing SHOWS and SUGGESTS the inside of a classroom without using key words like teacher, pupil, jotter, whiteboard and so on. Write between 50 and 100 words describing a room in your house, or a dentists’ or a hospital, or a changing room or any other interesting space. Focus on the floor, walls, ceilings, windows, colours, sounds and so on … Try and avoid words which might give it away too early.

Assignment 36– Metaphor

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Task: Explain what the following metaphors mean. Copy them into your jotter and then explain what is meant by the comparison. 1. My brother is a pig. When we say someone is a

pig we really mean that _____________ 2. She is an angel. When we call someone an an-

gel we really mean that ____________ 3. He is a giant. If we say someone is a giant we

really mean that _________________ 4. He is an ogre. When we call a man an ogre or a

woman a witch we really mean __________ 5. He is a volcano. If we say that somebody is a

volcano ready to explode, we really mean that _______

6. She is bright. When we say somebody is bright we mean that ______________________

Task: Write your own metaphor which shows some-one being: Smart Fast Mean

A metaphor is a comparison between two things without using the words like or as.

Assignment 7 – Speech Marks

Inverted commas (“”) are used to show speech. For example; “My name is Frank,” he said. The words inside the inverted commas are the exact words he spoke. The punctuation should be inside the inverted commas. For example; “What is your name?” 1. Write the following sentences out into your jotter putting inverted commas around the exact words spoken: a) Where are my socks? shouted Harry. b) Your room is a mess! said Mum c) Come here, please, said Mr Jones. d) Stop it! he ordered. Stop it immediately! 2. Rewrite the following sentences putting in any capital letters, speech marks, full stops or question marks. a) the train is very late, said marion b) david asked what is the time c) come here the teacher shouted come here now d) How are you asked Mr. Fraser e) I am not well today said Mrs. Fraser 3. Look at the picture. Write a short conversation between the two women (at least two sentences) using speech marks.


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How did this man get stuck in the wall? Write an account of what happened to this man. It should be between 50-100 words.

Assignment 7 – Contractions

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A CONTRACTION is when you join two words together. An apostrophe is used to replace the missing letters. Task: Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B to indicate the new word. He will Can’t She is They’ll Could have They’d They will She’s It is Could’ve Should have Didn’t They are Wouldn’t Did not They’re He di d He’ll They did It’s Would not Should’ve Can not He’d

Assignment 34– Similes

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A simile is a comparison between two things using the words like or as. Task: Complete the following similes in your jotter. 1. As heavy as 2. As cold as 3. As hard as 4. She had skin like a 5. As cool as 6. As quick as 7. He was slow like a 8. Slippery like a Task : Complete the following similes to describe your person, then draw a picture of the person you have described. 1. hair as................. as.... 2. ears as ............. as .... 3. eyes as ........... as .... 4. nose as .......... as .... 5. mouth as ........ as.... 6. hands ………...as .... 7. body ……….as .... 8. Legs……….. as ... 9. feet as .............. as

Assignment 8 – Adjectives

An ADJECTIVE is a describing word. Task 1: Copy the following sentences in your jotters and underline the adjectives. 1. The little man carried the heavy box across the wide street. 2. The red house stood at the bottom of the deep valley. 3. The narrow road was long and the children were tired. 4. The log burned brightly in the old fireplace. 5. The young lady sat down on the soft, green cushion. 6. The busy bee flew to the bright flowers to gather honey. Task 2: Think of three adjectives to go along with the following nouns. 1. baby 2. giraffe. 3. house. 3. elephant 4. brick

Assignment 9 – Writing Assignment 10 – Spelling Test

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The simple way to change singular (one) into plural (more than one) is to add an s.

(For example; cat becomes cats.) But if a word ends in –s, -sh, -ch or –x then you need to add –es to

make it plural (For example; box becomes boxes.) 1. Look at the above again. Using that information write out the plurals of the following words into your jotters: a) bus b) flash c) pet d) church e) fox f) chair g) bench h) box i) boss j) boss If a word ends with a –y then change the –y into –ies to make the

plural. (For example, nappy becomes nappies.) If, however, there is a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) before the y simply add an –

s, for example boy becomes boys. 2. Write out the plurals of the following words into your jotters. a) baby b) city c) boy d) play e) fly f) hobby g) guy h) dummy i) Saturday j) spy 3. Use a dictionary to find the plural of these four words: a) knife b) shelf c) wolf d) mouse

1. Write out the following passage into your jotters correcting any spelling mistakes as you go. There are twenty to find! We were traveling to Spain in search of hoter weather but

every day it seemed to be geting weter and weter. Our tent

was roting and all our things were spoted with damp.

Insted of swiming and runing about in a lovly suny climate we

found ourselves siting inside playing boreing games or lieing

about reading. Trieing to cook was the bigest problem and

after six days we were tireing of tined beans served cold.

We were useing up all our money eating out. We had spent a

year saveing up for the holiday so this was not funy.

Did you find all twenty? Check again!

Assignment 33-Connectives

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Task: Choose 8 of the following connectives and write a sentence in your jotter which uses it correctly. for while when as so and with besides but since until then because whenever after Task: Copy out the following sentences and add in an appropriate connective. 1. I can’t go swimming ______ I have forgotten my

swimming trunks. 2. I’d like to go to the park. _____my mum won’t

let me. 3. The old woman wanted to feed her dog ___there

was nothing in the cupboard. 4. I bought some sweets ____I ate them on the way

home. 5. I couldn’t go out ____my dad came home.

Connectives are words which join two parts of a sentence together.

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TASK : Find a favourite item or a household item like a vacuum cleaner or a microwave. Describe it between 50 and 100 words. This must include: texture: hard, soft, fluffy, rough ... Temperature: cold, warm, lukewarm, icy … Colour: white, silver, steel … Sounds Smells Tastes (if appropriate)

Assignment 9 – Singular and Plural Assignment 10 – Spelling Test

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Assignment 10 – Similes

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Task 1: Copy out the following sentences and complete the simile. 1. The monster had hair as curly

as…………………….. 2. The monsters had ears like…………………… 3. The monster had a nose as long as………….. 4. The monster was as tall as………………………. 5. The monster had eyes as blue

as…………………….. 6. The monsters legs were as thick as…………. 7. The monster had muscles as big as…………….. 8. The monsters mouth was as wide

as……………… 9. The monster had teeth like…………………. 10. The monster was as scary as………………… Task 2: Draw a picture of your monster.

A SIMILE is a comparison between two things using the words LIKE or AS.


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Invent a brand new mode of transport and describe how it works. Think about how you would like to get from one place to another. Your description should include on the way it looks, the way it sounds, how it runs, what it needs to work, where you can store it. Give it a name and even draw a picture of it. I am looking for 50-100 words.


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Task: Copy each of the following sentences into your jotter and circle the verb, underline, the adjectives and box in the nouns. 1. Papa wore his red coat because it was chilly

outside. 2. Lucy’s favourite colour is red. 3. Grandpa says he likes peace and quiet. 4. The library is usually a very quiet place. 5. Begin writing your story on a clean piece of

paper. 6. We brought three packages of paper plates to

the picnic. 7. Ice cream cones are a cold, frosty treat on hot

days. 8. Darla missed the party because she had a bad

cold. 9. My uncle plays in a country music band. 10. My family likes to take long drives into the

country.

Assignment 31– Parts of speech

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Noun– naming word which can be a person, place, thing or activity. Verb– a doing word. Adjective– a describing word.

Assignment 11– Metaphors

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A METAPHOR s a comparison between two things without using the words LIKE or AS. It is a comparison where one thing becomes another thing. Task 1: Come up with a metaphor to describe someone who is: 1. Fast 2. Well behaved 3. Tall 4. Slow 5. Smelly 6. Smart 7. Badly behaved 8. Pretty 9. Funny 10. Mean Task 2: Draw a picture of these metaphors. 1. Her feet were blocks of ice. 2. He flew down the street. 3. It is raining cats and dogs. 4. Time flies.


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You camp out one night and awake to see the following sight. Describe how you feel.












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Go back to the object you described in your last writing assignment. TASK: Now rewrite your description as if you were one of the following: - totally in love with your object - frightened by your object or disturbed by it -angry with the object


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You walk into a room and see this object.

What is it?

How did it get there? Who does it belong to? How did it get there? Who does it belong to?

What is it?

You walk into a room and see this object.

Assignment 13– Paragraphs

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A paragraph is a group of sentences on one subject. When the subject changes, a new paragraph must begin. Paragraphs are identified because they are indented from the margin or a double space between each paragraph. Task 1: Rearrange the following sentences to make one interesting paragraph on a pet. When he’s ready to pounce, his eyes are as big as a 10p coin. Another reason I like him is that he has crazy eyes. One reason I like him is because he’s athletic. My favourite pet is my cat, Buckley. Cats like Buckley make life more enjoyable. Yesterday he climbed the screen door all the way to the ceiling. Task 2: Write a paragraph about a pet your would like to have or a pet you already have.


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Assignment 14– Suffixes

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Task: add one of the following suffixes to the list of words to make a new word. -ship, -er, -ful, -est, -ness, -ly, -ment, -ish, -hood, -dom, -less, -like 1. Neighbour 2. Friend 3. Thank 4. Pain 5. Lone 6. Cold 7. King 8. Nice 9. Child 10. Normal 11. Wonder 12. Kind

A SUFFIX is a two or more letter combination added to the end of a word to make a new word.

Assignment 29– Dash/hyphen

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A HYPHEN joins two words together to make a compound word. A DASH acts the same as a colon and is used in PARENTHESIS. Task: Write a sentence using the following hyphenated words. 1. Green-fingered 2. Level-headed 3. Blue-eyed 4. Sweet-toothed Task: Copy out the following sentences and put in a dash in the correct Remember the rules of PARENTHESIS. 1. The girls who were really good singers tried out

for the X-factor. 2. Maths my favourite subject ever is so much fun. 3. The sun when it shines makes everyone feel so

much better.


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Assignment 28– Semi Colon

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Task: Copy the following sentences into your jotter and replace the conjunction with a semi colon. 1. It was a cold day so I had to wrap up warmly. 2. I felt really silly because I got the answer wrong. 3. Our dogs race around the field because they are

very energetic animals. 4. The thief managed to escape by fighting his way

through the crowd. 5. I liked the book, as it was a pleasure to read. Task: Copy out the following lists and put in a semi colon where appropriate. 1. Jake bought an apple two bananas some sugar

and a pineapple. 2. Mary looked in the cupboard. In the cupboard

was some bread some butter a bone and a can of dog food.

3. Tony had two marbles a piece of string and a stone in his pocket.

4. At the Circus Ryan saw a clown a lion a juggler and a lot of other things.

5. Jane had forgotten the washing powder the peanuts and the yoghurts.

A SEMI COLON can be used to join two parts of sentence together instead of using a conjunction. They can also be used in a list instead of a comma.

Assignment 15: Writing

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Using your five senses (Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) describe in 50—100 words one of the following: 1) The monster who lives in your wardrobe 2) The surface of an imaginary planet 3) A firework display 4) A battlefield 5) A ride on a bus or train The focus of your writing is on description rather than story telling. Here’s a description of a hotel kitchen: The hotel kitchen was filled with warm steam which was bubbling out of the copper pans placed on a large, grey range cooker. Men and women in white shirts hurried from one place to another shouting orders at each other. There was the clatter of stirring and the smell of warm tomato soup wafted into every corner. (40—50 words)


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Assignment 16– Speech marks

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Task 1 : Write a sentence using speech and speech marks for the following speech words.

said shouted cried

asked explained begged

boasted whispered muttered

said shouted cried

asked explained begged

boasted whispered muttered

SPEECH MARKS go around what a person has said. They are used to indicate speech.


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This assignment asks you to do TWO different things. 1. Write two short endings for the story below. The first ending be a ‘happy ending’ the second should be really sad, tragic …. Each ending should be about 50 words long. Daniel slid down the roof and just managed to grab the gutter. His fingertips held onto the edge of the roof and he could feel his feet dangling below him. 2. Once you have done this—which is the better ending? Write a sentence or two explaining to your teacher your choice.

said shouted cried yelled

asked explained begged snapped

boasted whispered muttered answered


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Assignment 26– Colon

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Task: Copy out the following sentences and indicate what the colon is doing in each sentence. You choices are: introducing a list, introducing a quotation, introducing a summing up or introducing a further elaboration. 1. You need the following ingredients: eggs, butter,

flour, sugar and milk. 2. To my amazement, I heard Mary say: “I am

never coming back.” 3. I went to Disneyland for my holiday: it was the

best ever. 4. I like school: it lets me learn so many new things

every day. Task: Copy out the following sentences and put the colon in the correct place. 1. Remember the saying “A stitch in time saves nine.” 2. All my tools were stolen a hammer, saw, screwdriver and wire cutters. 3. Roald Dahl wrote many books James and the Giant Peach, Esio Trot and The Twits.

A COLON can be used to introduce a list, a quotation, a summing up or a further elaboration.

Assignment 17-Varying sentence structure

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A way to make your writing more interesting is to add more detail. You can do this by: Adding an ADJECTIVE and a joining word (CONJUNCTION) to give more detail. Task 1: Add adjectives to the following boring sentences to make them more interesting. 1. The cat sat on the mat. 2. The boy played his guitar. 3. The sun was in the sky. 4. The car drove down the street. 5. The girl ate ice cream. Task 2: Add a joining word to add more detail to the following sentences. Some joining words are: BECAUSE, AND, WHEN, YET, BUT, SINCE, UNTIL 1. The cat sat on the mat. 2. The boy played his guitar. 3. The sun was in the sky. 4. The car drove down the street. 5. The girl ate ice cream.


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Continue in no fewer than 100 words the story which begins with one of the following openings: I went to get Ben for his morning walk. Instead of our dog, the basket held a tiny, spiky-tailed dinosaur. I don’t much like art galleries so I wasn’t paying much attention as my parents dragged me from picture to picture. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye I noticed something move in one of the paintings. I looked closer … I was surprised and shocked to find out that overnight I’d turned into a huge human sized spider. How was I going to get downstairs without scaring my family to death? Looking through my wardrobe I noticed, for the first time ever, that there was a door at the back of it.

Assignment 25– Parenthesis

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PARENTHESIS is extra information in a sentence that can be removed and the sentence will still make sense. You can use two dashes, two commas or two brackets to create PARENTHESIS. Task: Copy out the following sentences and add in the parenthesis where appropriate. 1. The diagram shown on the previous page is of a

Boeing 747. 2. Police Officers sometimes called 'bobbies' or

'peelers' get their nicknames from Sir Robert Peel.

3. My favourite teacher Mrs Feeney teaches English.

4. The teacher who was new to the school took the class to the seaside.

5. The children who were very excited couldn’t wait to meet the Queen.


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Assignment 24-Writing

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Assignment 19– Commas

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COMMAS are used to separate items in a list. Task: Copy out the following sentences and add commas where appropriate. 1. Jake bought an apple two bananas some sugar

and a pineapple. 2. Mary looked in the cupboard. In the cupboard

was some bread some butter a bone and a can of dog food.

3. Tony had two marbles a piece of string and a stone in his pocket.

4. At the Circus Ryan saw a clown a lion a juggler and a lot of other things.

5. Jane had forgotten the washing powder the peanuts and the yoghurts.

Who does this chair belong to? Write a descriptive paragraph about the person who owns this chair. Think about their age, job, looks, likes, dislikes etc.


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Assignment 20– Word Choice

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Task: Choose THREE of the words below and write down FIVE words that mean the same but are better. good bad ugly pretty old young sad happy angry Task: Choose THREE of the words above and write an EXCELLENT sentence.

WORD CHOICE is important when writing to cre-ate the best meaning.

Assignment 23– Apostrophe for possession

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An apostrophe is used to show when something be-longs to someone.

Task: Copy out the following sentences and add in the apostrophe to show the possession of the object. 1. Sues pen 2. Bens dog 3. The girls slipper 4. The boys football 5. Mums cookbook 6. Dads car 7. My sisters phone 8. My brothers laptop 9. Georges bag 10. Lizzies book Task: Write down a sentence using the picture as inspiration. Make sure you use an apostrophe for possession.


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Assignment 22– Exclamation marks

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Task: Write down the emotion you think is b being conveyed by the following exclamations. 1. I hate you! 2. Give it to me. It is mine! 3. I love it! 4. I won! 5. Me!? Task: Change the following statements into commands by adding an exclamation mark. 1. Bring me my lunch. 2. Hand it over. 3. Stop reading that book. 4. Get out. 5. Shut the door.

A n EXCLAMATION MARK is used to show emo-tion or to indicate a command.


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Some writers say that if you can survive your childhood you can survive anything. Our childhoods are full of stories, events and experiences which we can use in our writing. TASK : What advice, or pieces of advice, would you give to someone younger than yourself about how to get through childhood? You can do this as a list, but you need to give reasons for your advice. For example: The first piece of advice I’d give is to get out and play more. It will make you feel fit and you’ll meet more people.

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