Throughout the year you will be covering a wide range of English Activities. You may not understand what a few of the activities listed below actually involve but don't worry, that's why we are going to spend time learning them. If you can't wait that long, just ask and I'll answer.
ON-GOING ACTIVITIES
The activities below will run throughout the session:
Developing Library and Research Skills
Personal Reading and Reading for Gold
Close Reading Development using the Close Reading 11 to 14 book
Developing knowledge of Language using the S1 Homework Booklet
Writing for your personal K.A. webpage and Writer's Notebook
Class/Group Discussion and Individual Talk
Official Homework exercises - these will be issued by different subjects in turn
Regular use of Homework Diary
Routine set homework (eg completing and checking class assignments)
Self-help, voluntary homework activities
Main Areas - Getting to Know You
Reading Focus -
Importance of Personal Reading
Reading Extracts and working out their context
Writing Focus - Setting a Scene/ creating an atmosphere
Introducing a character
Talking Focus - Discussion
Personal Focus - Using your Homework Diary
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Main Areas – Winter “milestones”:Hallowe’en, Guy Fawkes Night, Christmas and related texts
Reading Focus - Reading Extracts and appreciating the writer’s craft
Writing Focus - Instruction Writing
Talking Focus - group discussion
Personal Focus – Develop Personal Reading
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