Why did William win the Battle of Hastings in 1066? Rearrange these answers in order of how important and influential you think they were.
09
Dec
Battle of Hastings
16
Sep
Excellent Speeches
7MC1 has been thinking about the type of animals they are like. I will share with you later some photos of the excellent masks that they have created.
Here are some of their speeches.
“Grrr. My name is Tyrannosaurus Rex, one of the fiercest dinosaurs that ever stalked the earth. I have big teeth as long as knives. I have the longest tail of all the dinosaurs. My neck is made up of 15 bones. See how tall it makes me! My legs are as thick as tree trunks to support my weight.”
“I am a monkey, because the rest of my family are monkeys and I’m cute, small and dark brown, and that is how monkeys look!”
“Hello. As you can see I am a giraffe. The reason I have chosen this animal is because of the personality and characteristics of this animal. One of the reasons is that I know that giraffes are really lazy and trust me, you don’t even know how lazy I am! Another reason is because giraffes are noisy and you won’t even be able to guess how noisy I am, and my other friends. My dad said that giraffes are elegant and he said that I’m just like a giraffe because he said that I am elegant too, and that is the end of my speech.”
“The reason why my mask is a tiger is because I can be vicious when I get angry. I am born in the year of the tiger in the Chinese New Year. I also like the cat family. My favourite colour is black and their markings are black and orange.”
“The rabbit is a mammal which feeds on lettuce, beans or roots. The rabbit lives in dry areas where it builds its burrows. Maybe of different races and also may be abnormal colours. The rabbits are domestic or wild.”
“I love to be a cat because I can see in the dark, I can be cheeky and all the time have it my way, I can eat when I want and wait when I want, noone tells me what to do. I’m myself’s boss. I can play with things, when it’s hot I can be lazy and do nothing but eat and drink. I like to drink milk. I like to drink water too, and I like to stretch a lot. When it’s hot I try to stay somewhere cold, when it’s cold I want to stay where it’s hot, and only come out when someone calls me.”
More later!
30
May
Eightfold Path Homework
Many apologies for not posting your homework regularly this past term! However, I did say I would post a link for the homework that is due this Tuesday 2 June 2009.
You learnt about the Buddhism Eightfold Path to reach Nirvana.
Your homework is to make your own eight step path to a goal or target of your choice.
This should be for a display, which might be in the shape of an eight-spoked wheel, a lotus flower, or something else. Your goal should be clear (eg happiness, heaven or the ideal job) and you should explain why you have chosen it (eg This target is important to me because …). Each of the eight steps should be linked to achieving your goal.
The first step is …
This will help me to reach __________ because ….
I look forward to seeing your excellent displays!
05
Mar
Dirty Old Towns
You learnt about some of the smelly and unhygienic Medieval towns.
Homework for Tuesday 3 March:
Imagine you have moved from a Medieval village to a town. Write a postcard home describing what it is like living there. You might also want to add some suggestions for how you would improve the town!
Remember to include a picture on the front of your postcard!
Dear 7KL2,
You have been reading The Boy in the Stripe Pyjamas by John Boyle over the past half term. I have been delighted with the work that you have produced. Your written work has been of a high standard, you have discussed the book thoughtfully in class, and your short dramas and freeze frames were very poignant.
Your homework over this half term holiday is substantial, and I know some of you seemed a bit overwhelmed by it. However, I hope that you will enjoy the challenge and rise to it, as you most definitely did with your excellent China presentations. In this post I am going to link to some sites that I hope will inspire you and help you with your work.
Everyone was given the help sheet, which includes the four topic sentences that you can use to begin each of the four chapters that you are going to write. There are also different types of connectives that you should try to use to enhance your writing. I am sure that most of you will be able to achieve Level 5s in this work.
From memory, the four topic sentences are:
* My life changed.
* I hate my life at Auschwitz.
* I made a new friend.
* Bruno came to help me find my Papa.
The task is to retell the story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas from Shmuel’s perspective (point of view). Remember to use all your senses: What can he see? What can he hear? What can he smell? What can he taste? What can he feel – both physically and emotionally?
Here are some links that might help you:
Buy your own copy at Amazon.
Information about the film and an interview with John Boyne at Film Education.
Resources about the film at filmfactory.
Wikipedia page for the book.
John Boyne’s website.
John Boyne’s blog.
Watch the trailer for the film here.
You can start to watch the film on YouTube. The DVD comes out in March.
12
Oct
7KL2 – weeks 5/6
This is a BIG piece of ongoing homework. The deadline is Tuesday 21 October 2008.
The assessment for the China unit of work will be completed during the week of 20 October. Before then, you will need to complete some extra research to add to your project work that has been completed in class.
There are many topics that you can research. I will put some of the topics below, along with some links that I have found. You may be able to find many other books and websites that can help.
Chinese Art
Ancient Chinese Art
Chinese Art on Wikipedia
Contemporary Chinese Art
Chinese Painting Gallery
Art of China: Pupil Work?
New Chinese Art at the Saatchi Gallery, London
Chinese Fashion
Ancient Chinese Clothing
Wikipedia entry on Chinese Fashion
China Fashion Week
Shanghai Tang: Modern Chinese Fashion
Chinese Music
China Music Page
Chinese Human Rights
Beijing Olympic Games
Official Website of the Beijing Olympics
Chinese Food
Ancient Chinese Food
Wikipedia: Chinese Cuisine
Chinese Food: Recipes, blogs, advice etc.
Chinese Games
Ancient Chinese Games
Chinese Religion
Ancient Chinese Religion
Ancient Chinese Philosophy
Spirit Money
An interesting account of a Chinese funeral
If you find any good websites, please let me know the address and I can add them here! To do that, click on “comments”, then paste the URL of the website into the comments box.
Also, remember to keep a list of the all the websites and books you use when researching China, so you can add a very long bibliography to your project!
03
Oct
7KL2 – Week 4
Your homework is due on Tuesday 7 October.
Research the life of Confucius. Find some of his sayings! If you can, also write down what you think those sayings mean.
Click on the links before for extra help – and leave a comment to let me know if you have found them useful! And remember … a good student uses the resources but does not simply copy them. Instead, select the material that you think is appropriate, and explain what you think it means.
The Link to Confucius on Wiki
Stanford Encyclopedia of Psychology
Quotes by Confucius
Kidipede results for Confucius
21
Sep
7KL2 – 3a
Homework is due in on Friday 26 September.
We are beginning our research on China this week. Your homework is to find out at least five key facts about China, covering the following the areas:
Geography
History
Religion and Culture
You can present this as a poster, a powerpoint presentation, a leaflet or in any other way you choose.
21
Sep
7KL2 – 2b
Homework due on Tuesday 23 September.
This is your shorter piece of homework this week – you should practice making your speech to the class. I have your exercise books, so you might not be able to remember precisely what you wrote, but practice telling your parents how you could help make our school even better!
14
Sep
7KL2 Homework – Week 2
Homework due on Tuesday 23 September.
Complete your pamphlet on the history of St Thomas More School.
Remember to include paragraphs on the following topics:
Pupils
Teachers
Lessons
Discipline
School dinners
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