Sunday, 22 November 2015

Writing Exam Revision Homework: Speech

For those students without a Yellow WJEC Revision Workbook, here are the copies of the pages you need to complete for homework.






Friday, 16 October 2015

11B4: What makes a speech successful?


Brilliant speeches are the ones where the speaker connects with the audience. You can use personal anecdotes to make it sound important to you, but the best way is to speak with conviction about a topic you can be passionate about.
Picking the topic can be hard. Use things you read or hear about to inspire you.
Watch the BBC documentary A Good Smack? This is about laws against smacking children and is a good example of a topic that people have a certain views about.
Watch the TED talks – some of which are really inspiring. They are also good examples of successful speeches because they use certain techniques to engage the audience.

The features of a successful speech include:
Using the right tone for the audience
Rhetorical devices, for example, “I am sure you will agree”
Humour
Repetition
Statistics
Memorable Phrase or a quotation
Anecdotes/personal experience
Being controversial 

Homework Task: Write your Speech. 


11B4 Opinion and Argument: A Good Smack?

11C7 Narrative Writing Task

This is the handout that you need to complete during the half term holiday. 

Wednesday, 9 September 2015

11C7 and 11A5 Spelling, Punctuation and Paragraphing

As part of our writing focus in class, you should be trying to improve your spelling knowledge. I am revising key spelling rules in lessons and you will have to learn a list of spellings for tests in class. These are common mistakes found in your work for the recent descriptive writing task.
 
  1. Excited, Excitable, Exciting
  2. There, Their, They're
  3. Were, Where, We're
  4. Queue
  5. Themselves
  6. Father, Farther, Further
  7. Travelled, Travelling and Travel
  8. Family, Families
  9. Lose, Loose
  10. Weird
  11. Definitely
  12. Weather, Whether
 
 
 
11C7 Homework Task: Learn the spellings above for a test on Monday 14th September.

Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Happy Summer Holidays! Here's a homework reminder....

Summer Holiday Reading...

Spend your time wisely this year and grab a good book. Preparing for Year 11 is easy.
Read. It is that simple.
Reading a book from our Year 10 classes' recommended book list is the intelligent way to get ready for next year.

How will reading help me in English?


  • Improve your spelling
  • Push you to use ambitious vocabulary
  • Inspire you to be more imaginative
  • Help boost your concentration skills
  • Push you to be more perceptive
  • Help you use writing techniques to better effect
In fact, the bottom line is reading will make a difference.

So what is our final list? This list of 16 has been compiled by you. Pick one title to read over the summer holiday. You can read as many as you like, but you must read at least one.
When you have read it, you can make recommendations for other students in the class.



  1.  The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
  2. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
  3. Harry Potter Series, J K Rowling
  4. Divergent, Veronica Roth
  5. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne
  6. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
  7. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
  8. The Host, Stephenie Meyer
  9. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
  10. Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
  11. The Uglies, Scott Westerfeld
  12. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
  13. Never Eighteen, Megan Bostic
  14. My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
  15. The Vampire Diaries, L J Smith
  16. The Maze Runner, James Dashner

Homework Task: Write a review

Write a review (one A4 page) about your favourite book and why you have chosen to review the novel. You are writing for an audience of Year 11 students. Remember to include;
  • A summary of the book
  • The book title and author name
  • Your opinion
This homework is due in on your first English lesson. 





Monday, 27 April 2015

Revision Session Reminder

English Revision sessions


Remember to sign up for these final sessions on the L6 classroom door.



Sessions will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3.15-4.30pm in L6. You must book a place to be able to attend.


Sign up on the sheet for the sessions you would like to attend. They are open to all students in 11L1, 11G1 and 11J6, on a first come basis. 





Tuesday

Thursday
13th April
14th April
Of Mice and Men

16th April
Of Mice and Men / Unseen Poetry

20th April
21st April
Never Let Me Go

23rd April
Lord of the Flies

27th April
28th April
An Inspector Calls

30th April
Extract Question Skills for A/A*

4th May
(Tuesday start)
4th May
Unseen Poetry

6th May
Theme/Character Skills for A/A*

11th May
12th May
Unit 1 Reading
14th May
Unit 2 Writing



These sessions are designed to help you structure your revision and recap the exam skills ahead of your examinations:
Monday 18th May: Literature Unit 1 (Of Mice and Men and Unseen Poetry)
Friday 22nd May: Literature Unit 2 (Prose and Play texts)
Tuesday 2nd June: Language Unit 1 (Reading) and Unit 2 (Writing)

Sunday, 19 April 2015

Past Papers

Use this website to find a database of downloadable exam papers for the English exam.

Exam board website - Past Papers



Friday, 9 January 2015