Each to his own

Write a film review for Matilda

You must include:

1. Whether you enjoyed the film or not

2. Your favourite part in the film and why

3. Your least favourite part in the film and why

4. Your favourite character and why

5. Your least favourite character and why

6. What you would change or improve in the film and why

7. Give the film a start rating by colouring in the stars below

Reading Comprehension

Download the story Thank You, Ma’m

A. You can listen to the audio here as you read from your text.

B. Now read and listen to the story here 

Choices

In life, we always have choices.  Sometimes we make a positive choice and other times we may make a negative choice.  Using the table below, identify the choices that the characters make.

Person	Choices made	Why choice was made	Evaluate choice made
Roger
Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
Julio Diaz
The teenager

C. Group Work
In your groups, you are gong to create a chart to demontrate your unerstanding of the characters in the chart above. 

Download the learner profile here

1. Using the learner profile, create a chart to show how ONE of them exemplifies ONE of the traits below.
2. You will give examples and a quotation from the story.
3. Draw a picture to show your understanding.

Caring

They show empathy, compassion and respect to the needs and feelings of others. They have a personal commitment to service, and act to make a positive difference to the life of others and to the environment.

Reflective

They give thoughtful consideration to they own learning and experience. They are able to assess and understand their strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development

Thinkers

They exercise initiative in applying thinking skills critically and creatively to recognise and approach complex problems, and make reasoned, ethical decisions

Communicators

They understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. They work effectively and willingly in collaboration with others.

D. Extended Constructed Response: Comparison 

1. Use a venn diagram or a T table to plan your essay.
2. Write two or three paragraphs comparing how Roger behaves on the street with how he behaves after spending some time with Mrs. Jones. Explain why Mrs. Jones’s belief in his potential helps Roger show his best self.

Remember to use connectors and transitions.

D. What one question would you ask Mr. Hughes about why he wrote Thank You M'am?
Classwork June 8 2015
Matilda 

1. Having watched the clip yesterday complete this sheet.
2. Complete this sheet as you watch the movie.
3. Write a paragraph Miss Trunchbull’s

Adjectives

Did you note the adjectives used in the dialogue? What of the idiom at the end? Do you use comparatives and superlatives in your every day speech?

1. Make a skit in your group to show your understanding of idioms, and adjectives.
2. Write down the script.
3. Act it out.
4. Explain what the adjectives and idioms that you used are.

Your skit should be at least 4 minutes

Compare Contrast Essay

What is it? START HERE

Let us start using the map by comparing any one of the following:

1. Bread and cake
2. Cats and dogs
3. teacher and student
4. Tarzan and superman
5. A tractor and Lamborghini
6. Koshary and Pizza

Once you have completed your plan, save it and share with your teacher.

1.Now compare two characters from the stories 'Thank you Ma'm and 'A Victim treats his mugger Right' using a Venn Diagram.  You will write a comparative essay. formative assessment.


A Bug's Life

Answer the following questions as we watch the movie.

1. How is Flik innovative and a risk taker 14:31?
2. Describe the internal conflict that Flik has. How does he resolve the conflict? (7:20 onwards)
3. How does Hopper have an external conflict with the ant Colony? (6:40 onwards)

Use a Venn Diagram or T table for the question below 

4. Compare and contrast the grasshoppers and the ants.(8:20 onwards)

Classwork 27th May
View the movie form 24 minutes and answer these questions.

1. What does Princess Atta say when Flik comes back with the Warriors? What does this tell you about what she thinks about him?
2. What is the reaction of the other members of the Ant Colony about the Warriors? Give at least one example in your explanation.
3. Write three sentences summarizing the play that the students and their teacher show.
4. What else does Flik invent and what is it used for?
5. Where are the Warriors really from? If you were Flik and you discovered that they were not really warriors how would you feel and what would you do?
6. Why does Flik not want to tell the truth?
7. Describe the type of conflict in the bird attack against Dot.
8. How is Heimlich, the worm brave and selfless.
9. Use a Venn diagram to compare and Contrast Slim and Heimlich. What lessons do you learn
10. from their actions in the bird attack incident?

Classwork 28th May

Read the Compare and Contrast Essay HERE

Answer the following questions in response to the attached essay

1. Create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the two cities.
2. Circle the connectors of contrast in red and this of comparison in green
3. Underline the topic sentences of each paragraph.
4. Now write an essay comparing Slim and from the movie 'A Bug's Life'. Complete for homework.

2.Revise the connectors for comparing and contrasting. Here 
Plan your essay paragraphs. You can use this template.

Classwork 4th June Leadership in 'A Bug's Life'.

Princess Atta, Flick and Hopper are all leaders.

1.How does Princess Atta relate with the people that she leads? Give at least two examples.

2. How does Hopper treat Molt and the rest of the grasshoppers? Give two examples.

2. Flick likes to consult and involve people in finding solutions to problems. Give one example of how he does this.

3. Which type of leader do you prefer? Give at least two reasons why you prefer this type of leader. 

4.  Complete the table below. Look up the meanings of the words that you do not know.

Vocabulary	Leader it describes	Example
Cruel
Kind
Dictator
Hopeful
Commander
Selfless
Creative
Motivator
Consults
Bully
Caring
Selfish
Stubborn

Classwork 7th June Plot of a story. Writing Summary

Write one for the movie 'A Bug's Life'

Grammar at Work

Idioms

Read page 8 and do number 1 and 2 on page 9

Tom Phillips IDU

1.  View the images at the following links.

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3

Image 4

Image 5

2.  In pairs select  one  and discuss the message of the image and how has it has been created. Think of colour, words and other visuals.

3.  Individually create your own from a page of a book that you have been reading.

Adjectives
Watch the following video 

Pair Work
In your pairs select three paintings and describe each painting with at least 4 adjectives. Remember the order of adjectives in your descriptions.

Individual Work
Select a page form your novel, and in the style of Tom Phillips, use adjectives as your inspiration for an artistic creation. Put this in your art journal.

Reflection

1. Would you say that Tom Philips pushed the limits? Why or why not?
2. What do you think about his art and his perspective?
3. How have you pushed your limits in this IDU?

 

Spelling Bee

Spelling Baseball.

How many words can you spell correctly? Push your limits by learning how to spell these words.

Crew

Decided

Sea

Courage

Push

Rough

Enough

Live 

Leave

Show

Stranded

Tools

Parcel

Ship

Knife

Plane crash

Rescue

Survive

Epitaph

Survivor

Died

Dead

Life boat

Scared 

Pilot

Passengers

Engine

Successful

Island

Experience

Message

Frequency

Usually

Desert

Country

Traditional

Culture

Rope

Ship

Seal

Penguin

Ocean

Middle

Drown

Sail

A cross

To cross (an ocean)

Sink

Turbulence 

Persistent

Creative

Verb Tenses

Present Simple and Present Continuous Tense

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE   -   PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.  Justify your choice.

1.     Anne _______________ (make) all her own clothes.

2.     At the moment she _______________ (make) a dress for herself.

3.     What's that smell ? Something _______________ (burn) in the kitchen.

4.     I _______________ (work) overtime this month because I ______________ (save up) to buy a car.

5.     He _______________ (smoke) thirty cigarettes a day, but at the moment he _______________ (try) very hard to cut down.

6.     The sun _______________ (rise) in the east.

7.     She usually _______________ (learn) languages very fast, but she _______________ (have) problems with Arabic.

8.     We _______________(live) in a hotel until we can find a house to buy.

Finish these sentences, and include an adverb of frequency.

Be careful with the word order.              how often ?  always, usually, often,

sometimes, not often, rarely, seldom, never,...

1.     He's a vegetarian, so he _____________________________________ (meat)

2.     We ___________________________________________ Italy for our summer holidays because we have a villa there.

3.     In winter we __________________________________ go skiing in France, or we _____________________________ at home. It depends.

4.     We _________________________________________ fish because it's difficult to buy fresh.

Write four sentences about yourself, using an adverbs of frequency.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Contradict these sentences.

example : It doesn't rain in Britain.          Yes, it does.

1. Children start school when they're ten.         __________________________

2. Nurses don't wear uniforms.                          __________________________

3. You aren't learning English.                           __________________________

4. It's snowing.                                                   __________________________

5. Aspirin is good for a cough.                           __________________________

6. You don't work hard.                                      __________________________

7. The best wine comes from Holland.               __________________________

8. Water boils at 1OO degrees centigrade.        __________________________

Individual Work

A. Write four sentences about yourself using these verbs: enjoy,   hope,   regret,   think (of +ing)

Pair Work

B.Use a dictionary and write an example for each of these verbs, using present simple: belong,   consist of,   contain,   cost,   depend on,  deserve,   matter,   own,   possess,   resemble.

Group Work

 a)    Doctors express concern over heavy school bags

Every year thousands of children (1) _________(go) to the doctor because of back pain, and in fact, this kind of problem (2) _________(rapidly become) one of the most common childhood complaints. And what exactly (3) _________(cause) this outbreak of back strain and muscle fatigue? It (4) _________(seem) that even quite young children (5)_________ (take) more and more to school - not just books, but also clothes and games players - and their backpacks (6)_________ (simply weigh) too much. 'Some kids (7)_________ (carry) more than 25% of their bodyweight in a bag that has a nice cartoon character on the bag, but which (8) _________(actually give) them serious backache,' reported Dr Elaine Sachs, a GP in North London. 'Most parents (9) _________(simply not realize) what (10) _________(happen) to their children.

Practice homework here