Year 9
Homework
All throughout the year, I would like you to have a book on the go. You can use a book from home, one from the library or borrow a recommendation from a friend. The important thing is that you always have a book you are working on. This groundwork will be crucial to your success this year but, more importantly, for GCSE.
Set 08/09/2015
Find ten facts about World War 1 and write them up. The challenge is to find a fact that no one else in the room has found.
Due in: 15/9/15
Set: 22/09/15
FLASH FICTION: write a 100 word (exactly) story about a soldier.
Due in: 29/9/15
Set: 5/10/15
Research the origins and theories about the nursery rhyme: Oranges and Lemons. This will inform your understanding of the themes in Private Peaceful.
Due in: 14/10/15
UPDATE:
In the second half of the last term I didn't put your homework on here but you will have it in your planners. You will have written in two different poetic forms and completed another short story and extension writing.
Set: 6/1/16
Write the text for a charity campaign poster persuading people to give money to the RSPCA. You will need to do a little research in order to do this well. Between 150-200 words, please.
Due in: 13/1/16
Set: 13/1/16
9a2: Either choose a new book or the one you are currently reading. You should read for at least 30 minutes. I want you to get your parents or carers to sign your planners to say you have done this homework.
9b4: Create a factual leaflet about either space or animals. This will build on the work we have done on fact and opinion. You will need to do some research in order to do this properly (due in FRIDAY 22nd January)
Due in: 20/1/16
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1. WW1 started July 28th 1914 and lasted until 11th November 1918.
ReplyDelete2. By the end of WW1, over 9 million soldiers had been killed and another 21 million were badly injured.
3. They used mustard gas which was deadly.
4.Around 11 percent of the polulation in France was killed or wounded during the war. About 116,000 Americans were killed, even though they were only in the war for around 7 months.
5.During WW1 dogs were used to carry messages in capsules attached to their body. They also carried and placed telegraph wires in important places.
6.Pigeons were also used during the war. Around 500,000 of them were regularly dropped into enemy lines by parachute, and then sent back with messages.
7. At Christmas, both sides played a game of football on no-mans land and traded food and gifts. the new year, sentries of both sides were ordered to shoot any man who did this.
8. Cannons and artillery were extremely loud. In 1917, the explosives used to destroy a bridge in France could be be heard over 130 miles away in London.
9.Many new weapons were invented or first used during World War 1.
10. A 48 ton gun capable of firing a shell over 9 miles took 200 men several hours to assemble it.