Homework information for website:
Subject: English
Year Group: 10
Autumn 1
Of Mice and Men
Detail of ‘project’, open-ended
research (including relevant
websites)
Background research to tie in with Of
Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
Focus on America in the 1930’s – to
include:
The American Dream,
Prejudice/ discrimination (including
sexism/ racism)
The Wall St crash
The California dustbowl.
Explore the writer John Steinbeck- his
literary career and impact on
American literature.
Autumn 2
Shakespeare
Further reading- The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
Background research into William
Shakespeare to include:
His life and works
The theatre experience (especially the
Globe Theatre)
His impact on the English language
Critical reception
Further reading; Romeo and Juliet,
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Spring 1
Poetry analysis
Poetry- wide ranging reading and
analysis to include:
Romanticism (Wordsworth, Keats,
Shelley)
Modern day (Duffy, Armitage, Clarke,
Heaney).
War poets (Owen, Hardy, Sassoon)
Poetry from other cultures (Agard,
Nichols, Bhatt)
Focus on the poems impact and
techniques as well as critical reception
or the poems and the poets
themselves.
Spring 2
Improving spelling/punctuation
Watch analysis/ interpretation of
poems on www.youtube.co.uk
Focus on SpellingsRevise spellings (and spelling patterns)
from KS3 (ask your class teacher for
these
Practise most commonly mis-spelt
words list for test (ash your class
teacher for these)
Make lists of curriculum focused
words
Play wide range of spelling games on:
www.skillswise.co.uk
www.s-cool.com
www.dictionary.com
www.bbcbitesize.co.uk
Summer 1
Descriptive/narrative skills
Focus on writing skills:
Recap on all writing techniques
(similes, metaphors, alliteration,
onomatopoeia etc) from KS3
Produce revision pack on these with
detailed examples.
Find examples of popular works to
annotate.
Summer 2
Practise writing in a wide variety of
different genres:(Sci-fi, historical
fiction, auto-biography, romance,
horror.)
Exam skills.
Practise mock papers available from
www.wjec.co.uk .
Learn CHUBBIFISH and AFOREST
acronyms; collect newspaper articles/
charity leaflets etc and annotate for
presentational devices, CHUBBIFISH
AND AFOREST. Try to explain their use
and their impact in detail.
Produce detailed reviews on a range
of sources (DVDs, concerts, holiday
resorts, sports equipment etc)