English Home Learning Monitor
Class
Name of
teacher
Date set
Duration
Home Learning activity set
Stretch and challenge
SOW
reference:
what area of
the scheme
that the H/L
is related to
Of Mice and
Men – English
Language Unit
3, Section A
Date due
10q/en2
Emma Good
16th April
2013
1 hour
To revise all revision notes from the 6
weeks of learning on ‘Of Mice and Men’ in
preparation for the controlled assessment
planning lesson. You should ensure that
you highlight key quotations you will use
in your essay and decide on at least 3
focus characters for your controlled
assessment focus on POWER. We will be
preparing a planning grid and mind-map in
the lesson on the 18th April.
11q/en3
Emma Good
17th April
2013
1 hour
11r/en1
Emma Good
16th April
2013
1 hour
13E/En1
Emma Good
15th April
2013
2 hours
Task: Read through the following article
and answer the question below taken
from the Unit 1 Exam Paper: Life Saving
with Class – Rory Stamp (Question 1
Inference Focus).
Task: Read through the following article
and answer the question below taken
from the Unit 1 Exam Paper: Life Saving
with Class – Rory Stamp (Question 1
Inference Focus).
Study the 17th Century: the Metaphysical
poets. Aim to read the following poems
and complete an AO1-4 analysis of: A
Valediction: Forbidden Mourning by
Donne, To my dear and loving husband by
Bradstreet and The Exequy by King.
To determine how the theme of
power for each character you chose
can be related to:
 Other themes
 Other characters
 Language
 Structure
 Context
 Symbolism
 Steinbeck’s point of view
Remember: sophisticated and
impressive interpretations lead to a
Band 5 – A*/A.
Task: Highlight your response and
label/annotate where you think you
have demonstrated the following
Band 4 Criteria.
Unit 1, Section
B – 40% Exam
24th April
2013
Task: Highlight your response and
label/annotate where you think you
have demonstrated the following
Band 4 Criteria.
Unit 1, Section
B – 40% Exam
23rd April
2013
Band 4 (A Grade) Criteria:
AO1 - Articulate creative, informed
and relevant responses to literary
texts, using appropriate terminology
and concepts, and coherent,
accurate written expression. 7.5%
AO2 - Demonstrate detailed critical
Unit 3 English
Literature –
closed book
examination –
30% of total A
Level
22nd April
2013
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18th April
2013
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8Q En1
Pauline Bruno
16th April
2013
1-2 hours
10 Qen1
Pauline Bruno
18th April
2013
2hours
11Q en4
Pauline Bruno
1 hour
12E En1
Pauline Bruno
18th April
2013
17th April
1-2hours
Using the template to write a text and
reply to someone using all the techniques
you have learnt this week.
Annotate with all the features used.
Select at least three quotes for each of
your charaters for the Assessment.
Analyse these using the table in your
books.
 Revise all the work completed for
assessment.
Completed a detailed S.P.E.I.E.S style plan
on the GCSE example question.
The poetry of resistance: read and
study the poem Hell is Round the
Corner by Tricky. Complete a full AO1
– 4 analysis considering the events
and experiences; the rhyme, rhythm
and repetition; comparisons between
this and other poems you have
already studied – resistance poetry
and the theme of violence; the urban
struggle for cultural and racial
understanding in analyzing the ways
in which structure, form, and
language shape meanings in literary
texts. 7.5%
AO3 - Explore connections and
comparisons between different
literary texts, informed by
interpretations of other readers.
7.5%
AO4 - Demonstrate understanding of
the significance and influence of the
contexts in which literary texts are
written and received. 7.5%
Select at least two features and write
two EPEEs.
Explain the effect of this feature on
your use of language.
Write your analysis into detailied
EPEEs against the Band 5 critiera.
Write a reposne and annotate in the
Band 4 critiera.
Annotate your work with Band 4
criteria and provide yourself with a
target using the mark scheme’s
language.
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Mulit Modal
Unit
23rd April
2013
Of Mice and
Men – English
Language Unit
3, Section A
23rd April
Unit 1, Section
B – 40% Exam
Exam
preparation
24th April
24th April
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acceptance
7RAR
Agnieszka
Ciepiela
15th April
15 -25
minutes
To memorise key terms.
Extension: N/A to this set of
homework.
Method of checking: a short test on
23rd April.
Spoken
Language
7RAR
Agnieszka
Ciepiela
18th April
45
minutes
To develop/improve reading
comprehension skills.
Extension: To improve/develop
general reading comprehension
skills.
A reading
comprehensio
n task is set
every week. It
is an
additional and
compulsory
homework set
for every
student in
7RAR.
Details:
http://www.engl
ishforeveryone.o
rg/PDFs/Level_6
_Passage_6.pdf
- rest of the
class
http://www.engl
ishforeveryone.o
rg/PDFs/Level_6
_Passage_7.pdf
- Mahmood
Turkman
http://www.engl
ishforeveryone.o
rg/PDFs/Level_1
_Passage_7.pdf
Asmaa
Mohamed
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http://www.engl
ishforeveryone.o
rg/PDFs/Level_1
_Passage_8.pdf
Fatma Busneina
, Ahmed Sharif
http://www.engl
ishforeveryone.o
rg/PDFs/Level_2
_Passage_1.pdf
-Zane Ahmed
8NOG
Ndidi Ogunna
15th April,
2013
30
minutes
To revise the spoken language techniques
from year 7.
Go on the internet and find the meaning
of these spoken language techniques:
Filler, accent, dialect, idiolect, standard
English, elision and paralinguistic features.
Print out any informal text and have
a look to spot out some of these
techniques. Annotate the spoken
language techniques that you can
find in the text and describe
situations people can use them.
Mulit Modal
Unit
8HJO
Donna Power
Tuesday 16th
April
1 hour
To create your own text message
conversation using the key terms.
Annotate the key terms.
Write a paragraph explaining how
the text is different to spoken
language and why the features are
used in the text
Multi Modal
Unit
9qen1
Donna Power
Tuesday 16th
April
1 hour
Annotate a selection of quotations from
the opening of Act 1; analyse the devices
used in the quotations and how they
introduce the writer’s key themes and
Write two EPEE paragraphs using
your annotated quotations and self
assess against the AF6 criteria.
Inspector Calls
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ideas in the play
10qEn4
Donna Power
Friday 19th
April
1 hour
Complete the plan for the OMAM
controlled assessment.
Write a mock response to the essay
questions exploring the theme of power in
the novel.
Annotate their essay identifying
where they have met band 4 criteria
(self assessment)
Of Mice and
Men
11qEn2
Donna Power
Thursday
18th April
1 hour
Complete an exam response to Question 1
of Unit 1 exam.
Self assess their work identifying
how they have met the band 4 mark
scheme.
Unit 1 Exam
Revision
12 GCSE
resit
Donna Power
Thursday
18th April
Complete an exam response to Question 1
of Unit 1 exam.
Self assess their work identifying
how they have met the band 4 mark
scheme.
Unit 1 Exam
Revision
7q/En2
Heather Jones
Friday 19th
April
1 hour
8HMO
Heather Jones
Friday 19th
April
1 hour
Write a reflection on your own
spoken language using the key
terminology.
Explain these differences in language
exist
Spoken
Language
Unit.
Multi-Modal
Texts
9q/En3
Heather Jones
Wednesday
17th April
1 hour
Can you research and different plays
he has written and what the context
of those plays is?
An Inspector
Calls
10q/En3
Heather Jones
Friday 19th
April
1 hour
Create a spoken language dictionary and
learn the spellings and meanings for
Thursday.
Write out a text conversation, label with
multi-modal terms and then write a
paragraph explaining the differences
between spoken language and multi
modal language.
Create a facebook page for J.B Priestly.
You must include ideas about his
social/political beliefs as well as research
information about his background and
career.
Write three practice petal paragraphs in
preparation for the assessment.
Of Mice and
men
11q/ En5
Heather Jones
Thursday
18th April
1 hour
Write a paragraph evaluating who is
the most powerful/powerless
character and why.
Write a shorter section B answer
advising young people how they can
stay out of trouble.
1 hour
Write a blog persuading young people
that they should not participate in the
London Riots (section b response)
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Unit 1 Exam
Revision
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7MCH
Helen Moriarty
17th April
2013
1 hour
Complete ‘My Language Use At home’
worksheet. Complete the diagram,
provide specific examples and write an
EPEE/PEE paragraph analysing your use of
language at home.
Extension: Ask your parent to fill in
the same grid and compare your
findings. Use the discourse markers
to help frame your answer
Spoken
Language
Unit.
Extension: Argue for or against the
attitudes expressed in the article.
Multi Modal
Unit
Select at least two features and write
two EPEEs.
Explain the effect of this feature on
your use of language.
AF5: Explain and comment on
writers’ use of language, including
grammatical land literary features at
word and sentence level.
Multi Modal
Unit
AF5: Explain and comment on
writers’ use of language, including
grammatical land literary features at
word and sentence level.
‘An Inspector
Calls’
Task: Highlight your response and
label/annotate where you think you
have demonstrated the following
Unit 1, Section
B – 40% Exam
Analysing the meaning and impact of
spoken language variation, exploring
significant details in my own and others’
language.
8q/En2
Helen Moriarty
19th April
2013
1 hour
8r/En1
Helen Moriarty
17thh April
2013
1 hour
9qr/En2
Helen Moriarty
17thh April
2013
2 hours
9s/En2
Helen Moriarty
11r/En3
Helen Moriarty
18th April
2013
18thh April
2013
Multi Modal Talk and Literacy: Read the
article. Summarise it in your own words
and provide supporting textual evidence.
Using the template to write a text and
reply to someone using all the techniques
you have learnt this week.
Annotate with all the features used.
‘An Inspector Calls’ Provide perceptive,
precise analysis of key quotes from the
stage directions.
1-2 hours
Extension: Provide alternative
interpretations of the quotes.
‘An Inspector Calls’ Provide perceptive,
precise analysis of key quotes from the
stage directions.
1 hour
Extension: Provide alternative
interpretations of the quotes.
Task: Read through the following article
and answer the question below taken
from the Unit 1 Exam Paper: Johnny
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‘An Inspector
Calls’
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Depp’s surprise visit to school.
(Information extraction).
Feminine Gospels: Complete a full AO2
analysis of two stanzas of ‘The Laughter of
Stafford Girls’ High’. Demonstrate critical
understanding and analysis of form,
structure and language.
Band 4 Criteria.
Annotate your work with Band 4
criteria and provide yourself with a
target using the mark scheme’s
language.
Exam
preparation
12E En1
Helen Moriarty
15th April
2013
1 hour
7Qeng2
William Eakin
19/4/13
30 mins
Using your slang words from you last
homework task, script a conversation
between your parents and yourself,
using slang language. Make it fun!
Write as if they don’t understand what
you are saying and that you have to
translate everything for them. If you
are unsure of how to write a script,
ask me, or look it up on the internet.
Find a conversation between two
characters from Romeo and Juliet
and script a conversation
between them (you can find
Romeo and Juliet on the internet.
Search for No fear,
Skhakespeare’. It will have a
translation into ‘normal’ English
already). Try and translate into
the slang we use today.
Spoken
Language
Unit.
7R eng2
William Eakin
18/4/13
30 mins
Using your slang words from you last
homework task, script a conversation
between your parents and yourself,
using slang language. Make it fun!
Write as if they don’t understand what
you are saying and that you have to
translate everything for them. If you
are unsure of how to write a script,
ask me, or look it up on the internet.
Find a conversation between two
characters from Romeo and Juliet
and script a conversation
between them (you can find
Romeo and Juliet on the internet.
Search for No fear,
Skhakespeare’. It will have a
translation into ‘normal’ English
already). Try and translate into
the slang we use today.
Spoken
Language
Unit.
7KAD
William Eakin
19/4/13
30 mins
Using your slang words from you last
Find a conversation between two
Spoken
Language
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9Reng3
William Eakin
19/4/13
30 mins
homework task, script a conversation
between your parents and yourself,
using slang language. Make it fun!
Write as if they don’t understand what
you are saying and that you have to
translate everything for them. If you
are unsure of how to write a script,
ask me, or look it up on the internet.
characters from Romeo and Juliet
and script a conversation
between them (you can find
Romeo and Juliet on the internet.
Search for No fear,
Skhakespeare’. It will have a
translation into ‘normal’ English
already). Try and translate into
the slang we use today.
Unit.
Do BOTH tasks!
1)
Write down three difficult decisions you have had to
make. Then, for each, write down three reasons why
they were so difficult.
E.G.
Decision = I moved to London
Reasons = Girlfriend, Job and Lifestyle
Other arguments = just another girl, you can get a
job in Australia, you can have a great lifestyle in
Australia
1
(Extension: Write down three things that
Exam
Preparation
people spoke to you about to try and convince
you of the other choice you could have made.)
2
Think of 5 counter arguments to your points
2)
Create a table with reasons 10 reason why we should
use greener forms of energy and 10 reasons why we
shouldn’t
10Reng2
William Eakin
19/4/13
90 mins
Using the template provided, write 3
of the ‘body’ paragraphs for your
essay. Each should address a single
character, how they are powerless
and how they desire power.
Attempt to write your
introduction and conclusion
without a template.
Of Mice and
Men – English
Class
Name of teacher
Date set
Duration
Home Learning activity set
Stretch and challenge
SOW reference: what
area of the scheme
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that the H/L is related
to
9Q4
Gemma
Powell
17/04/13
1 hr
Design your own set for the play An
Inspector Calls using the sheet you
have been given.
Consider the connotations of the
colours and lighting you use in
order to create a scene that is
happy but also shows some
tension.
Play SOW
10R1
Gemma
Powell
19/03/13
1 hr
You will have discussed in class the
idea that the use of the colour red has
many connotations.
(It symbolises lots of things). Can you
find an example of a colour being used
within the novel? Find a quote and
analyse how this may be used in
relation to the theme of power.
Find an example of how colour is
used to convey meaning in a
different piece of prose, poetry or
drama.
English:
Unit 3a
Understanding
Creative Texts
(Literary
heritage
component)
AO2
You will have discussed in class the
idea that the use of the colour red has
many connotations.
(It symbolises lots of things). Can you
find an example of a colour being used
within the novel? Find a quote and
analyse how this may be used in
relation to the theme of power.
Find an example of how colour is
used to convey meaning in a
different piece of prose, poetry or
drama.
10Q5
Gemma
Powell
19/03/13
1 hr
English
Language
GCSE English
Language Unit 3
Part a
Understanding
written texts
(extended
reading)
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English:
Unit 3a
Understanding
Creative Texts
(Literary
heritage
component)
AO2
English
Language
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GCSE English
Language Unit 3
Part a
Understanding
written texts
(extended
reading)
11Q1
Gemma
Powell
18/04/13
35mins
Complete Section B Longer question
Response.
Complete the task alongside Band
5 Criteria.
Year 13
Gemma
Powell
18/04/13
1 hr min
Study the 17th Century: the Metaphysical
poets. Aim to read the following poems
and complete an AO1-4 analysis of: A
Valediction: Forbidden Mourning by
Donne, To my dear and loving husband by
Bradstreet and The Exequy by King.
Band 4 (A Grade) Criteria:
AO1 - Articulate creative, informed
and relevant responses to literary
texts, using appropriate terminology
and concepts, and coherent,
accurate written expression. 7.5%
AO2 - Demonstrate detailed critical
understanding in analyzing the ways
in which structure, form, and
language shape meanings in literary
texts. 7.5%
AO3 - Explore connections and
comparisons between different
literary texts, informed by
interpretations of other readers.
7.5%
AO4 - Demonstrate understanding of
the significance and influence of the
contexts in which literary texts are
written and received. 7.5%
11r/en2
Barbara Curtin
18th April
2013
1 hour
Task 1: Foundation
Read through Source 1 and complete
question 1 (a) and 1 (b) from Section A
of the Unit 1 exam.
Highlight section B of your
response and label/annotate
where you think you have
demonstrated the following Band
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English
Language
GCSE Unit 1
Exam
Unit 1 Exam
Preparation
for Eng Lit
Spec A
Unit 1, Section
B – 40% Exam
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3 Criteria:
-
clear evidence that the text
is understood
engages with the text and
makes inferences
offers relevant and
appropriate quotations
makes developed reference
to interesting/unusual
aspects of the visit
10r/en3
Barbara Curtin
16th April
2013
1 hour
To revise all revision notes from the 6
weeks of learning on ‘Of Mice and Men’ in
preparation for the controlled assessment
planning lesson. You should ensure that
you highlight key quotations you will use
in your essay and decide on at least 3
focus characters for your controlled
assessment focus on POWER. We will be
preparing a planning grid and mind-map in
the lesson on the 22nd April.
Highlight sections of your above
response and then label/annotate
where you think you have
demonstrated the following Band 3
Criteria:
clear evidence that the text
is understood
engages with the text and
makes inferences
offers relevant and
appropriate quotations
makes developed reference
to the rescue
Of Mice and
Men – English
Language Unit
3, Section A
9s/En1
Barbara Curtin
18th April
2013
1-2 hours
Write a paragraph explaining
how your findings will affect the
content of the play
8r/ En2
Barbara Curtin
17th April
2013
1 hours
Reading unit –
(GCSE Unit 3A)
An Inspector
Calls
Mulit Modal
Unit
7r/En1
Barbara Curtin
16th April
1 hour
Research Task: Independent learning
Students have a selection of topics to
research. Information is synthesised by
creating a mind-map of each topic.
Using the template to write a text and
reply to someone using all the techniques
you have learnt this week.
Annotate with all the features used.
Write a transcript of a conversation with a
parent or friend using your mini-dictionary
of dialect and idiolect.
Select at least two features and write
two EPEEs.
Explain the effect of this feature on
your use of language.
Translate your transcript into formal
language. Investigate how the
language differs.
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Spoken
Language
22rd April
2013
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