Week Commencing: Monday 21st September 2020
Macbeth: Act 1 Scene 3.
Complete all the activities on slides 1-10 of the PowerPoint attached below. This includes reading Act 1 Scene 3 of Macbeth which can be found by clicking here.
Complete all the activities on slides 1-10 of the PowerPoint attached below. This includes reading Act 1 Scene 3 of Macbeth which can be found by clicking here.
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Week Commencing: Monday 28th September 2020
1. Complete all the activities on the PowerPoint 'Lesson 5 Macbeth' which focuses on Act 1 Scene 4 of the play. You can find the scene here.
2. Complete all the activities on the PowerPoint 'Lesson 6 Macbeth' which focuses on the introduction of Lady Macbeth. You will need Act 1 Scene 5 to do this. Click here.
2. Complete all the activities on the PowerPoint 'Lesson 6 Macbeth' which focuses on the introduction of Lady Macbeth. You will need Act 1 Scene 5 to do this. Click here.
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Week Commencing: Monday 5th October 2020
1. Read from Act 1 Scene 6 to Act 2 Scene 2 of Macbeth. Find a link to the original and a translated version of the text here.
2. Complete the WIN task found on the word document 'Year 8 WIN task'. Your answer should be 5/6 PEA paragraphs.
3. Use slides 1-7 of the PowerPoint 'Lesson 8 Macbeth' to focus on how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are presented in Act 2 Scene 2.
2. Complete the WIN task found on the word document 'Year 8 WIN task'. Your answer should be 5/6 PEA paragraphs.
3. Use slides 1-7 of the PowerPoint 'Lesson 8 Macbeth' to focus on how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are presented in Act 2 Scene 2.
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Week Commencing: Monday 12th October 2020
1. Use the PowerPoint 'Lesson 8 Macbeth' - found above - to complete the question on Slide 6: What do we learn about the characters in this extract from A2S2?
2. Use the PowerPoint 'Lesson 9 Macbeth' and the Newspaper Article word doc. to write a newspaper article reporting the death of King Duncan.
3. Read Act 2 Scene 3, Act 2 Scene 4 and Act 3 Scene 1.
2. Use the PowerPoint 'Lesson 9 Macbeth' and the Newspaper Article word doc. to write a newspaper article reporting the death of King Duncan.
3. Read Act 2 Scene 3, Act 2 Scene 4 and Act 3 Scene 1.
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Week Commencing: Monday 19th October 2020
1. Read Act 3 Scene 2 and then complete all the activities on slides 1-9 of the PowerPoint 'Macbeth Lesson 10'.
2. Read Act 2 Scene 3 & Scene 4 and then complete all the tasks on the PowerPoint 'Macbeth Lesson 11'.
2. Read Act 2 Scene 3 & Scene 4 and then complete all the tasks on the PowerPoint 'Macbeth Lesson 11'.
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Week Commencing: Monday 2nd November 2020
You will need Act 4 Scene 1 for the lesson this week.
1. Complete all the activities on the PowerPoint 'Lesson 12 Macbeth' in order to create your own witches' spell.
1. Complete all the activities on the PowerPoint 'Lesson 12 Macbeth' in order to create your own witches' spell.
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Week Commencing: Monday 9th November 2020
1. Complete all the activities on the PowerPoint 'Lesson 13 Macbeth' to explore the prophesies that the witches give to Macbeth. You will need Act 4 Scene 1.
2. Write a short story that is related to Macbeth with the use of 'Lesson 14 Macbeth'. This could be about something that has happened before the play started or a different character's point of view to events in the play.
2. Write a short story that is related to Macbeth with the use of 'Lesson 14 Macbeth'. This could be about something that has happened before the play started or a different character's point of view to events in the play.
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Week Commencing: Monday 16th November 2020
Please complete some of the activities in your Wider Reading booklet for this week. In lessons we will be completing assessments. You will catch up with the assessments when you return to school.
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Week Commencing: Monday 23rd November 2020
You will need to read Act 5 of Macbeth to complete this week's activities.
1. Complete all of the activities on the PowerPoint 'Lesson 16: Macbeth'.
2. Use the PowerPoint 'Lesson 17: Macbeth'. Use the activities to complete the PEA question on slides 6&7.
1. Complete all of the activities on the PowerPoint 'Lesson 16: Macbeth'.
2. Use the PowerPoint 'Lesson 17: Macbeth'. Use the activities to complete the PEA question on slides 6&7.
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Week Commencing: Monday 30th November 2020
This week we will be starting a new Scheme of Work about Gothic Literature.
1. Use the PowerPoint 'L1 Gothic'. Work your way through the activities on the slides. When you reach slide 10, you will need the word document 'L1 The Castle of Otranto Summary'.
2. Use the PowerPoint 'L2 Gothic'. Complete the activities on the slides. Slide 9 asks you to write 3 PEA paragraphs about the text you have read on slides 6-8.
You should also complete the review sheet and bring it with you on your first day back.
1. Use the PowerPoint 'L1 Gothic'. Work your way through the activities on the slides. When you reach slide 10, you will need the word document 'L1 The Castle of Otranto Summary'.
2. Use the PowerPoint 'L2 Gothic'. Complete the activities on the slides. Slide 9 asks you to write 3 PEA paragraphs about the text you have read on slides 6-8.
You should also complete the review sheet and bring it with you on your first day back.
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Week Commencing: Monday 7th December 2020
We are beginning to look at a short Gothic story titled 'The Red Room'.
1. Use the PowerPoint 'The Red Room L1'. Complete the activities on the PowerPoint to explore the opening of the story. When you get to slide 8 you will need to stop and read the first part of the story from the word document 'The Red Room P1.'
You should also complete the review sheet and bring it with you on your first day back.
1. Use the PowerPoint 'The Red Room L1'. Complete the activities on the PowerPoint to explore the opening of the story. When you get to slide 8 you will need to stop and read the first part of the story from the word document 'The Red Room P1.'
You should also complete the review sheet and bring it with you on your first day back.
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Week Commencing: Monday 14th December 2020
We will be focusing on the second part of the short story 'The Red Room' this week.
1. Use the PowerPoint 'The Red Room L2'. Complete the activities to explore the mood & atmosphere being created in this section of the story. For slide 1 you will need the 'Starter Activity' document and then for slides 5-6, you will need the word document 'Mood & Atmosphere Questions'.
You should also complete the review sheet and bring it with you on your first day back.
1. Use the PowerPoint 'The Red Room L2'. Complete the activities to explore the mood & atmosphere being created in this section of the story. For slide 1 you will need the 'Starter Activity' document and then for slides 5-6, you will need the word document 'Mood & Atmosphere Questions'.
You should also complete the review sheet and bring it with you on your first day back.
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Week commencing 5th January 2021
Hello year 8. This week we will continue with the theme of Gothic fiction. You will be practising your reading skills.
Read the full short story "The Monkey's Paw". It is a story where a man is granted 3 wishes but does not get what he thinks he will. It is dark and supernatural like many gothic tales. I hope you will enjoy reading it.
When you have finished reading, complete the tasks based on the story.
Hello year 8. This week we will continue with the theme of Gothic fiction. You will be practising your reading skills.
Read the full short story "The Monkey's Paw". It is a story where a man is granted 3 wishes but does not get what he thinks he will. It is dark and supernatural like many gothic tales. I hope you will enjoy reading it.
When you have finished reading, complete the tasks based on the story.
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Week commencing 11th January 2021
Hello year 8.... We are starting a new topic for this half term - Of Mice and Men. It is set in America during the Great Depression. We hope that you enjoy it.
You will need a copy of the text as you work through the lessons so please save the Word copy from this link. Please make sure you turn sound on.
Hello year 8.... We are starting a new topic for this half term - Of Mice and Men. It is set in America during the Great Depression. We hope that you enjoy it.
You will need a copy of the text as you work through the lessons so please save the Word copy from this link. Please make sure you turn sound on.
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