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KS3 English Booklet: 1st June- 26th June

Over the next 4 weeks spend roughly 30 minutes a day working on a task from this booklet. You can either free type onto the pages or complete the work on a separate sheet.

If you complete a piece of work that you are proud of take a and share it with your English teacher, you can do this via:

If you can’t send a picture in, keep the work safe and we will have an opportunity to showcase it when we return.

Daily English Diet

Completed? Sent to teacher?

Monday

Comprehension

Week 1 (1st June-5th June) Week 2 (8th June-12th June) Week 3 (15th June- 19th June) Week 4 (22nd June-26th June)

Tuesday

Vocabulary


Wednesday

Reading Engagement


Thursday

Creative writing


Friday

Reading Day

Settle down with a book, magazine or newspaper article and read for at least 30 minutes- there are lots of audio books on line free to students if you prefer to do this.

Complete your reading log for what you’ve read each week.

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Week 1 Comprehension: Monday 1st June


Comprehension Answer Sheet

Write your answers here:

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Week 1 Vocabulary: Tuesday 2nd June

Task One: Spelling

• Learn the spelling of each word.

Task Two: Definitions

• Find a dictionary definition of each word (In some cases, the words may have more than one meaning.

Choose the definition that is an adjective and could be used to describe a person.)

Task Three: Synonyms and Antonyms

• For each word, write a list of synonyms (words which have a similar meaning). If you can, write at least two

antonyms (words which mean the opposite).

• Remember: In some cases, the words may have more than one meaning. Choose the synonyms that are

adjectives and could be used to describe a person.

Task Four: Stretch Yourself

• Write five sentences, each using one of the words above correctly.

Task Five: Challenge

• Write a paragraph describing a character using each of the words above correctly.

Restrict

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Petulant

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Impestuous

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

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Stretch Yourself:

Write five sentences, each using one of the words above correctly.

Or

Challenge:

Write a paragraph describing a character using each of the words above correctly.

Stretch and Challenge

Write your stretch and challenge answers here:



Week 1 Reading Engagement: Wednesday 3rd June

Read a book or non fiction text (article/ blog/ autobiography) of your choice. Write down five interesting facts you learned from a book or article of your choice

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.


Week 1 Creative Writing: Thursday 4th June

Choose one of the stimuli below and create your own piece of writing.

Write a story

about a wizard

who has broken

his wand.

Write about

something

YELLOW.

How did the

tiger get its

stripes? Or how

did the giraffe

get its long

neck?

Write your piece of creative writing here:



Week 1 Reading log: Friday 5th June

What did you read?

What did you enjoy about it? What didn’t you enjoy about it?

Write your favourite sentence from the text here:

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Week 2 Comprehension: Monday 8th June


1. Where and when was Mo born?

________________________________________________________________

2. Name the 3 GB athletes that won Gold medals on Super Saturday.

________________________________________________________________

3. What were Mo’s dream jobs when he was a child?

________________________________________________________________

1. What was the name of the athletics club that Mo joined as a junior?

________________________________________________________________

2. Why did Mo have a major disappointment in 2008?

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

3. Why was Mo’s double Olympic win so special? How did he celebrate?

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

1. Why do British people call the 4th August 2012 ‘Super Saturday’?

________________________________________________________________

2. Choose 2 adjectives to describe Mo’s character. Explain your choices.

I think Mo is ____________ because ___________________________________

I think Mo is____________ because ___________________________________

3. Where does the charity money raised by ‘The Mo Farah Foundation’ go to? Why do

you think this is?

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________


Week 2 Vocabulary: Tuesday 9th June

Task One: Spelling














Grotesque

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Intense

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Despondent

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:








Stretch Yourself:


Or

Challenge:






Week 2 Reading Engagement: Wednesday 10th June

Read a book or non fiction text (article/ blog/ autobiography) of your choice.

Choose any five interesting words from your book/ text

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Now put them in alphabetical order

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.


Week 2 Reading Engagement: Thursday 11th June


FACT: A jumping flea can

accelerate faster than a

space rocket taking off

into orbit. Write a story

or poem about this.

Start a story

with the

sentence

‘The spaceship

had…’

It’s the year 2058,

and pollution is so

bad that the sun can

never be seen

through the grey air

and the streets are

just piles of plastic.

Write about a day

living in this world.





What did you read?





Week 3 Comprehension: Monday 15th June


The Sun Questions

1. What gases is the Sun mainly made from?

_____________________________________________________________

2. How far away is the Sun from Earth?

_____________________________________________________________

3. What does the word ‘solar’ mean?

_____________________________________________________________

___

1. How long does it take energy to reach Earth from the Sun?

____________________________________________________________

2. List the different layers of the Sun from the centre to the outside.

____________________________________________________________

3. Think of 2 more examples where we use the word ‘solar’.

____________________________________________________________

1. What type of star is the Sun now?

_____________________________________________________________

2. What keeps out solar system of planets orbiting the Sun?

_____________________________________________________________

3. Will the Sun last forever? Explain your answer.

_____________________________________________________________


Week 3 Vocabulary: Tuesday 16th June

Task One: Spelling














Vulnerable

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Resourceful

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Courageous

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:








Stretch Yourself:


Or

Challenge:








Draw a diagram of something mentioned in your book. Label it and explain what it

is.




Find an unusual

looking item in

your house. Make

up a new name

and purpose for

it, then write a

story with it in.

Continue this story.

There were only 30

seconds left in the game.

Our team were one point

behind, so I…

Create a poem about

your favourite

animal.





What did you read?





Week 4 Comprehension: Monday 22nd June

Rainforest Deforestation


Rainforest Deforestation Questions

1. Name one reason given in the first paragraph, not to destroy rainforests

_____________________________________________________________

2. Name one of the three ways a rainforest can be destroyed

_____________________________________________________________

3. What does ‘deforestation’ mean?

_____________________________________________________________

___

1. In the Fact File, what does the word ‘extinct’ mean?

____________________________________________________________

2. Why does saving paper help the rainforest?

____________________________________________________________

3. Why has the author used an exclamation mark (!) in paragraph 2?

____________________________________________________________

1. What fraction of the Earth’s plant and animal species live in Rainforests?

_____________________________________________________________

2. What is the main reason that rainforests are being destroyed?

_____________________________________________________________

3. What is your opinion on deforestation? How could we prevent it from

happening?

_____________________________________________________________


Week 4 Vocabulary: Tuesday 23rd June

Task One: Spelling














Sufficient

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Festoon

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Gregarious

Definition:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:








Stretch Yourself:


Or

Challenge:








Find 5 words with apostrophes, write them down and the reason the apostrophe has

been used.

1. Word:

Reason:

2. Word:

Reason:

3. Word:

Reason:

4. Word:

Reason:

5. Word:

Reason:




You’re sailing at

sea on a huge

boat with a crew

of 30 when a

group of pirates

jump aboard.

What happens

next?

Create a scary monster

and have your hero fight

it.

FACT: Mars is

home to the

tallest

mountain in the

solar system,

called Olympus

Mons. Write a

story set on

Mars where you

have to get

past this

mountain.





What did you read?




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