The Handmaid’s Tale: Homework Study Schedule
Week 1: Read the background of the text in your critical Resource Booklet Consolidate classwork on ‘Dedications and Epigraphs’. Read, highlight and annotate these pages. In your own words explain and unpack the layers of meaning in Sufi Mysticism Read the following links and add to your comparative list the real-world history which influenced events... Continue Reading →
Purple Hibiscus: Tier 2 Vocabulary
Vocabulary Definition 1 Penitent Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds 2 Lineage Tracking of direct descent and ancestry usually for pedigree 3 Reverence A feeling of profound respect for someone or something 4 Benevolence Kind and fair with power 5 Disconsolately Grief-stricken loneliness 6 Indigenous Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native... Continue Reading →
Purple Hibiscus: Low-stakes Revision Quizzing
Purple Hibiscus: Low-stakes Revision Quizzing for A-level Examinations Week 1: Explain the quotation: You must include consideration of characterisation, themes, structure of the novel, context and offer one other linking quote. “I wished Amaka would keep her voice low. I was not used to this king of conversation at the table.” p.97 “She said ‘teenagers’... Continue Reading →
King Lear: Homework Study Schedule
King Lear: Homework study schedule The majority of reading materials will be contained in your critical pack; videos and podcasts available through your A-level playlist. Tick when completed and make sure you manage your workload – do not leave it all until the last minute. Week 1: Read the background of the text... Continue Reading →
English as a Second Language: Listening Homework study schedule
10ESL Listening and Skills: Homework study schedule Week 1: Spellings and Definitions practice Listen and answer the following pre-intermediate questions. Screenshot the marks and email them to Ms. Schwartz on completion: https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/2L2-dianas-new-job.php Complete the following exercise on conditionals or ‘If clauses’: https://www.grammarbank.com/support-files/if-wish-clauses-ac.pdf Week 2: Spellings and Definitions practice Watch and apply key vocabulary... Continue Reading →
How is suffering depicted in Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus?
Exemplar essay generously shared with permissions Leen Elamin:
Poems of the Decade: Homework Schedule
Week 1: Watch ‘The Deliverer’ A-level Literature Playlist Week 2: Essay: How is suffering presented within the Poems of the Decade collection? 1000 words Watch ‘Giuseppe’ A-level Literature Playlist Week 3: Watch ‘Out of the Bag’ A-level Literature Playlist Week 4: Essay: How is the memory or identity depicted in... Continue Reading →
English Second Language: Extreme Sports
10ESL Extreme Sports: Home study schedule Week 1: Spellings and Definitions practice Watch and apply key vocabulary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5NcYL3MnCw&list=PLwaLIaLu8wcy2QoGxwp1jygaPioAkGd04&index=5&t=0s Week 2: Spellings and Definitions practice Watch Vocabulary lesson ready for class quiz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CDO32us1dk&list=PLwaLIaLu8wcy2QoGxwp1jygaPioAkGd04&index=2 Week 3: Spellings and Definitions practice Create a two minute presentation about an extreme sport that you would like to... Continue Reading →
