Monday, 19 September 2016

Homework, 19th September, 2016

This week I would like you to read the short story, Digging to China, and answer the comprehension questions on the back. Everything you need is in your homework folder. 

This is due tomorrow (Tuesday). 

Good luck!

Monday, 12 September 2016

Homework, Monday 12th September, 2016

Hello!

As the first homework of the year, I would like you to read the short story in your homework folder and and answer the questions on it, which are on the other side of the sheet. The answers can be written on the lined paper provided, or typed on a computer and printed out. 

The homework is due tomorrow (Tuesday 13th September). 

Good luck!


Thursday, 8 September 2016

Welcome!

Welcome to Mr Quillfeldt's Year 9 English blog. There are already loads of posts on here, but they're from several years ago, so ignore them.

The main purpose of this blog is to keep you up-to-date with homework, so if your son or daughter's homework diary has mysteriously disappeared and/or they tell you there is no homework, you can check.

I will, from time-to-time post other stuff here, like suggested reading, copies of worksheets and maybe even some of the pupils' work (with their permission, of course). I will also keep you up to date with what we are studying in class.

On that note, we will be doing some creative writing this half term, building on the work done on the same topic this time last year. This will involve writing the first draft of a short story of between 300 and 1000 words before spending some time learning about genre, themes, how to structure a story, how to create characters, how to describe settings, how to use dialogue, how to use paragraphs and various other important elements of the creative writing process. The pupils will then revisit their first draft and make improvements to it based on the things they have learnt in lessons so that they end up with a final, finished piece that would make Dickens himself envious. We will also spend some time learning how to answer fiction-based reading comprehension questions using a variety of texts from different genres.