Reading Historical Fiction Year 7 Each week you must complete 4 compulsory tasks (1-4) and 1 other. Your final homework must include tasks 19 and 20. We will film your presentation. It is very important that you choose a book of sufficient complexity - a book that truly reflects your reading ability. The quality and length of your homework work must also reflect the fact that you are now in year 7 and should be spending more time on homework. Visit the Library to collect support sheets for some tasks* and to see examples of great year 7 work Spend a minimum of Find 5-10 unfamiliar Write a paragraph Get your parent or 30 minutes a week words and explain (4-5 sentences) carer to sign your reading your book. their meaning.* summarising what diary weekly to This could be five has happened in the confirm that you are minutes a day. book so far. reading your book and completing tasks. Draw what you think Script a conversation If the characters in Write a diary entry one of the main between you and the your book are based for one of your characters looks like. librarian explaining on real people characters. Annotate their why you this research them and physical features as particular book.* try to identify where well as their the author has been personality.* true to life. Create a labelled Make a shoebox Make a spider Imagine that you are map of the setting scene of a key diagram about other the author write the for your book moment in the book. events (national and script for an including all the key This should include international) that assembly explaining locations in the titles and subtitles are taking place at why students should book. and speech or the same time your read your work. thought bubbles. book is set.* Design an alternative Draw and annotate a a letter from Make a timeline of book jacket.* new character for one character to the key events you the book. another. are reading about. Write a biography of Design a Facebook Write a review of Prepare a two the author.* page for one of the your book. Try to minute presentation main characters. write at least 1-2 about your book to sides in your exercise give to your class book*.
Reading Historical Fiction Year 7 Each week you must complete 4 compulsory tasks (1-4) and 1 other. Your final homework must include tasks 19 and 20. We will film your presentation. It is very important that you choose a book of sufficient complexity - a book that truly reflects your reading ability. The quality and length of your homework work must also reflect the fact that you are now in year 7 and should be spending more time on homework. Visit the Library to collect support sheets for some tasks* and to see examples of great year 7 work Spend a minimum of 30 minutes a week reading your book. This could be five minutes a day. Find 5-10 unfamiliar words and explain their meaning.* Write a paragraph (4-5 sentences) summarising what has happened in the book so far. Get your parent or carer to sign your diary weekly to confirm that you are reading your book and completing tasks. Draw what you think one of the main characters looks like. Annotate their physical features as well as their personality.* Script a conversation between you and the librarian explaining why you this particular book.* If the characters in your book are based on real people research them and try to identify where the author has been true to life. Write a diary entry for one of your characters. Create a labelled map of the setting for your book including all the key locations in the book. Make a shoebox scene of a key moment in the book. This should include titles and subtitles and speech or thought bubbles. Make a spider diagram about other events (national and international) that are taking place at the same time your book is set.* Imagine that you are the author write the script for an assembly explaining why students should read your work. Design an alternative book jacket.* Draw and annotate a new character for the book. a letter from one character to another. Make a timeline of the key events you are reading about. Write a biography of the author.* Design a Facebook page for one of the main characters. Write a review of your book. Try to write at least 1-2 sides in your exercise book*. Prepare a two minute presentation about your book to give to your class