English Homework over Christmas

English Homework is due in on 16th January.

INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITIES

Task – You have to choose from the following activities below.  Please pick 4 short activities and 2 longer activities to complete.  

Short Activities

Find new vocabulary (words) that you do not really know the meaning of and write them in your book with the meaning next to them. Use a dictionary to find out the definition of the words.

Pick a descriptive word from the text, write it down and use a thesaurus to write down five synonyms and antonyms for that word.

Re-read a chapter - pick out 10 words that you feel are powerful words and that you could use in your own writing.

Design a cover for a book you have read.

How does the story hook you in at the beginning? Make a list of words or phrases that you feel are effective in making you want to read on.

Make up a wordsearch or a crossword for the book.

Make up three questions that you would ask to check if someone had read the book carefully.

Make a list of as many adjectives as you can from a chapter of the book.

List the words and phrases used to create an atmosphere, such as ‘scary’ or ‘spookiness’ ‘tension’ ‘relaxed’ etc

Make a list of as many verbs as you can from a chapter of the book.

Make a list of as many adverbs as you can from a chapter of the book.

How did the book make you feel? Explain.

Who else should read your book and why? Who shouldn’t read your book and why?

Longer Activities

Which character in your book are you most like? Explain your answer.

Draw a picture of your favourite part of the book. Write what is happening in the picture and say why you chose this bit of the book.

Write an interview or conversation between you and the main character of your book. Be sure you write detailed

responses for the character.

Write about what a character might be thinking or feeling at different stages of the story. You could write it in the first person or in a speech bubble.

Write about a memory or experience of your own that is similar to something you have read in your book

Which character in your book would you most like to be? Explain your answer.

Think of 5 questions you would like to ask one of the characters. Then write their answers as if you were that character.

Write your own blurb for a book you have read.

Write a letter to someone telling them about your book and your opinion of it.

Construct a time line to fit your story. Include all the main events.

Re-write a chapter as a playscript.

Which character in your book are you least like? Explain your answer.

Draw and label a character or a setting from a description in the book.

Write a book review for a book you have / have not enjoyed.

Write a telephone conversation between you and one of the characters from the book.

Draw a poster advertising the book. Make sure you write on the poster why people should read it.

Re-write a part of your book from a different character’s point of view.

Draw a cartoon strip of the main events from the book.

Write a letter to a problem page as if you were one of the characters in your book. Then write a response.

Write a summary of a book you have read that sums up the main events.

Dear author… write a letter to the author of your book. Tell them your opinion of their book and ask them any questions that you would want answering about the book or about what it is like to be an author.

Write several different possible outcomes for your book.

Write a newspaper article for one of the events in your book.

Write a diary entry for one of the characters in your book.