Homework, Friday, January 27th, 2017

Read the article below and answer the questions that follow:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/jun/21/schools.uk1

1. What is the name of the school which is mentioned in the article?

2. What did the teacher who ‘lost it’ threaten to do to the pupils?

3. Why do you think the writer asks us to put ourselves in the place of the teacher?

4. The writer asks us whether we have any children of our own. What literary technique is this an example of?

5. Why do you think the writer tells us in the second paragraph that she herself has been a teacher?

6. What word does she use to describe the experience of supply teaching?

7. What is the effect of this word on us as readers?

8. Who does the writer partly blame in the fourth paragraph for the negative attitude of students towards teachers?

9. How does the writer describe the students in the final paragraph?

10. Thinking about the article as a whole, how does the writer try to make us sympathise with the teacher who ‘lost it’?

Before you write an answer to this question, copy out and fill in the table below (the first two points have been done for you):

What she says	How she says it
·        The writer tells us that she herself has been a teacher and it was not much fun.	·        She uses the word ‘hell’ to describe her own experience. This is a very powerful word and an example of hyperbole.

Now take the information from the table and turn it into a two paragraph answer the question. You need to write around 200 words. 

As always, this is due on Monday. 

Good luck!

Homework, 20th January, 2017

Read the article about James Arthur and answer the questions that follow. This is due on Monday, 23rd January. 

James Arthur in ANOTHER Twitter spat after sending abusive texts to a girl who rejected his sleazy advance

James Arthur is at it again. Pop’s biggest misogynist and homophobe is embroiled in yet another Twitter spat after sending abusive texts to a girl who rejected his sleazy advances.

The mouthy 2012 X Factor winner, already on a final warning from boss Simon Cowell, could find himself in yet more trouble after hitting on model Teddy Edwardes – and then turning nasty when she turned him down.

After she went online to retaliate to his nasty exchanges, James bizarrely threatened to sue her, adding: “Haha I have the best lawyers in the country.”

He later tried to deny all knowledge of her and posted: “Annoying when glamour models pretend they are talking to you to get their breasts in Nuts magazine.”

Teddy, 23, hit back by posting screen grabs of the pair’s text exchanges.

Flustered, the Impossible singer then tried another tactic – claiming it was his PA that was texting her, trying to pull her... Right.

Teddy, who describes herself as a “professional winner”, first started exchanging texts with James, 25, last year.

I’m told: “James followed Teddy on Twitter and was constantly pestering her to go and see him. He was incredibly sleazy, saying things like, ‘Sex is all I can offer right now.’

“Not surprisingly, Teddy just told him she was busy. Then he totally snapped and got really angry and abusive. He couldn’t handle the rejection.”

The row is just the latest instance of Twitter going wrong for James.

In November he became embroiled in a war of tweets with fellow X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan, 22, after he used the phrase “f****** queer” in a rap.

And in other PR disasters he accused his ex, Rita Ora, 23, of being, well, a slut in a rap. Two hookers recently slated his sexual performance and last year he was signed off with exhaustion.

If I was you, James, I’d get offline and have a little lie down...

1. Who is James Arthur already on a final warning from?

2. By claiming that James Arthur is ‘at it again’, what is the writer of the article trying to imply about him?

3. Why do you think the writer has used the word ‘sleazy’ in the headline instead of ‘inappropriate’?

4. Which two very negative words are used to describe James Arthur in the second paragraph?

5. What word is used to describe James Arthur’s threat to sue the model with whom he has been arguing?

6. What evidence has Teddy provided to prove that James sent her text messages?

7. Why do you think the writer has mentioned James Arthur’s claim that it was his PA who was texting the model and not him?

8. Why do you think the writer of the article speaks directly to James in the last line of the article?

9. How is the text laid out?

10. What is included to make the article more visually appealing?

11. Now have a go at the following 10 mark exam-style question:

What impression do you get of James Arthur from the article? How does the writer create this impression?

Think about:

·        What is said

·        How it is said

·        How the information is presented

Your answer should be around 200 words long.

Homework, Friday 13th January, 2017

Click on the link below to read Empire magazine's review of The BFG.

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/bfg/review/


Now answer the following questions:

1. Why has Roald Dahl become easier since 1990?

2. Give one reason why he used to rage against filmmakers.

3. What do you think the phrase ‘Some films escaped his wrath though,’ means? (You might have to look up the word ‘wrath’).

4. What word is used to describe the opening of the story?

5. How can we tell from the review that this is Ruby Barnhill’s first role?

6. In what way is the portrayal of Sophie in this film different from Disney’s ‘archetypal heroine’?

7. Copy out the alliteration that is used in the third paragraph.

8. What word is used in the third paragraph to describe the dialogue?

9. What, according to the review, will make kids laugh?

10. What word does the writer use instead of ‘laughing’?

11. Why?

12. What do you think ‘… with scene after scene outstaying its welcome,’ means?

13. What criticism does the writer have of the bigger giants?

14. What word is used to describe Rebecca Hall as the Queen’s maid?

15. Sum the review up in twenty words or fewer.

As always, this is due on Monday (16th January)