Homework Schedule

DATE	HOMEWORK	SKILLS PRACTICE	DUE DATE
27 February	Compare newspaper articles - The Guardian and The Mirror about the Asian Tsunami.	English Paper 1: Section A: Media and Non-Fiction	3 March
8 March	The Headmaster has announced that he will be removing English from the curriculum! Write a letter arguing for it to remain.	Writing Paper 1: Section B: Writing to Argue, Persuade or Advise	9 March
13 March	Website: www.visitcheltenham.com How effective is the design and presentation of this home page? Comment on colour, font, layout, image vs. text, etc.	English Paper 1: Section A: Media and Non-Fiction	17 March
22 March	Literature stories: Compare how Doris Lessing, in Flight, and the writer of one other story in the selection present characters dealing with loss.	Literature Paper	23 March
	Easter holiday revision: Read notes and test your knowledge on the Anthology. Poems from Different Cultures will be the first area of focus on your return.
18 April	Poems from different cultures: Compare how poets present the importance of different cultures in Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan and one other poem.	English Paper 2: Section A: Poems from Different Cultures and Traditions	21 \|April
26 April	Describe your first experience of a theme park	Writing Paper 2: Section B: Writing to Inform, Explain or Describe.	27 April
1 May	Literature key poems: Re-read On my first sonne and Sonnet 130: identify the poetic techniques used and explain their effects to the reader.	Literature Paper	5 May
8 May	Consider a time you felt nervous or anxious: describe the experience.	Writing Paper 2: Section B: Writing to Inform, Explain or Describe	9 May
15 May	Literature poems practice: Compare how actions against others are shown in The Laboratory and three other poems - one other pre-1914, one by Carol Ann Duffy and one by Simon Armitage.	Literature Paper	18 May