9SO Exam Preparation

Your exams are next week. Click here for the Social Studies preparation handout. Click here for the English preparation handout.

Best of luck!!!

9SO Creative Writing about Margot

Your creative writing task is due Friday 25th. Click here for the assessment sheet if you have lost yours.

10TF Jurassic Park Assessment

Here is a copy of the Jurassic Park Assessment that you need to be working on over the next few weeks.

9SO EN: Shrek Assessment

Here is the Shrek Assessment if you have managed to misplace yours...

9SO SS: Natural Wonders Assignment

Here is a copy of the Natural Wonders Assignment if you have lost yours. Remember that the Information Grid should be A3 size, not A4.

9SO Reading Awards

I hope you are all working hard to reach a Bronze Award by the end of the term (or a Silver or Gold for those more avid readers). Here is some information on what the Reading Awards entail:
- Reading Programme Instructions (and Bronze level)
- Silver Reading List
- Gold Reading List
- Books that may interest you

A reading response should be 200 words minimum, and be 1/3 summary of the book and 2/3 personal response (eg "I liked..." "My favourite part was..." "I really like this character because..." "I thought it was scary when...").

9SO SS: Work and Effect on People

This is the last of the information for the Resource and Work topic. Click here for the sheet that outlines the four period of work and how it has changed/effected people's lives.

9SO SS: Project Aid Agency

Click here for a copy of the Project Aid Agency assessment - just in case you have lost it!

10TF Text Assessment

Click here for a copy of the assessment you need to complete about your novel study. It is due on 3rd July!

9SO SS: Computer Age and Modern Work

This is the material from the last day of our Resources and Work topic. Next week we will be doing revision for Thursday's test. Click here for what we did in class today.

9SO SS: Interesting Inventions

Inventions are one of the things that have changed the way that we live and work. Instead of doing a lot of manual labour (work using our hands) we use technology to do things. Click here to view a powerpoint that outlines some of the world's most interesting inventions. How many inventions are you able to guess correctly? Note: To access this powerpoint slide you will need to click on the 'view presentation in a new window' option that is underneath the slide...

9SO SS: Changing Work Activity

In class we have done a matching actvity that shows how work has changed from the Agricultural Age to the Industrial Revolution.

Instructions: You need to draw a chart - one side has the heading 'Agricultural Age' and the other side has the heading 'Industrial Revolution'. Cut out the squares and decide which column they belong to. Click here for the matching activity, and click here for the answers once you have completed the activity.

9SO SS: Industrial Revolution

Here is some information about the Industrial Revolution (1800s to 1950s). A reminder that the definition is: a period in which manufacturing industries grew and modernised the production of resources.

For those of you at home sick here is what we are doing in class:
Copy into your books under the heading Industrial Revolution:
"In the 1700s about 90% of people in England worked on the land. But over the next 150 years there were many changes. The main thing that changed the way people worked and lived was inventions. Inventions also made it possible for factories to be establisehd where more goods could be produced.

Factory conditions: Conditions in factories were often very bad and children, women and men often worked 10-12 hours a day with little food or rest, and low wages. The jobs that they did were often repetitive and dangerous."

9SO English: Creative Writing

Here is the latest English assessment. It is a creative writing assessment that is due on Friday 3rd July. If you have any queries please email me (my email is on the HVHS website).

There is a different assessment for each novel. If you are studying Chinese Cinderella click here, if you are studying Rocco click here, if you are studying The Cay click here, and if you are studying Brother in the Land click here.

12EN: Seven Easy Essay Steps

Essay writing is a skill that, at Year 12, requires a lot of analysis of text or film. Click here for a handout on how to write an essay, courtesy of Mr Beckett. We have looked at this handout in class, but if you've lost your copy it is advisable you print yourself a new one!

12EN: To Kill a Mockingbird

Sparknotes is a good place to go for notes on To Kill a Mockingbird. It has chapter summaries, character analysis and some notes on themes...
The address is: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/