Can you unscramble these words?

• rroroh smifl
• leiarhc ym ogd
• eletvsiion ocdemy
• idvad weibo
• eechse

Horror films

Charlie my dog

Television comedy

David Bowie

Cheese

Topics - Year 9

• Identifying the components of short stories
• Exploring different versions of well-known tales
• Exploring how narrative perspectives can change
• Exploring and writing different length stories and components of diaries

Classroom rules

• Arrive to lesson on time
• Listen when people are speaking
• Adhere to the school rules
• Hand in homework on time
• Try your best!

Getting to know you...

• Groups of 4
• Each person needs to tell the group three interesting facts about themselves
• I will ask you all for a fact about someone else in your group

Over the holidays...

• In pairs, tell each other about something you did over the holidays
• Make it as descriptive and exciting as possible (even if it wasn't!)

Over the holidays...

• Write a short paragraph about your partner's holiday
• Change the ending to anything you want
• Make a note of the key characters, plot and setting

Topics - Year 7

• Explore the idea of genre
• Exploring characters through quotations
• Using suitable language for different audiences and for different purposes

Over the holidays...

• Write a short paragraph about your partner's holiday
• Change the ending to anything you want

Topics - Year 8

• Personal writing genre
• Using figurative language for effect
• Exploring forms of personal writing
• Crafting sentences and paragraphs for effect
• Cider with Rosie