Adventurous Vocabulary!

In order to gain a high level, your adventure story will need to contain lots of great vocabulary. Log in to Quizlet (using the link at the top of the blog) and search for 'seankelly85'. You should then request to join my Year 7 class. Once you have done this, spend some time revising some of the key vocabulary 'Year 7 Adventure Stories: Key Vocabulary'.

Planning your adventure story!

Planning your adventure story!

Copy and paste the table (below) into a word document and complete it by inserting some key information that you will use in each section of your story. 

'Interesting introduction' and 'Set the scene in detail' have some suggestions for the types of features you could use in these sections of the story - you just have to think of some nice sentences for each feature.

Interesting introduction	Type of opening: Simile: Personification: 2 of 5 senses:	Great words:
Set the scene in detail	Sight: Smell: Sounds: Metaphor:	Great words:
The most important part of your story (e.g. a big problem, or a very exciting moment)		Great words:
Resolution (how you felt when the adventure was over)		Great words:

***EXAM DATE CHANGE: GOOD NEWS! THERE WILL BE NO EXAMS TOMORROW OR ON FRIDAY. WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME PREPARING AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING!***

Simile, Metaphor or Personification?

Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a simile, metaphor, or personification. Write down your answers in your notebook (e.g. 1. Simile).

1.  He is like a rocket on his bike. 
2.  The fire roared to life. 
3.  The leaves fell like rain. 
4.  The glasses danced on the shelf during the earthquake. 
5.  The clock is the keeper of time. 
6.  The water called invitingly to the hot children. 
7.  The rusty door hinge screamed every time the door opened. 
8.  The wind was like a piercing arrow. 
9.  The stage was the canvas upon which the play was painted. 
10. The train screamed down the tracks. 
11. Music is the salve that soothes us. 
12. The swing rocked like a baby learning to walk. 
13. Fruit is fuel for a healthy body. 
14. The fresh apple was crispy like a new dollar bill. 
15. Water is the hammer that erodes the rocks. 

Next, with a partner, try the quiz below:

https://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=78593#.VgKirt-qqko

Location Prepositions: 'In', 'On' and 'At'

Below are links to a number of websites where you can practise using prepositions. Work through as many of the exercises as you can. Good luck!

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/prepositions-exercises.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions

http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games/prepositions-place

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/prepositions-of-place-exercise-1.html

Welcome back tasks

Important first tasks:

1) You need a gmail account. If you already have one you can use that but if you don't you need to create one. Make sure your name and password are easy for you to remember. If you are finding it hard to find a good name, add 'sfp' to the end of your name. (e.g. joesmithsfp@gmail.com)

2) Send an email to s.kellysfp@gmail.com with your name and class as the title. This is to help me make a class email list for English.

3) Download google drive to your computer (using your new gmail account)

4) Join Studyblue and find and join our group Y7 2015-2016 - Use this link 
http://www.studyblue.com

5) Join Headmagent - http://headmagnet.com

6) Join Quizlet - http://quizlet.com

Create a Symbaloo

Create a Symbaloo

Go to:

http://www.symbaloo.com/

Create an account

1. In the top hand corner put it in English (UK)
2. Click on Create Free Account
3. Enter your details and click Create Account

Create a tile for your symbaloo

1. Click on the + symbol above the boxes in the centre of the screen
2. Click on an empty tile
3. Click on Create a tile
4. Enter http://www.wordreference.com/ in the box called  Add the address of the website
5. Click on Save

Create more tiles for your symbaloo. Use all the following websites to start off with.

• http://www.studyblue.com/
• http://headmagnet.com/
• http://quizlet.com/
• http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
• http://popplet.com/
• http://animoto.com/
• http://goanimate.com/
• https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&continue=https://mail.google.com/mail/&ss=1&scc=1&ltmpl=default&ltmplcache=2&hl=es&emr=1
• http://www.youtube.com/
• http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php
• http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com
•  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/
•  http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml
•  http://lingro.com/
• http://www.linguee.com/