Literacy Homework

Spelling and Reading Homework began week 3 of Term 1.

You will have a list of words to learn each week and a sheet to complete based on those words. Each week I will put the spelling and reading homework on here for you.

TERM 2
Week 9
SPELLING: List #13 and sheet
READING: Writing a diray entry as one of the main chaacters. Start with "Dear Diary," and write about actual events from the book. Minimum of 50 words. These will be shared on FRIDAY with the class.

Week 8
SPELLING: List #12 and sheet
READING: Create two poems about two characters in the book you are currently reading. One poem should be a HAIKU poem and the other an ACROSTIC poem. Draw the characters beside each poem as well.
Week 6
SPELLING: List #11 and sheet
READING: Reading for 30 minutes each night and practicing poem for recital.

Week 5
SPELLING: List #10 and sheet
READING: Reading for 30 minutes each night and creating a crossword using words that describe aspects of your book e..g characters, places ideas, author. The title is the name of the book. See my example on "With My Knife" for ideas. Print your puzzle and glue into your book.

POEM of the WEEK: This week's poem is a What if... poem. This poem consists of 10 pairs of rhyming sentences that are all posed as questions. Every what if... poem starts the same. Please note: the example below only contains 5 pairs.

What if...
Last night as I lay thinking here
some what ifs crawled inside my ear
and pranced and partied all night long
and sang their same what if song:
What if I am dumb in school?
What if they have closed the pool?
What if I get bet up?
What if I break the cup?
What if no body likes me?
What if a bolt of lightening strikes me?
What if I start to cry?
What if I drink poison and die?
What if green hair grows on my chest?
What if I don't pass the maths test?

Week 4
SPELLING: List #9 and sheet
READING: Reading for 30 minutes per night and working on poetry assignment.

POEM of the WEEK: This week's poem is POEM WITH A TWIST. These poems have four or five lines and each line describes a different characteristic of an object. The final line is where the twist is though and this line is the opposite to the rest of the poem as it takes an obvious characteristic and expresses it with a NO in front.

Here are two examples about a skier and a cat.

Skier

Woolly socks

shinking stocks

tense and ready

getting steady...

NO SNOW!

Clyde the Cat

Keen,

Ready for action,

Ready to strike,

hungry rumbling tummy,

NO MICE!

Week 3
SPELLING: List #8 and sheet
READING: No reading homework except for those of you who did not finish and hand in teh new book cover from last week.

POEM of the WEEK: This week's poem is an ACROSTIC poem. Acrostic poems have a word written down the page and sentences that link to that word or topic written accross the page. Each sentence needs to start with the letter running down the page.

Here is an example using the word WINTER.

When winter arrives the leaves have fallen from the trees and the days are shorter.
Ice covers the grass when there is a frost.
Nelson has very mild winters and it is unlikely to snow here.
Toursits come to New Zealand to go skiing and snowboarding.
Eventually the days will get longer again and spring will arrive.
Remember to dress really warm when it gets cold outside.

Week 2
SPELLING: List #7 and sheet
READING: Create a new cover for a book you have already read. It must be on the correct sheet and have colour, perfectly written lettering and images which are relevant to the novel.

POEM of the WEEK: This week's poem is a SENSE poem. It has five lines and the theme of the poem is an emotion e.g. happiness.

The first line describes the colour of the emotion.

The second line describes the taste.
The third describes the smell.
The forth describes the sound.
The fifth describes what it feels like.

Fear

Fear is black!

It tastes like cold rice pudding

and smells like smelly socks under the bed.

It is the sound of a gunshot.

Fear panics me!

Week 1
SPELLING: List #6 and sheet
READING: Complete an author study on an author of your choice. Include their name, a photo of them, at least 5 facts about them and a paragraph about one of their books. If you have not read one of their books yet, list 5 books they have written. This will take up one whole page in your homwork book.

POEM of the WEEK: This week's poem is a HAIKU poem. A haiku poem is made up of three lines. The fist line has five syllables, the second has seven and the third has five. It is a traditional Japanese form of poetry.

An old silent pond

A frog jumps into the pond,

Splash! Silence again.

              - Matsuo Basho

TERM 1

Week 5

SPELLING: List #3 and sheet

READING: Write a letter to the author of the book you are reading and tell them what you think about their book.

Week 4

SPELLING: List # 2 and sheet
READING: Draw the main character from your novel and describe their characteristics around the outside
Week 3
SPELLING: List #1 and sheet
READING: Read for 30 minutes each night and write two chapter summaries just like we did at school.
Poem of the Week - Week 3