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1. Geography

Trace a map of Europe. You can use either a large piece of poster-size paper or a double page in your notebooks. Name the countries and their capital cities. Use your list of European Union capital cities but remember to add capital cities for countries which are not part of the EU (e.g. Switzerland).

2. Literature and Language

Prepare for a vocabulary text on Animal Farm using 1) the notes made during our reading in class and 2) your dictionary.

Write a short (two or three lines) diary entry at the end of each day e.g. if you travel make notes of what you see/do. You may use your diary entries to write an essay in the week after the vacation.

3. Remember there’s a quiz competition coming up in May so keep on improving your general knowledge!

Group 3 Mme. Eblagh 6èmes/5èmes:

Literature

Finish reading Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty. As you reach the end of each page, note all the words which are new to you. Look up the defintions in your dictionary and, after finding the one that fits the context, add it to your vocabulary list. Then reread the page before starting the next one.

Write a brief outline-a synopsis- of each chapter. Two or three sentences, in your own words, will suffice to sum up the storyline in each chapter.

The Martian Chronicles: Prepare for a comprehension and vocabulary test on what we have read in class.

Geography

Choose one of the countries mentioned in Rachel Redford, Book One. Prepare a presentation on the country chosen.

Reminder

Your research on the origins of the tin can must be presented in class on 6th March. You can make a poster for your presentation and include your own drawings e.g. to illustrate a Bolivian mine.

1. Anna Sewel/Black Beauty:Finish readingPart Two. Look up all the words which are new to you using your English-English dictionary and write down their definitions in your notebook. Prepare for a vocabulary and comprehension test on 03 january 2012.

2. Rachel Redford/An international Approach, Book 1: revise all the Tool Kits for a test on 05 January 2012. Finish the chapter in progress completing all the exercices.

3. Write ten sentences outlining ten alternative uses for the strings/cords on paper carrier bags. Prepare to demonstrate at least four of your ideas in a presentation in class. Due date: 03 to 09 January 2012?

4. Learn the words on the spelling lists pasted in your notebooks. Spelling test 03 January 2012

6èmes/5èmes

GEOGRAPHY

USA + Canada. The Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
Draw a diagram of these lakes on a page in your notebook.
Learn the facts and figures about these lakes.
Test on lakes: 28/02/2011

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Finish reading ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’.
Describe the following characters from the play:
1. Lady Windermere
2. Lord Darlington
3. Mrs. Erlynne

You must write at least one paragraph about each of the above characters using examples (you may quote dialogue from the play) to illustrate your descriptions.
Date due:01/03/2011

6èmes/5èmes HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

LITERATURE

Lady Windermere’s Fan: Learn your roles

Write a day-to-day diary in English during your holiday. Use the five senses technique to create an interesting narrative out of ordinary events.

PRESENTATIONS

For presentations due in January preparatory work must be done during the vacation.

HISTORY

Re-read the chapters we’ve studied in SHP Tear 7

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
For all students in Group 3 English + History and Geography in English/Eblagh

Although holiday + homework = the dreaded oxymoron* which appears before each vacation, I have selected work that you might find interesting and must do as part of the ongoing process of improving your written English.

*oxymoron: a combination of contradictory words

6èmes/5èmes

Press Article/International Herald Tribune, 20th October

Read the article about the 2011 Tour de France race using the map provided to trace the cyclists’ route.

Reminder about method:

1. Read the article straight through.

2. Read the article again writing down each word which is new to you or difficult to understand in its context.

3. Use your Engish-English dictionary to write down the full definition of each word on your list (e.g. for ‘provisionally’ which is an adverb look up and write out the meaning of the adjective ‘provisional’ )

3. Read the article again using your own word list to understand each word in its context.

4. Re-write, in your own words, any sentence you find difficult to understand (using, for example, synonyms).

I will check your notebooks on 4th November to ensure you have done this neatly on the page next to the one on which the article is pasted.

There will be comprehension and vocabulary questions based on this article in the Term Test on 8th November.

Hard Times

Re-read the chapters studied. There will be questions in the 8th November Term Test about the characters created by Charles Dickens. Use the notes you’ve taken in class during our discussions about each character.

HISTORY

Re-read pages One to Eleven in SHP History plus the information in your notebooks to prepare for your History term test on 9th November.

BOOK REPORTS

This is ongoing homework. I expect to see your book report (+/- 50 words. Remember this is not a complete account of the plot/storyline!)on at least one book of your own choice which you have read since the beginning of term. You will present this report during a short (five-minute) presentation in front of the class saying why you chose the book and why you enjoyed reading it.

GEOGRAPHY

The Earth: details about the Mantle, Crust, Core
Volcanoes (reasons for eruptions, volcanic plumes, magma, lava,ash…….) and earthquakes (epicentre, magnitude, Richter Scale, seismic waves, tectonic plates…..)
Examples: Balakot, Haiti, Iceland (+geysers)

Facts and figures:
Iceland
Australia
Nigeria
Reunion Island
Sudan
Syria
+ Los Angeles, USA

African fauna: Bush babies

History

Hannibal v the Romans
(rafts, elephants, crossing the Alps….)

Social history: differences Europe/USA in the late 19th century (use portrayals of character and descriptions of behaviour studied in D.Miller)

English Literature

Re-read for comprehension and vocabulary tests:
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime by Oscar Wilde
Daisy Miller by Henry James

Biographies of these two authors

Facts and vocabulary/
Ice Hockey
Fencing
Umpires/Referees

Mnenomic Devices

6èmes/5èmes

Geography

Prepare for test on 04 May by learning the facts on pages 128 and 129 and doing the exercises on page 129 in your notebooks.

Literature

Daisy Miller: prepare your vocabulary list with all the new words noted on 12 and 13 April (write out the definitions and use each word once in a sentence)

History:
Read your notes about Hannibal’s Journey Towards Rome.

Geography:
Revise facts and figures Los Angeles, Nigeria, Sudan, Reunion Island and Syria and Earthquakes.

English Literature:
“Daisy Miller”
Revise vocabulary and re-read pages 1 to 58 inclusive.

6émes/5èmes

English Literature

Daisy Miller by Henry James
1. Learn your vocabulary list from pages 48, 49 and 50. Prepare the definitions for a test on 08 March 2010.
2. Look carefully at the spelling of all the words from pages 1 to 50: you will have dictation in the week of 08 to 12 March.
3.Write one or two paragraphs describing 9 year-old Randolph Miller. Use examples from the book.

Geography

Prepare for a test on earthquakes using the information in your notebooks.