Year 8 home learning – Week 1, Lesson 2 – Being Homeless This half term, we will be studying ‘Stone Cold’ (a novel about murder and homelessness by Robert Swindells!). This week, you will be completing a Knowledge Test (which you should have completed for Lesson 1) and then completing this worksheet (see below) for Lesson 2. We will post further lessons for next week, which you can access via the school website or via Google Classroom. Please either a) print off this worksheet, complete it, bring it back into school and hand it in to your English teacher, or b) download it, complete it and upload it to your teacher on Google Classroom. Do now: list three things that the images (above) make you think about. 1. _____________________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________________ PB: imagine that you are a homeless person. Write the first paragraph of a diary explaining how you became homeless and describing how you feel about your new situation. Section A: Nouns 1. What is a ‘noun’? ______________________________________________________ 2. Underline the three nouns in the following sentence: Joanne drove her car into the garage. Now underline the ten nouns in the following paragraph: Nestled in long grass and nettles, a worn church stands firm. A narrow, almost non- existent path leads to the porch, which is surrounded by shrubs, overgrown and unruly. The stonework is crumbling, the slates are loose and a few windows are cracked, but the church has still a hidden beauty. Section B: Homelessness Watch the following video clip and answer the questions (below): https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gDkOnqQ8Xzk Why do you think people are homeless? _______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
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Year 8 home learning – Week 1, Lesson 2 – Being Homeless
This half term, we will be studying ‘Stone Cold’ (a novel about murder and homelessness by Robert
Swindells!). This week, you will be completing a Knowledge Test (which you should have completed for
Lesson 1) and then completing this worksheet (see below) for Lesson 2. We will post further lessons for next
week, which you can access via the school website or via Google Classroom.
Please either a) print off this worksheet, complete it, bring it back into school and hand it in to your English
teacher, or b) download it, complete it and upload it to your teacher on Google Classroom.
Do now: list three things that the images (above) make you think about.