Year 8 project - Refugee Awareness Week June 2020 Hello Year 8s, This week we will be focusing on Refugee Awareness Week, which takes place from the 15 th to 20 th June. • Literacy Task - Persuasive Writing Techniques- Using persuasive text to write a letter to the Prime Minister. • Numeracy Task – Solving the calculations. • Science Task – Investigate balanced and unbalanced forces. • Humanities Task – Which countries do refugees originate from? • Art Task – Design a Happy Birthday Message for the NNRF who is celebrating their 20 th anniversary. Stay safe ☺ ☺ From Miss Masud, Miss Walsh and Mr Rogers Note to parents – Tasks are labelled with *, **, or *** based on their level of challenge,, *** being the most challenging.
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Year 8 project - Refugee Awareness
Week June 2020
Hello Year 8s,
This week we will be focusing on Refugee Awareness Week, which takes place from
the 15th to 20th June.
• Literacy Task - Persuasive Writing Techniques- Using persuasive text to
write a letter to the Prime Minister.
• Numeracy Task – Solving the calculations.
• Science Task – Investigate balanced and unbalanced forces.
• Humanities Task – Which countries do refugees originate from?
• Art Task – Design a Happy Birthday Message for the NNRF who is
celebrating their 20th anniversary.
Stay safe ☺ ☺
From Miss Masud, Miss Walsh and Mr Rogers
Note to parents –
Tasks are labelled with *, **, or *** based on their level of challenge,, *** being the
most challenging.
Lesson – Literacy – What persuasive techniques can be used in a
letter to Prime Minister Johnson?
Task – Write a persuasive letter to the Prime Minister to help
with funding for a Refugee Charity.
Read the Refugee Fact File to give you an insight into the life of a refugee.
(The sheets have been given *, ** and *** to help you choose which one is best for you
to read)
Refugee Fact Sheet *
Why do people become refugees?
• No longer feel safe where they live.
• Been forced out of their country due to war or a natural disaster.
Read the Refugee Fact File to give you an insight into the life of a refugee.
(The sheets have been given *, ** and *** to help you choose which one is best for you
to read)
Refugee Fact Sheet **
Read the Refugee Fact File to give you an insight into the life of a refugee.
(The sheets have been given *, ** and *** to help you choose which one is best for you
to read)
Refugee Fact Sheet ***
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The Rule of Three
Lesson – Literacy – What are the features of a persuasive
letter?
Task – Annotate a piece of persuasive text *
First up:
Discuss the persuasive writing techniques.
Persuasive Writing
Techniques
Definition Example
Alliteration Using a series of words that
begin with the same sound.
‘’A particularly perfect pizza’’
Rhetorical Question A question that does not
require an answer.
‘’Can you really afford to ignore this
warning?’’
Exaggeration Information that is untrue or
over the top.
‘’I will explode if I am asked to do
that again!’’
Emotive Language Words that can create an
emotion in the reader.
‘’Abandoned and alone, only you can
help Lola by donating to the Dogs
Trust’’
Repetition To repeat the same thing
more than once.
‘’ Cats are the best! They make
great pets and are very friendly,
cats are the best.’’
A rule of three A sentence grouped together
with three ideas to make the
point more interesting.
‘’Cadbury’s chocolate is smooth,
velvety and tastes divine’’
Looking at the diary that has been sent to Robin, label where
persuasive techniques have been used.
(One has been done for you)
Here is a video link to give you an insight into the life of a refugee to help:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48660079
Dear Prime Minister,
I am writing to inform you about the Nottinghamshire
Refugee charity, we need your help.
First point: (Write down a fact from the refugee file to
grab the reader’s attention)
Second point: (Use a persuasive technique, could you use a
rule of three here to make your point sound more
interesting?)
Third point: (Use another persuasive technique, could a
rhetorical question be used here to interest the reader?)
Conclusion: (End your final point, could you use emotive
language here to evoke emotion in your reader?)
Lesson – Literacy – What are the features of a persuasive
letter?
Task – Write a persuasive letter to the Prime Minister**