As requested a copy of the on-going homework for literacy this term.
 

Your Friday homework for this half-term: Due in on every Monday.

 From now on, you will be compiling your very own Daily Prophet. Each week and only once a week, you will need to watch BBC Newsround. Whilst you watch it, you will need to choose one news story about an important happening and take notes. With these notes, you will then need to write a paragraph about this news report/article as well as provide a picture or an illustration to go with your summary. Each of these pieces of work will be kept at school and eventually be made into a newspaper, which will be called “My Daily Prophet”. The cover for this newspaper will be made and laminated at school, so the only pieces of work you have to do at home are the summary and reviews of the actual news articles. If you can’t watch BBC Newsround, then you can choose an article in a newspaper or online. You will need to base your reports on stories happening around the world. Week 1: Europe, Week 2: Africa, Week 3: North America, Week 4: South America, Week 5: Asia, Week 6: Australasia

 

Your page must include:

·         A title for the newspaper article

·         A summary of the article

·         Answers to the 5Ws (What? Why? Who? Where? When?)

·         An illustration (either drawn or a printed picture)

·         Your work can be typed but it must be written in your own words

·         If not typed, your work must be handwritten on blank A4 in ink. If you need to, use pencil lines to make your writing straight.

·         YOU ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO WRITE A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. YOU ARE ASKED TO SUMMARISE IT.

·         Evidence that you are trying to meet your personal literacy target.

Finally, a kind reminder regarding standards of presentation. We expect you to take pride in your work and ensure that your homework fulfils the points above. If the work looks like it has been cut and paste from the internet, you will be asked to do it again. Thank you.