HOMEWORK  WEEK  4,  TERM  3    1. READING  CONTRACT  –  You  do  not  have  to  do  this  particular  activity  this  week   if  you  do  not  have  

time.   This   is   because   there   is   a   special   competition   this   week   for   Book  Week   which   you   will   do  instead.  See  point  2.      

2. BOOK  WEEK  AUTHOR  POSTER  COMPETITION   -­‐  You  will  design  a  poster  on  your   favourite  author.  Not  only  is  this  part  of  your  homework,  but  you  could  be  eligible  to  receive  a  special  prize  on  Friday  during  assembly  if  yours  is  the  best  in  our  class.  Ideas  of  what  you  can  put  in  your  poster  include  –  author   biography,   author   style,   books  written   by   the   author,  why   they   are   your   favourite   author  overall,  themes  the  author  may  tend  to  cover.  Think  about  how  you  could  present  your  poster.  Be  creative!  IMPORTANT:  You  will  have  to  hand  your  poster  in  Wednesday  if  you  wish  to  be  eligible  to  win.      

3. MATHS   –   Complete   the   revision   activities   involving   multiplication   algorithms   and   the   divisibility  rules.  Remember  that  there  will  be  a  mini  test  on  your  understanding  on  Friday.      

4. GEOGRAPHY   -­‐  You  will  need  to  work  on  remembering  all  of   the  states  and   territories  of  Australia  AND  the  names  of  the  7  continents  of  the  world.  You  will  also  be  quizzed  on  this  on  Friday!      

5. POETRY  RECITAL  –  Your  last  poetry  recital  will  occur  next  week.  Make  sure  you  are  ready  on  the  day  you  are  scheduled  to  share!      

6. PERSONIFICATION   POEM   –   In   the   style   of   Pie   Corbett’s   poem   below,   construct   your   own  personification  poem.  Remember  personification  is  the  poetic  technique  used  which   gives   inanimate   (non-­‐living)   things   human   qualities).   You   can   do   your  poem  on  anything  you  like  that  is  inanimate  though  these  topics  might  be  easy  as   well   as   interesting   to   do:   rainbow,   tree,   volcano,   thunder,   rain,   Winter,  Summer,  the  sun,  the  moon,  stars  etc.  Remember   to   try   and   make   your   writing   descriptive   –   metaphors,   similes,  descriptive  words  and  imagery  are  wonderful  tools  to  make  your  poetry  shine!    

Snow Snow  waits  in  silence;

its  cold,  albino  hands  close, folding  the  landscape into  silky  sheets.

Snow  drifts

shift  down  streets, sleet  across  city  walls.

Snow  falls  like  ghosts; greets  your  cheek with  a  frosted  kiss.

Snow  mists  windows, covers  lampposts, smothers  rooftops.

Snow  butterflies  down,

crowning  hedges. Snow  edges  icing onto  cold  cars.

Snow  like  frail  stars

glitters  on  pavements, falls  like  soft  moths.

Pie  Corbett