The Literacy TimesEdition 2: May 18 th 2018

Literacy for Exams – SPaG Focus

Radio 2- 500 Words

Competition

Abdifatah Ali, CHA4, has won two tickets to the 500 Words Final, live from Hampton Court Palace on the 8th June!

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Y7 Poetry Out Loud- Autumn Term

In all written exams, focus on the accuracy of your spelling, punctuation and grammar:Watch out for missing (or extra) punctuation- a missing comma, or one that is placed incorrectly, can completely change the meaning of a phrase. Take for example, “Let’s eat, Grandma!” versus “Let’s eat Grandma!”Double-check the use of apostrophe in contractions- they + are = they’re (you’re, we’re). Did + not = didn’t (don’t, can’t). Remember that the apostrophe takes the place of the removed letters but sometimes, you need to rearrange the letters a bit when you contract the words- will not- won’t.Read every word of questions and instructions-sometimes because of language familiarity, we read what we expect to see instead of what’s actually there.Double-check the use of ‘then’, ‘than’ and ‘that’ and the use of ‘two’, ‘too’ and ‘to’.Check spellings of familiar, unfamiliar and subject specific vocabulary.

Aziz Mansour-7X4Imagine everyone was free,And didn’t have to flee,Over the dangerous sea. Imagine everyone was safe to go down the streetAnd everyone had something to eat.Not only the people who are elite. Imagine everyone could learnAnd no one would judge another based on what they earn.And everyone would have their turn. Imagine there wasn’t any more warAnd peace was on every shore. And no blood would pour.

Imagine no one would hate any raceAnd behind every door there was a friendly face. And for discrimination, there was no place. Imagine everyone could have an educationFrom every religion and denominationEveryone from every nation.Imagine we could make the poetry come trueSo break the darkness, me and you

Ibraheem Mohammed- 7Y3

Freedom is the heat of the fire, My stage will always be higher, All I need is motivation, My name will strike the nation.My will is hard as iron, My heart is strong and fierce, Like a lion. Whoever tries to take me down, You’ll fail, My will and intelligence willStick you like a nail. Life is short, freedom is everlasting. Freedom is the thing that kept me awake Life squeezed me hard like a snake.

Congratulations to you both!