BOOK

ROLLERCOASTER: THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY 
ISBN 9780198329008

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011

READING

READING

READING

 
 THE CHIMES
CHARLES DICKENS 

THANKSGIVING POETRY

POEM

READING

HALLOWEEN

IDIOMS OF FEAR

(CNN) October 2016 Here is some spooky background information about Halloween, celebrated annually in the United States on October 31. In 2016, Halloween is on a Monday.

Facts:
The word Halloween is an abbreviated version of the phrases All Hallows' Eve or All Hallows' Evening.

Halloween comes from an ancient pagan festival celebrated by Celtic people over 2,000 years ago called Samhain (prono: SOW ehn).

The festival took place in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and northwestern France.

Samhain means "summer's end" and marks the beginning of winter. Samhain is also thought to celebrate the beginning of the Celtic year. The Celts believed that Samhain was a time when the dead could walk among the living.

Trick-or-treating began in areas of the United Kingdom and Ireland. People went house-to-house "souling" - asking for small breads called "soul cakes" in exchange for prayer.

Adults also went door-to-door asking for food and drinks in exchange for a song or dance.

Jack-o'-lanterns are the symbol of Halloween. People in Ireland and Scotland originally used beets or turnips as lanterns on Halloween.

An Irish legend says that jack-o'-lanterns are named for a man called Jack who could not go to heaven or hell and was forced to walk the earth forever with only a coal from hell to light his lantern.

The name jack-o'-lantern can also be derived from the night watchman who would light the street lanterns every evening.

Immigrants from Ireland and Scotland brought Halloween to the United States in the 1800s. Haitian and African immigrants brought voodoo beliefs about black cats, fire, and witchcraft.

Halloween Statistics for 2016:
(ALL from the National Retail Federation)

More than 171 million Americans will celebrate Halloween this year, with seven out of ten consumers planning to hand out candy. Total spending in 2016 will reach $8.4 billion, with the average consumer planning to spend $82.93 on decorations, candy, costumes and more.

Top Children's Costumes for 2016
1. Action/Superhero

2. Princess

3. Animal (Cat, Dog, Lion, Monkey, etc.)

4. Batman Character

5.Star Wars Character

Top Adult Costumes for 2016 (18-34)
1. Batman Character (Batman, Harley Quinn, The Joker, etc.)

2. Witch

3. Animal (Cat, Dog, Bunny, etc.)

4. Tie: Marvel Superhero (Deadpool, Spiderman, etc.) and DC Superhero (Wonder Woman, Superman, etc.)

5. Vampire

Top Adult Costumes for 2016 (35 and older)
1. Witch

2. Pirate

3. Political (Trump, Clinton, etc.)

4. Vampire

5. Batman Character (Batman, Catwoman, etc.)

Top Pet Costumes for 2016
1. Pumpkin

2. Hot Dog

3. Bumblebee

4. Tie: Lion and Star Wars Character

5. Devil

DRAMA

SKECTCH

READING

ENCHANTMENT TALES
KING ARTHUR

SUMMER HOMEWORK

CAMBRIDGE EXAMS

EXAM OVERVIEW

HOLES CHAPTERS 1-3

1.What happens to campers who get bitten by rattlesnakes?
2. Which creature has a deadly bite?
3. Why are people sent to Camp Green Lake?
4. What three items are in Stanley’s backpack?
5. What is ‘Camp Fun and Games’?
6. Do you think Mrs Bell sounds like a good teacher? Why?
7. Write a description of the curse on Stanley’s family.
8. The author says that a good inventor needs to have intelligence,
perseverance and luck. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
9. Stanley’s family remain hopeful despite their awful luck. Do you
think it is important to have hope no matter what? Explain.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

JAMIE

Jamie was a standout high school volleyball player, receiving a scholarship to play at college. She chose that school to stay close to home. Jamie still wanted to see her mother, siblings, grandparents and her longtime boyfriend. What Jamie never told anyone, was that behind closed doors her boyfriend could be really mean. He’d insult Jamie, control where she went and set rules for what she could wear. Recently, he’d even become physically aggressive when they fought. He would punch Jamie in the thigh, but she always wrote it off as no big deal.

Jamie thought it was a phase until one night everything changed. He was furious that she hadn’t responded to one of his texts fast enough. When she tried to explain that she’d been busy, he punched her in the face. She couldn’t justify this behaviour. Afraid for her safety, but too embarrassed to talk to her family, she reached out to a friend.

1.  .....a sudden, hard stroke with the fist.
2. ......a brother or sister.
3. .....uncomfortable.
4. .....a sum of money or other aid granted to a student, because of merit, need, etc., to pursue his or her studies.
5. .....something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others.
6. .....selfish, offensive.

TALYAH

"When I first met him it was good, he was my first proper boyfriend and it was kind of like a movie," Taylah says of the boyfriend she met when they were both 16 years old.

Within a short space of time, still aged 16, she moved in with him and his family.

"He started to push me and pull me. He would burn me with lighters, then it got onto hitting, punching and slapping."He properly turned into a different person about two or three months into the relationship," she says. "He would call me fat and ugly and he would call me a slut.

The boy told her that she could not return to her own family home and confiscated her mobile phone. Without the money for a train ticket and in the face of further violence, Taylah says she felt isolated and alone.

The abuse worsened with him hitting her harder and harder until, Taylah says, she came to a sudden realisation that she had to leave.

"I just woke up one day and I felt different, I knew that if I didn't leave it was going to end up in a really bad way. I didn't know if he was going to kill me or what was going to happen."

1. .....made or became worse.
2. ..... an immoral or dissolute woman; prostitute.
3. ..... mechanical devices used in lighting cigarettes, cigars, or pipes for smoking.
4. .....  striking sharply, especially with the open hand or with something flat.

LESLIE (video)

Unhealthy relationships can start early and last a lifetime. Teens often think some behaviours, like teasing and name calling, are a "normal" part of a relationship. However, these behaviours can become abusive and develop into more serious forms of violence. 

What is dating violence?

Teen dating violence is defined as the physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence within a dating relationship, including stalking. It can occur in person or electronically and might occur between a current or former dating partner. Several different words are used to describe teen dating violence: relationship abuse, intimate partner violence, relationship violence,  dating abuse, domestic abuse, domestic violence, etc.

Dating violence is widespread with serious long-term and short-term effects. Many teens do not report it because they are afraid to tell friends and family. 

What are the consequences of dating violence?

As teens develop emotionally, they are heavily influenced by experiences in their relationships. Healthy relationship behaviours can have a positive effect on a teen’s emotional development. Unhealthy, abusive, or violent relationships can have severe consequences and short- and long-term negative effects on a developing teen. Youth who experience dating violence are more likely to experience symptoms of depression and anxiety, engagement in unhealthy behaviours, etc.

Why does dating violence happen?

Communicating with your partner, managing uncomfortable emotions like anger and jealousy, and treating others with respect are a few ways to keep relationships healthy and nonviolent. Teens receive messages about how to behave in relationships from peers, adults in their lives, and the media. All too often these examples suggest that violence in a relationship is normal, but violence is never acceptable.

1. .....going out on a date.
2. .....past, preceeding in time.
3. .....equals, people of the same status.
4. .....a feeling of being unhappy and upset because you think someone who you love is attracted to someone else.
5. .....occurring in many places.
6. .....the crime of following, watching and intimidate someone in a threatening way.
7. .....present.
8. .....saying something to someone in order to have fun by embarassing or annoying them.

SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER

READING

HOLES BY LOUIS SACHAR

SHAKESPEARE ANNIVERSARY

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. William Shakespeare

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. William Shakespeare

If music be the food of love, play on. William Shakespeare

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. William Shakespeare

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. William Shakespeare

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. William Shakespeare

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. William Shakespeare

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare

No legacy is so rich as honesty. William Shakespeare

Brevity is the soul of wit. William Shakespeare

Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love. William Shakespeare

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. William Shakespeare

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. William Shakespeare

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. William Shakespeare

There is no darkness but ignorance. William Shakespeare

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. William Shakespeare

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. William Shakespeare

It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare

They do not love that do not show their love. William Shakespeare

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent. William Shakespeare

To be, or not to be, that is the question. William Shakespeare

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! William Shakespeare

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end. William Shakespeare

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. William Shakespeare

Speak low, if you speak love. William Shakespeare

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact. William Shakespeare

It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions. William Shakespeare

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. William Shakespeare

Give thy thoughts no tongue. William Shakespeare

I say there is no darkness but ignorance. William Shakespeare

Listen to many, speak to a few. William Shakespeare

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. William Shakespeare

Nothing can come of nothing. William Shakespeare

What's done can't be undone. William Shakespeare

Having nothing, nothing can he lose. William Shakespeare

Words without thoughts never to heaven go. William Shakespeare

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Exercise 1, 3, 4
Spaeking Bank
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Exercises 1,2, 3, 4a
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Exercises 1, 2, 5
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Exercises 3,4, 5
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Twelfth Night

VALENTINE'S DAY CARD

AN ACROSTIC POEM

How to Write an Acrostic 

What is an Acrostic?

• Acrostics are a fun poetic form that anyone can write.
• To begin with, an acrostic is a poem in which the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase. The word or phrase can be a name, a thing, or whatever you like.
• Usually, the first letter of each line is capitalized.
• Acrostics are easy to write because they don’t need to rhyme, and you don’t need to worry about the rhythm of the lines. Each line can be as long or as short as you want it to be.

Creating an Acrostic in Five Easy Steps

To create an acrostic, follow these five easy steps:

1. Decide what to write about.
2. Write your word down vertically.
3. Brainstorm words or phrases that describe your idea.
4. Place your brainstormed words or phrases on the lines that begin with the same letters.
5. Fill in the rest of the lines to create a poem.

EXAMPLES

An Ice Cream Acrostic

For example, I especially like ice cream, so I decided to write an acrostic about ice cream. Begin by writing the word “ICE CREAM” down the page like this:

I
C
E 

C
R
E
A
M

Next, you want to say something about ice cream in each line. A good way to do this is to “brainstorm” lots of ideas. I wrote down a list of all the ice cream flavors.

Ice Cream

I
Cookies & Cream.
English Toffee.

Chocolate Chip.
Rocky Road.
E
Almond Fudge.
M

You’ll notice that I didn’t fill in all of the lines. Finally, I filled in the missing lines, like this. That’s because I couldn’t think of a flavor that started with “I”
:

Ice Cream

I love every flavor.
Cookies & Cream.
English Toffee.

Chocolate Chip.
Rocky Road.
Even Strawberry and
Almond Fudge.
Mmmmmmmm.

A Homework Acrostic

Begin by writing the word “HOMEWORK” down the page:

H
O
M
E
W
O
R
K

Next, brainstorm as many words and phrases as you can think of. 

Homework

Hard to do
Overwheming,
M
Every day
Writing
O
Reading for hours.
K

Finally, I found a way to fill in the rest of the words, and even give it an ending. Here is the finished acrostic:

Homework

Hard to do and sometimes
Overwheming,
My teacher gives us homework
Every single day!
Writing for hours
Or
Reading for hours.
Kids need a break!

Things to Remember

1. Acrostics can be about anything!
2. Names are a common topic. Try writing one using your best friend’s name and giving it to him or her as a gift.
3. You can use single words, phrases, or even full sentences in your acrostic poem.

Finally, remember, acrostic poems are one of the easiest and most fun ways to create poems of your own. Give it a try and see what you can come up with.

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