YEAR 7: TERM 3

HOMEWORK BOOKLET

NAME…………………………………………….….

TUTOR GROUP……………………

This booklet contains your weekly homework for this term. You should spend one hour on each task. You will still also be set weekly homework in Maths and English.

FRENCHWeek beginning: 23 April 2018

1. In French where are adjectives placed in a sentence?2. In French, what type of word has a gender?3. How does the gender of the noun affect the adjective? You must

mention masculine, feminine and plural.4. Translate the following sentences:

-I watch TV with my friends-I play football after school-My favourite subject is History because it is really interesting-Normally I wake up at seven o’clock and I leave the house at eight o’clock.

5. How is “aller” used to form the near future tense?6. What are the conjugations of “aller”?7. What is a verb infinitive?8. How are infinitives used to form the near future tense?9. Translate the following sentences:

-I’m going to watch TV with my friends.-I’m going to play football after school.-My favourite subject is history because it is very informative.-Tomorrow I’m going to wake up at 12 o’clock and I’m going to have my breakfast.

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Week beginning: 30 April 2018

Quick Quiz- Answer in a sentence

1. Which software do you use to create a spreadsheet?2. The cell you are currently using is called the….?3. Provide an example formula that includes the SUM function?4. Give 3 uses of a spreadsheet?5. Name 5 different types of formula that can be used in a

spreadsheet?6. List 3 uses of KODU?7. Which statement is TRUE:

Bitmap images lose quality when they are resized. Vector images lose quality when they are resized. Vector images have a larger file size.

8. Name 3 uses for vector based graphics?9. What does ‘resolution’ mean?

10. Provide 5 graphics file formats?

More detail- Answer in FULL SENTENCES

11. Describe how you would create a world using KODU that allows a character to shoot an object when it sees another object?

12. Explain the difference between how a bitmap graphic is made up compared to a vector graphic?

13. Describe how you would create a graph or chart using a spreadsheet?

14. Describe the steps you would take to make a cup of tea- minimum?

15. In the next 20 years, how do you think technology would have advanced?

ICT

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Week beginning: 7 May 2018

Review Questions (these should be paragraph long answers)

1. How does the weather change as a depression passes?2. Why is the distribution of population uneven globally?

Answer these questions in full sentences:

3. Where do you find the following features:a. Waterfallsb. Floodplainsc. Ox-bow lake4. Why do rivers flood?5. What is a renewable source of energy?6. What is a non-renewable source of energy?

These questions require longer answers

7. Explain the formation of an ox-bow lake.8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of coal as a source of

energy?9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of wind as a source

of energy? 10.What should Britain be using to make its electricity? Give reasons

for your answers.

CITIZENSHIP

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GEOGRAPHY

Week beginning: 14 May 2018

Answer in a full sentence

1. What is an ultimate question?2. What does reincarnation mean?3. Where do Christians believe we go to when we die?4. Give another name for the Devil?5. Which book of the Bible has the creation story in it?6. What do Buddhists believe the meaning of life is?7. What is purgatory?8. Give some examples of ultimate questions9. What is a miracle?10. Give some examples of miracles that have happened in the

world

Read the statement. You should give reasons why people agree, why people disagree and your own opinion. This should be written in full sentences

11. ‘Life after death is impossible. When you die, that is the end of everything.’

12. ‘Life has no meaning.’

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HISTORYWeek beginning: 21 May 2018

Medieval Times and the Tudors

(Answer each question with AT LEAST ONE full sentence)

1. What were the three different types of plague that caused the ‘Black Death’?

2. When would the Black Death have reached Bedlington? (Give a year).

3. Who, exactly, were the ‘Princes in the Tower’?4. What did the Duke of Northumberland do at the Battle of Bosworth

Field in 1485?5. Who was Lambert Simnel?6. What was the actual crime that led to Anne Boleyn’s execution?7. Why did Henry VIII divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon?8. How did Sir Francis Drake ‘singe the King of Spain’s beard’?9. How many Spanish Armadas were there?

10. How many ships of the Spanish Armada managed to return to Spain?

The following two questions should be answered in more detail, using your own knowledge and further research to support and explain your opinions:

1. What was the full meaning of the children’s nursery rhyme ‘Ring a Ring o' Roses?

2. Why was it so difficult to stop the spread of the Black Death?

Week beginning: 11 June 2018

1.How are sound waves made? 2.Add labels to complete the diagram.

3.Define frequency. 4.If a chemical is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it will eat into materials.5.What is the general word equation for when an acid reacts with a metal? 6.Describe the test for hydrogen gas.7.Complete the paragraph using the words in bold.

More challenging.

SCIENCE

The lungs absorb…………..gas and excrete waste carbon dioxide. The air is drawn through the ……….(windpipe) which is kept open at all times by rings of bony material called ……… The tracheas divides into tubes called bronchioles. The bronchioles end in tiny air sacs called ……… the alveoli have very thin walls and are surrounded by ……….. Here oxygen is absorbed into the …….. and carbon dioxide passes into the alveoli.

Trachea oxygen capillaries cartilage bronchus

1.Describe the following waves.

2.Use a word equation to describe what happens with and acid reacts with a metal carbonate.

Week beginning 18 June 2018

Quick Quiz: Please answer the following quiz questions in full sentences.

1. What bone protects your brain?2. What can we drink to keep our bones strong?3. How many bones do you have in your body?4. What are the two muscles in your arm that work together as a

pair? 5. What are the two bones called that make up your lower leg?6. What is the correct name for your knee bone? 7. What do your working muscles need to continuously exercise

without becoming tired?8. A PE lesson includes stretching. Name an arm stretch you

would do in your lesson. 9. A PE lesson includes stretching. Name a leg stretch you

would do in your lesson. 10.What is the biggest bone in your body?

Challenge Time:

Find a picture online of the human body similar to the one below. With this image, label as many muscles that you can remember in a coloured pen. With a different coloured pen write which stretches you do in your

PE lessons.

PE

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ARTWeek beginning: 25 June 2018

Artist and Illustrator Daniel Mackie creates greeting cards with an animal and bird theme

Example:

Little owl Greeting Card by Daniel Mackie

Homework task:

1. Design a greeting card in the style of Daniel Mackie.2. Research Daniel Mackie’s work and print off (in colour) two of your

favourite designs.3. Draw your animal or bird design on plain, A4 paper.4. Start with faint pencil lines.5. Working in the style of Daniel Mackie, draw images within your

animal or bird (as the example).6. Neatly apply colour to your design.

MUSICWeek beginning: 2 July 2018

Quick Quiz – Complete these statements:

1. The chord of C major consists of the notes C _ G.2. The chord of G major consists of the notes G _ _.3. The chord of F major consists of the notes F _ _.4. The chord of A minor consists of the notes A _ E.5. The Chord of E minor consists of the notes E _ B

More detail – Answer in FULL sentences

1. Listen to a song of your choice and write about the structure. How is the song put together using sections? Consider the terms Chorus, Verse, Intro, Outro, Instrumental and Bridge.

2. In 2012 Adele released the iconic song ’Someone Like You’. What is the story behind the song?

3. The ‘pop’ music we listen to today has its roots in the Blues and Rock and Roll. How true is this? Provide information on the history of Blues and Rock and Roll, how has this impacted on pop music being produced today?

 

Week beginning: 9 July 2018

Textiles Answering the following in sentences:

1. What type of printing was used to make the cushion front?2. Explain the health and safety points related to using a sewing

machine. You must cover at least 5 points.More detail – answer the following in full sentences:

1. Explain how the fabric was tie dyed, use key terminology when explaining.

2. Explain the process of sublimation printing

MaterialsDesign a brand name and logo for your product, your design must include:1. Theme relating to light, electricity or the graphics included on your product.2. Creative font design of your products brand name.3. Creative logo design using no more than 3 colours. For a higher level you can research typography and create a more complex design combining font design and image together.

Food1. What are the main macronutrients needed by the body?2. What is the function of carbohydrate and fat in the body?3. Protein is required in large amounts by teenagers, can you explain why?

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Week beginning: 26 March 2018

Answer the following in full sentences:

1. What is a pressure group?

2. What does the word ‘national’ mean?

3. What does the word ‘international’ mean?

4. What does NSPCC stand for?

5. What is the ‘golden rule’ in Christianity?

6. What is Greenpeace?

7. What is meant by human rights?

8. Give some examples of what Amnesty International do.

9. What is Pax Christi?

10. Give some examples of the causes of war.

Read the following statements. Give reasons why people agree, why people disagree and your own opinion. This should be written in full sentences.

1. ‘Every man, woman and child can make a difference to this planet. We all have a responsibility to preserve and protect the planet’.

2. ‘All animals on planet on Earth deserve to be protected.’