English Summer Holiday Work: Transition Activity ... - Bohunt School

English Summer Holiday Work: Transition
The activities below are designed to help you practise key English skills, in preparation for joining
Bohunt School. You will need to demonstrate these skills to the best of your ability at the
beginning of your first half term with us, so make sure you use these activities to revise them. This
is an opportunity to impress your new teacher with your literacy talents!
Activity
1. Punctuation
2. Vocabulary
3. Inference and Deduction
4. Creativity
Tick when completed
Punctuation
Improving your accuracy and range of punctuation will help you influence your reader in your first
creative writing task in September.
Please add or correct the punctuation where necessary.
1. feeling excited jack raced towards the beach
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2. it was the last day of school lucy couldn’t wait for the summer holidays to
begin
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3. come on shouted ben we’re going to be late okay I’m coming replied his sister
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4. Extension: How could you punctuate this most effectively
It was hot too hot and the air was dry I was desperate for a drink
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If you are not sure about punctuating these, try using these websites to help you
revise:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/punctuation/read/1/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/english/reading/sentences/revision/5/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/punctuation

Vocabulary
Using sophisticated vocabulary helps your reader imagine the scene you are describing more
vividly. You will need to do this for your ‘Conflict’ writing assessment in Year 7.
Describe this image using the five most impressive and appropriate words
you can think of.
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Choose five words to describe yourself to a new friend at Bohunt.
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How many ways can you think of to improve your vocabulary
List all the things you could do here:

Inference and Deduction
Reading between the lines will help you to analyse a range of texts, such as articles about true
events and plays by Shakespeare.
Look at the image below. In each box, write down what the specified feature
makes you think of and why.
What do you think this man does for a living and why
Try to use evidence from the picture to explain your answer.
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Creativity
Imagination and creativity are very important in English. We will be studying a range of novels
and poems in Year 7 to inspire you to devise your own writing pieces. Could you be the next
Michael Morpurgo, John Steinbeck or Beverley Naidoo
Write one paragraph about the thing you are most excited about when
starting at Bohunt. How many different descriptive skills can you include
Don’t forget to think about punctuation and vocabulary for effect!
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Well done!