Year 8 project - Refugee Awareness Week June 2020
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Year 8 project - Refugee Awareness
Week June 2020
Hello Year 8s,
This week we will be focusing on Refugee Awareness Week, which takes place from
the 15th to 20th June.
• Literacy Task - Persuasive Writing Techniques- Using persuasive text to
write a letter to the Prime Minister.
• Numeracy Task – Solving the calculations.
• Science Task – Investigate balanced and unbalanced forces.
• Humanities Task – Which countries do refugees originate from?
• Art Task – Design a Happy Birthday Message for the NNRF who is
celebrating their 20th anniversary.
Stay safe ☺ ☺
From Miss Masud, Miss Walsh and Mr Rogers
Note to parents –
Tasks are labelled with *, **, or *** based on their level of challenge,, *** being the
most challenging.
Lesson – Literacy – What persuasive techniques can be used in a
letter to Prime Minister Johnson?
Task – Write a persuasive letter to the Prime Minister to help
with funding for a Refugee Charity.
Read the Refugee Fact File to give you an insight into the life of a refugee.
(The sheets have been given *, ** and *** to help you choose which one is best for you
to read)
Refugee Fact Sheet *
Why do people become refugees?
• No longer feel safe where they live.
• Been forced out of their country due to war or a natural disaster.
Read the Refugee Fact File to give you an insight into the life of a refugee.
(The sheets have been given *, ** and *** to help you choose which one is best for you
to read)
Refugee Fact Sheet **
Read the Refugee Fact File to give you an insight into the life of a refugee.
(The sheets have been given *, ** and *** to help you choose which one is best for you
to read)
Refugee Fact Sheet ***
Lesson – Literacy – What are the features of a persuasive
letter? Task – Annotate a piece of persuasive text *
First up:
Discuss the persuasive writing techniques.
The Rule of Three
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Persuasive Writing Definition Example
Techniques
Alliteration Using a series of words that ‘’A particularly perfect pizza’’
begin with the same sound.
Rhetorical Question A question that does not ‘’Can you really afford to ignore this
require an answer. warning?’’
Exaggeration Information that is untrue or ‘’I will explode if I am asked to do
over the top. that again!’’
Emotive Language Words that can create an ‘’Abandoned and alone, only you can
emotion in the reader. help Lola by donating to the Dogs
Trust’’
Repetition To repeat the same thing ‘’ Cats are the best! They make
more than once. great pets and are very friendly,
cats are the best.’’
A rule of three A sentence grouped together ‘’Cadbury’s chocolate is smooth,
with three ideas to make the velvety and tastes divine’’
point more interesting.
Looking at the diary that has been sent to Robin, label where
persuasive techniques have been used.
(One has been done for you)
Lesson – Literacy – What are the features of a persuasive
letter? Task – Write a persuasive letter to the Prime Minister**
Here is a video link to give you an insight into the life of a refugee to help:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48660079
Dear Prime Minister,
I am writing to inform you about the Nottinghamshire
Refugee charity, we need your help.
First point: (Write down a fact from the refugee file to
grab the reader’s attention)
Second point: (Use a persuasive technique, could you use a
rule of three here to make your point sound more
interesting?)
Third point: (Use another persuasive technique, could a
rhetorical question be used here to interest the reader?)
Conclusion: (End your final point, could you use emotive
language here to evoke emotion in your reader?)
Lesson – Literacy – What are the features of a persuasive letter? Task – Write a persuasive letter to the Prime Minister*** How do you think the refugees that are in the charities care are feeling? Why does the charity need help? What can be done by the prime minister to help? Use examples (from fact sheet, i.e., Mo Farah) to make the further interest the audience and explain your point.
Date: ___________________________ ______________________________, ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ From __________________________________________
Lesson – Art Task – Use your artistic skills to design a resource that has been provided in a learning pack from the organisers of Refugee Week 2020 Following the link that Miss Masud has kindly provided, here is some arts and crafts ideas from the organisers of Nottingham Refugee Week. https://issuu.com/cityartsnotts/docs/nrw_2020_activity _pack_-_no_pack_references The theme of this year’s national Refugee Week is ‘’Imagine’’, the fun activity pack provided in the link above has a variety of activities which you can participate in and strengthen your imaginations, you only need to choose one but if you would like to do more, fantastic ☺
Lesson – Science Task – Boat Design for a Cuban Crossing Isobel is escaping Cuba with family and neighbours in a boat that is unsuitable for a crossing from Cuba to the United States of America. Design and label a boat to make the crossing. You can only use recyclable materials that you would find lying around.
Lesson – Humanities –Who are some famous refugees?
Task – Identify the countries and reasons for migration of
famous refugees. Why are they famous? *
First up:
Click the link to view the video about refugees around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=fNZk78JG_m0&feature=emb_
logo Answer the questions below.
Which continents host the most refugees?
A___ A_____ Middle _ _ _ _
Which country hosts the most refugees?
They country which hosts the most refugees is _________________
Where can you find most refugee camps?
You can find these _________________________________________
Which is the closest camp to the UK?
The closest camp is _________________________________________
Name two famous refugees and which country they fled from.
1)
2)Task – Identify the countries and reasons for migration of
famous refugees. Why are they famous? **
First up:
Click the link to view the video about refugees around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=fNZk78JG_m0
&feature=emb_logo Answer the questions below.
Which 3 continents host the most refugees?
Which country hosts the most refugees?
Where can you find most refugee camps?
Which is the closest camp to the UK?
Name two famous refugees from the video, which country they came from and
why they had to leave.
1) Name
Country of origin
Why did they leave?
2) 2) Name
Country of origin
Why did they leave?Task – Identify the countries and reasons for migration of
famous refugees. Why are they famous? ***
First up:
Click the link to view the video about refugee footballers around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktvzqhsp_ZU
Choose one footballer to write a profile about.
Name of refugee What are they famous for?
Which country are they originally from?
At what age did they flee their home country?
Where did they flee to?
Why did they have to leave their home country?
Research 5 facts about their home country, including population size, weather
and the countries flag.Task – Identify the countries and reasons for migration of famous refugees. Why are they famous? *** Carry out research your chosen footballers home country. Make sure you include: • Population size • Climate • Official language spoken • The country’s flag • What type of food they cook • Well known places, e.g. museums, universities • Sports played _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
Lesson – Numeracy
Task – Crack the code
Year 8 Numeracy challenge
Every year Refugee day takes place on the 20th June and refugee week takes place around that date. It takes place to
encourage a better understanding between different communities. Below are a number of codebreakers for you to work out.
Each one is a key word to help us remember Refugee day.
Each number is linked to a letter which you can find below, complete each question to reveal the missing letters and these
will help you to work out the key words relating to Refugee day.
A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6
G=7 H=8 I=9 J=10 K=11 L=12
M=13 N=14 0=15 P=16 Q=17 R=18
S=19 T=20 U=21 V=22 W=23 X=24 Y=25 Z=26.
Example
1+1=2 B
2+3=5 E The answer to this question would be BEECH.
4+1=5 E
4-1=3 C
4+4=8 H
Refugee day numeracy challenge
Refugee word 1 Refugee word 2 Refugee word 3 Refugee word 4
10-7= 2x2= 2x3= 11+8=
7x3= 3x3= 20-19= 5x3=
BIG QUESTION: What role would you have wanted to play in the D-Day landings? Why?
4x3= 2x11= 20-11= 10-7=
5x4= 20-15= 10x2= 2+7=
10+11= 2x9= 20-12= 11-6=
6x3= 10+9= 30-10=
10-5= 15-10= 5x5=
Refugee words:
1.
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