Ok so you’ve played out in the snow, thrown a few snowballs around, maybe made a snowman and now you’re checking the website wondering…..

Anyway, remember the text we were reading yesterday? – Marianne Dreams well I did a bit of research on it and unbeknownst to me (meaning I didn’t know) this book is a major piece of work, it’s a classic written in 1958. It’s an amazing story, they even made an opera about it! (Sorry no major motion picture made yet although I think that would be a great idea).
The story is fascinating, check the website below for more details, in fact scroll down and click on the ‘Marianne draws the dream house’ song. It’s interesting to hear how a dream has been turned into music. Would you agree that the song sounds like the atmosphere created in the text?

http://www.andrewlowe-watson.co.uk/mariannedreams.html

Ok here’s the work, (do it on a nice piece of paper please)

Negatives were used to create a feeling of emptiness, nothing to do, nowhere to go, nothing moved etc. and the author creates a long sense of emptiness by using long complex sentences. Write a paragraph using the same technique (seven to ten lines) to show what Marianne sees inside the house. You can start off with ‘No sooner had Marianne finished her drawing when she began to nod off into a deep sleep.’ Remember try to make it dream like with the style of your writing.

NUMERACY

Tirmidhi do this worksheet
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/files/stwordproblems.pdf

Muslim I want you to choose one of the two below (the second one is more challenging)
http://mathsblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/6101-01.pdf
http://mathsblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/6101-04.pdf

Bukhari do this one
http://mathsblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/6101-04.pdf

Well, make sure you do your prayers, recite Quran - half an hour at least - and remember me in your duas (those of you with big hearts ahem). Have fun in the snow and check the website tomorrow.

Salaams!
Teacher Muzammil

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