Year 7 English Skills 📘 | Quick Real-Life Homework ✏️🧠 (5 mins Each)

Week 1

📚 Main Idea of a Passage
Activity 1:
Read a news article or blog post. Write the main idea in one sentence.
Activity 2:
List 3 key points that support your main idea.

Week 2

💬 Match Quotations with Themes
Activity 1:
Choose 3 quotes from a book or online. Write the theme each one shows.
Example: “With great power comes great responsibility” → Theme: Responsibility
Activity 2:
Write your own short quote for a theme like courage, kindness, or honesty.

Week 3

📖 Themes in Short Stories
Activity 1:
Read a short story. Write one sentence about its theme.
Activity 2:
Write a story ending with a clear message.
Example: “And that’s how Maya learned the value of being honest.”

Week 4

🗣️ Formal vs Informal Sentences
Activity 1:
Write two versions of a message: one formal and one informal.
Example: “I regret to inform you…” vs “Sorry, I can’t make it…”
Activity 2:
Turn three informal sentences into formal ones.

Week 5

🎭 Compare Passages for Tone
Activity 1:
Read two texts (a poem and a news story). What’s the tone of each?
Activity 2:
Write one cheerful paragraph and one serious one about the same topic.

Week 6

🎯 Author's Purpose
Activity 1:
Read a blog, advert, and story. Label each as: Persuade, Inform, or Entertain.
Activity 2:
Write a persuasive and an informative sentence about the same topic.

Week 7

👁️‍🗨️ Author's Point of View
Activity 1:
Read a review or article. What opinion or bias can you spot?
Activity 2:
Write your own 3-sentence opinion on a topic you care about.

Week 8

📚 Compare and Contrast in Information Texts
Activity 1:
Read two nonfiction texts. Write one similarity and one difference.
Activity 2:
Create a quick table comparing the two.

Week 9

⚡ Cause and Effect
Activity 1:
Read a short article. Write one example of cause and effect.
Activity 2:
Write 3 cause-effect sentences from your week.
Example: I stayed up late → I felt tired.

Week 10

🧩 Problem and Solution
Activity 1:
Find a news article or story. What was the problem and how was it solved?
Activity 2:
Write your own everyday problem with a realistic solution.

Week 11

🔗 Identify Text Structures
Activity 1:
Choose a paragraph and decide: Is it compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequence, or description?
Activity 2:
Write your own paragraph using one structure.

Week 12

🧠 Interpret Figures of Speech
Activity 1:
Explain what this means: “It’s raining cats and dogs.”
Activity 2:
Write two figures of speech and what they suggest.

Week 13

🎨 Classify Figures of Speech
Activity 1:
List and label: one simile, one metaphor, one hyperbole.
Activity 2:
Write a silly story using at least 3 different types.

Week 14

🎭 Effect of Figurative Language on Meaning and Tone
Activity 1:
Find a metaphor in a poem. What feeling or image does it create?
Activity 2:
Write your own metaphor to describe fear or joy.

Week 15

📖 Analyse a Short Story
Activity 1:
Choose a short story. Write its setting, character motivation, and main conflict.
Activity 2:
Write how the ending connects back to the beginning.

Week 16

📚 Understand Informational Passages
Activity 1:
Read a fact sheet or article. Write 3 key facts.
Activity 2:
Summarise the passage in one paragraph.

Week 17

📣 Trace an Argument
Activity 1:
Read an opinion article. What is the author’s claim?
Activity 2:
List the reasons the author gives to support that claim.

Week 18

📘 Compare Texts in Different Genres
Activity 1:
Compare a poem and a news article about the same theme.
Activity 2:
Write how each format affects your understanding of the topic.

Week 19

🖼 Compare Literary and Historical Illustrations
Activity 1:
Look at two images – one from a story, one from history. What do they show and how are they different?
Activity 2:
Draw your own image for a myth or real event.

Week 20

📚 Order Topics from Broadest to Narrowest
Activity 1:
Put these in order: Animals, Mammals, Dogs, Guide Dogs.
Activity 2:
Create your own 3-level list using any topic (e.g. music → jazz → saxophone).

Week 21

🔀 Transitions with Conjunctive Adverbs
Activity 1:
Use words like however, therefore, or meanwhile in 3 sentences.
Activity 2:
Rewrite a short paragraph using better transitions.

Week 22

📢 Distinguish Facts from Opinions
Activity 1:
Write 3 facts and 3 opinions about your school or a sport.
Activity 2:
Underline facts in blue and opinions in red in a short article.

Week 23

🔎 Choose Evidence to Support a Claim
Activity 1:
Write a simple claim: Recycling helps the planet. Then list 3 facts to support it.
Activity 2:
Find a sentence in an article and explain why it supports the author’s point.

Week 24

🧩 Supporting Details in Informational Texts
Activity 1:
Read a non-fiction passage. Write 3 details that support the main idea.
Activity 2:
Write your own mini-paragraph with one main idea and two supporting details.

Week 25

📖 Supporting Details in Literary Texts
Activity 1:
Read a book extract. What lines show a character’s mood?
Activity 2:
Write a paragraph with two clear clues about a character’s personality.

Week 26

⚖️ Identify Counterclaims
Activity 1:
Write a claim and a sentence that disagrees with it.
Example: Claim – “School uniforms are helpful.” Counterclaim – “But they limit self-expression.”
Activity 2:
Find a real argument online and highlight the counterpoint.

Week 27

🌬 Use Personification
Activity 1:
Write 3 sentences using personification.
Example: The wind whispered through the trees.
Activity 2:
Find one personification in a poem or song.

Week 28

🔁 Use the Right Confused Word
Activity 1:
Write sentences using: there/their/they’re, your/you’re.
Activity 2:
Spot and fix errors in a mixed-up paragraph.

Week 29

✅ Correct Confused Words
Activity 1:
Write a mini checklist of 3 confusing word pairs.
Activity 2:
Use each word in a sentence to show the difference.

Week 30

🚫 Identify and Avoid Plagiarism
Activity 1:
Rewrite this sentence in your own words: The moon controls ocean tides.
Activity 2:
Write a short paragraph from research using your own words and giving credit.

Week 31

🅿 Words with “pre-”
Activity 1:
Write 5 “pre-” words and use each in a sentence.
Example: Preheat, preview, predict...
Activity 2:
Make up your own “pre-” word and define it.

Week 32

🔁 Words with “re-”
Activity 1:
List 5 “re-” words and write what they mean.
Activity 2:
Use at least 3 in a short funny paragraph.

Week 33

📉 Words with “sub-”
Activity 1:
List 5 “sub-” words.
Activity 2:
Draw or label one to show its meaning (e.g. submarine = under water).

Week 34

🚫 Words with “mis-”
Activity 1:
Find or list 4 words starting with “mis-.”
Activity 2:
Write sentences using them to show misunderstandings.

Week 35

❌ Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
Activity 1:
Write one word for each prefix.
Activity 2:
Choose two and use them in a “good vs bad” story intro.
Example: The dishonest man ignored the unfair rule.

Week 36

✨ Words with “-ful”
Activity 1:
List 5 “-ful” words and write their meaning.
Activity 2:
Write a paragraph using at least 3.

Week 37

💨 Words with “-less”
Activity 1:
List 5 words with “-less.”
Activity 2:
Write 2 “-ful” and 2 “-less” words in opposite pairs.
Example: Hopeful – Hopeless

Week 38

🔤 Words with “-able” and “-ible”
Activity 1:
Write 5 examples of each ending and sort them.
Activity 2:
Use at least one from each in a persuasive ad.

Week 39

🧬 Greek and Latin Roots
Activity 1:
Find 3 words with common roots like bio, graph, or phon.
Activity 2:
Create a “word web” with one root and its related words.

Week 40

🎉 Review and Reflect
Activity 1:
Pick your 3 favourite homework activities. Write what you learned.
Activity 2:
Write a message to your future self about what kind of reader or writer you want to be next year.