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 ***

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The Rule of Three

Lesson – Literacy – What are the features of a persuasive

letter?

Task – Annotate a piece of persuasive text *

First up:

Discuss the persuasive writing techniques.

Persuasive Writing

Techniques

Definition Example

Alliteration Using a series of words that

begin with the same sound.

‘’A particularly perfect pizza’’

Rhetorical Question A question that does not

require an answer.

‘’Can you really afford to ignore this

warning?’’

Exaggeration Information that is untrue or

over the top.

‘’I will explode if I am asked to do

that again!’’

Emotive Language Words that can create an

emotion in the reader.

‘’Abandoned and alone, only you can

help Lola by donating to the Dogs

Trust’’

Repetition To repeat the same thing

more than once.

‘’ Cats are the best! They make

great pets and are very friendly,

cats are the best.’’

A rule of three A sentence grouped together

with three ideas to make the

point more interesting.

‘’Cadbury’s chocolate is smooth,

velvety and tastes divine’’

Looking at the diary that has been sent to Robin, label where

persuasive techniques have been used.

(One has been done for you)

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.

Lesson – Literacy – What are the features of a persuasive

letter?

Task – Write a persuasive letter to the Prime Minister***

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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

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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.

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.

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2)

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 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 refugees around the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=fNZk78JG_m0

&feature=emb_logo Answer the questions below.

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.

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.

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

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Task – Identify the countries and reasons for migration of

famous refugees. Why are they famous? ***

BIG QUESTION: What role would you have wanted to play in the D-Day landings? Why?

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=

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.

2.

3.

Lesson – Numeracy

Task – Crack the code