Homework Am I a fair and just citizen? In English this week we are learning about the Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In maths we are learning to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. In Science we are learning about light. Homework This Week th As part of World Book Week and Shakespeare’s 450 birthday, we are learning about the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Read this introduction and extract below and then answer the questions as best you can. A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Poor Helena Helena is in love with Demetrius but he is in love with Hermia who he is supposed to marry. Helena has followed Demetrius into the forest and he is getting angrier and angrier at her attention and wants her to go away. [Act 2, scene 1] Demetrius: Do I entice you? Do I speak you fair? Or, rather, do I not in plainest truth Tell you, I do not, nor I cannot love you? Helena: And even for that do I love you the more I am your spaniel: and, Demetrius, The more you beat me I will fawn on you: Use me but not as your Spaniel spurn me, strike me, Neglect me, lose me; only give me leave, Unworthy as I am to follow you What worser place can I beg in your love, And yet a place of high respect with me,Than to be used as you use your dog? Answer these questions: 1. What is Demetrius trying to say to Helena? 2. Helena says that she is Demetrius’s spaniel. What does this show about her? 3. ‘The more you beat me, I will fawn on you’ What is Helena saying here? What does this show about Helena? 4. Do you sympathise with Helena? Explain your answer. 5. Write a letter to Helena as a friend, giving her advice on what she should do. Spelling Prefixes – ‘auto’, ‘tele’ Learn the words on your spelling sheet in your spelling book. Look up the definitions of the following words: Telescopic Telepathy Telegram Telephoto Autobahn Automation Autopsy Autonomy Autocrat Mental Maths Solve the fractions problems on the following page Next week we will be continuing our learning about Shakespeare, practising our grammar skills and learning how to simplify fractions. LI: To solve word problems involving fractions. 1. There are 24 hours in a day and scientists tell us that we should sleep for ⅜ of the day. How much time should we spend sleeping? 2. The National History Museum has collected 125 dinosaurs. George has collected 3/5 of this amount. How many dinosaurs has George collected? 3. Mr. Usher is 184cm tall and his sister Sarah is ⅝ as tall as him. How tall is Sarah? 4. The weather forecaster says that it is 200° C in London but only 7/10 as hot in New York. How hot is it in New York? 5. Skateboards cost £36 each in my local store. The shopkeeper says if I buy one I can buy another for only 7/9 of the normal price. How much would two skateboards cost? 6. Billy collected 256 conkers on Monday and 124 on Tuesday but lost ¾ of the total on his way to school on Wednesday through a hole in his bag. When he arrived at school how many conkers did Billy have left? 7. There are 25 pupils in the class, 3/5 of the pupils support Chelsea, 1/5 support Hull, the remainder support Arsenal. How many pupils support each team? 8. The local shop normally sells Mars bars for 40 pence. The shopkeeper says if I buy 3 I can have them for ¼ less than the normal price. (i) How much can I buy 3 Mars bars for? (ii) How much does each Mars bar cost? 9. Last year, Mr. Usher weighed 60 kg. This year he weighs 2/5 more. How much does Mr Usher weigh this year? 10. McDonalds sell milkshakes in two sizes. A small milkshake contains 300ml and a large milkshake contains 2/3 more. (i) How much does a large milkshake contain? (ii) If Mr. Usher drinks 2/3 of a small milkshake and Ms Kahlon 1/2 of a large milkshake who drinks the most?