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Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern; and having read all the newspapers, and beguiled the rest of the evening with his banker’s-book, went home to bed. He lived in chambers which had once belonged to his deceased partner. They were a gloomy suite of rooms, in a lowering pile of building up a yard, where it had so little business to be, that one could scarcely help fancying it must have run there when it was a young house, playing at hide-and-seek with other houses, and forgotten the way out again. It was old enough now, and dreary enough, for nobody lived in it but Scrooge, the other rooms being all let out as offices. They yard was so dark that even Scrooge, who knew its every stone, was fain to grope with his hands. The fog and frost so hung about the black old gateway of the house, that it seemed as if the Genius of the Weather sat in mournful meditation on the threshold.
 Complete the 4 tasks and hand in - week commencing 17th October.
Bear Grylls’ Personal Life
Grylls was born in Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland. He grew up in Northern Ireland until the age of four, when his family moved to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. He is the son of Conservative politician Sir Michael Grylls, and Lady Sarah Grylls. Lady Grylls is the daughter of politician Patricia Ford,[11] briefly an Ulster Unionist Party MP, and cricketer and businessman Neville Ford. Grylls has one sibling, an elder sister, Lara Fawcett, a cardio-tennis coach, who gave him the nickname 'Bear' when he was a week old. Grylls was educated at Ludgrove School and Eton College, where he helped start its first mountaineering club, and Birkbeck, University of London, where he graduated with a degree, obtained part-time, in Hispanic studies in 2002. From an early age, he learned to climb and sail with his father, who was a member of the prestigious Royal Yacht Squadron. As a teenager, he learned to skydive and earned a second dan black belt in Shotokan karate. At age eight he became a Cub Scout. He speaks English, Spanish, and French. He is a Christian, and has described his faith as the "backbone" in his life. Grylls married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000. They have three sons. In August 2015, it was reported that Grylls had deserted his young son, Jesse, on Saint Tudwal's Island along the North Wales coast, as the tide approached, leaving him to be rescued by the RNLI. The RNLI later criticised him for the stunt, saying its crew "had not appreciated" that a child would be involved. EVEREST- THE BEGINNING Aged eight, Bear’s father had taught his young son, Bear, to climb and to dream. Trained on the white sea cliffs on the small island he grew up on in southern England, the young Bear’s bedroom was covered in posters of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. One day he vowed to climb the mountain – a dream Bear and his father nurtured together. Every year the death toll on Mount Everest rises, and for every ten mountaineers who make it to the top, one will die. Yet finally at 7.22am on May 26th 1998, after three grueling months climbing on the peak, Bear entered The Guinness Book of Records as one Everest’s youngest ever summiteers and returned alive. He was only 23 years old. one of Everest’s youngest ever summiteers. The actual ascent took Bear over ninety days of extreme weather, limited sleep and running out of oxygen deep inside the ‘death zone’ (above 26,000 feet). On the way down from his first reconnaissance climb, Bear was almost killed in a crevasse at 19,000 feet. The ice cracked and the ground disappeared beneath him, he was knocked unconscious and came to swinging on the end of a rope. His team-mate and that rope saved his life. The expedition was raising funds for the Rainbow Trust and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. Previously, in 1997, Bear had become the Youngest Briton to climb the iconic Mount Ama Dablam in the Himalayas (22,500 feet), a peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as ‘unclimbable’. Bear was beginning to distinguish himself in his field. MILITARY SERVICE Prior to the Everest Expedition, Bear, also a Karate Black Belt, spent had passed the gruelling UK Reserve’s Special Forces Selection process, where he went on to serve for three years with the British Special Air Service (21 SAS). He specialised as a combat survival instructor, and was also trained in evasive driving, parachuting, demolitions, trauma medic, unarmed combat and jungle warfare. What makes his story even more remarkable is that during this time he suffered a free-fall parachuting accident in Africa where he broke his back in three places. After months and months of rehabilitation, focusing always on his childhood dream of Everest, he slowly became strong enough to attempt the ultimate ascent of the world’s highest peak. BOOKS AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING Bear has a natural talent for communication and his speaking and TV shows has brought him worldwide acclaim. As a motivational speaker, he has addressed corporations all around the world on his experiences on Everest and how these can help us in our life and business environments. He is among the most in-demand speakers in the world. Bear’s first book, ‘Facing Up’, went into the top-10 best seller list, and was launched in the USA titled, ‘The Kid who climbed Everest’. Worldwide this book has touched people through its enduring honesty, courage and humility. He has gone on to write 11 books, including four teenager fiction survival books titled Mission Survival, and adult books ranging from Scouting (Living Wild) to Born Survivor, Facing the Frozen Ocean and Great Outdoor Adventures. He has also authored a book written very personally for his three children on how to live a fulfilling life, titled With Love Papa. His latest book, his remarkable autobiography, Mud Sweat & Tears, stayed for nine weeks at No 1 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List in the UK. A feat that few books have ever achieved. It launches in the USA in May 2012. TELEVISION Bear first TV break came when he was approached to star in a ‘Sure For Men’ deodorant TV commercial. This featured the story of Bear’s Everest climb. The advert was awarded campaign of the year. In 2003 Bear successfully completed another ground breaking expedition, leading a team across the freezing North Atlantic Arctic Ocean in a small open rigid inflatable boat. Suffering weeks of frozen spray and icebergs, the expedition was filmed for a documentary, and was raising funds for the Prince’s Trust charity. The book on this remarkable journey,’Facing the Frozen Ocean’, and was short-listed as Sports Book of the Year. Bear was awarded an Honorary commission in the Royal Navy for this record-breaking feat.Bear was also used by the UK Ministry of Defense to head the Army’s anti-drugs TV campaign, and featured in the first ever major advertising campaign for the world renowned shop: Harrods. His first major TV Series was for Channel Four, called ‘Escape to the Legion’, where he went through simulated basic training with Legionnaires in North Africa, to show what it is really like as a recruit in the French Foreign Legion. This TV series was a major hit worldwide and opened the door for the success of Man Vs Wild and Born Survivor. Within months of the Foreign Legion Documentary airing, Bear was commissioned to present 12 x 1-hour programmes for a novel TV format called ’Man Vs Wild’ on Discovery Channel worldwide, commissioned as well for Channel Four in the UK, titled: ‘Born Survivor: Bear Grylls’. These programmes featured Bear being parachuted in to some of the most inhospitable deserts, jungles and mountains on earth and showing what you need to do to survive. No-one had any idea whether the format would work… Man Vs Wild went on to become the No. 1 cable show in all of America, reaching a global audience of over 1.2 Billion viewers, in over 200 countries, making it one of the most recognized and watched programs on the largest TV network on earth. To date the team have filmed over 75 x 1hr episodes, and six seasons around the world. Bear’s outdoor survival book Born Survivor, written for Channel 4 in the UK, stayed for 10 weeks in the Sunday Times Bestseller List. OTHER EXPEDITIONS In 2007, Bear lead an incredible attempt to return to Everest and become the first man to fly a powered paraglider to a height above the world’s highest peak. Sponsored by GKN, and along with his best buddy Gilo Cardozo, Bear achieved their aim and pulled off the impossible, soaring into the record books. The expedition was documented for Discovery Channel, titled: Bear’s Mission Everest and the team raised over $2.4million in the process for Global Angels and children’s charities worldwide. He has lead teams to circumnavigate the UK on jetskis, raising funds for the Lifeboats, he has broken world records in high-altitude ballooning, skydiving and much more, including a world first for taking a rigid inflatable boat through the infamous, ice-strewn North West Passage. 2008 also saw Bear lead a small team to climb one of the most remote un-climbed peaks in the world in Antarctica. The expedition was using wind powered kite skiing, bio-ethanol powered jetskis, electric powered paragliders and good old footwork! BRINGING SCOUTING AND ADVENTURE TO THE WORLD Bear and Discovery Channel have released a Man Vs Wild X Box, playstation and Wii, he owns an outdoor adventure clothing company partnered with Craghoppers, as well as a line of survival kits, knives, multi-tools and other outdoor equipment with Gerber. Bear’s Ultimate Knife has become the biggest selling knife in the world. He has fronted international advertising campaigns for the likes of Nissan, Dos Equis, Sure deodorant, Degree, Solo and Trail Mix. On 17 May 2009, Bear was elected as the youngest ever Chief Scout to the Scout Association, becoming the figurehead to 28 million Scouts around the world. For Bear, this is his proudest post, standing up for young people from so many different cultures and countries, helping them realise their dreams, explore the world, help in crisis countries, and benefit from being part of a worldwide family. For Bear it is all about encouraging life values, outdoor skills and a sense of pride, belonging and camaraderie through adventure.
Research what a Ballad poem is - read through some and choose your favourite to share with the class.  Meet CHIP, An Ultra Tiny, Ridiculously Cheap Fully-Functional Computer
Need a computer but can't afford the high cost? Then you are in luck. That's because a team of brilliant engineers from Oakland-based Next Thing recently unveiled one that costs a mere $9 USD! Called CHIP, the tiny machine is equipped with a fully-functional operating system that includes dozens of open-source applications such as pre-installed word processing, photo and audio editing, web access, and email. Users can unlock CHIP's talents by connecting the credit-card sized computer to a screen and keyboard via its integrated composite output or by using a simple adapter. Those that prefer to go wireless can make use of the machine's built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. CHIP can be used to play audio, videos, and even games, just not the ones that contain 3D graphics. For people that prefer a portable solution, there is the PocketCHIP. Equipped with a 4.3-inch touchscreen, standard keyboard and a 5-hour battery life, the pint-sized laptop is small enough to fit inside a pocket. Though not as inexpensive as CHIP, it is still priced at an affordable $49 USD. Given its amazing capabilities and affordable price, it is not surprising that CHIP has become an overnight sensation even before the first unit has come to market. The company's campaign to raise $50,000 USD on crowdfunding site Kickstarter currently has pledges of over $1.9mm USD and with three days to go before it ends, the numbers can only go up. Though the inventors had suspected that CHIP would be a success with tech-savvy computer programmers and gamers, they had not expected the general public to be so excited. In addition to the demand on Kickstarter, the company has also received numerous inquires about the computer from teachers, schools, and NGOs in the U.S. and even from as far away as Mozambique. Some enterprising entrepreneurs are even considering using CHIP clusters to build satellites. This is not the first time Next Thing has made a splash with a unique product. A few years ago, they introduced Otto, a customizable digital camera that attracted a lot of attention. However, it failed in the market largely due to its hefty $249 USD price tag. According to the company co-founder Dave Rauchwerk, the camera's most expensive component was the $35 USD Raspberry Pi computer. So about a year ago, the inventors embarked on a mission to create a cheaper version and CHIP was born. Though it proved to be Otto's nemesis, the Raspberry Pi, which is about the same size as CHIP, has been extremely popular since it was first launched in 2012. Experts, however, believe that CHIP will be even more coveted. That's because, in addition to superior features like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, the tiny machine also has a bigger processor and requires no assembly. CHIP's biggest selling point? It costs just $9.00 USD, making it much more affordable than the Raspberry Pi, which retails at $35 USD. Article Comprehension 1. What is CHIP? 2. How much does it cost? 3. What are some of the applications it comes with? 4. What does a buyer need to buy in addition to purchasing CHIP? 5. What is PocketCHIP? 6. In what ways is CHIP superior to the Raspberry Pi? 1. Any
2. Many 3. Anything 4. Nothing 5. Oil 6. Boil 7. Join 8. Coin 9. Embarrass 10. Energy 11.Engagement 12. Enquire 13. Environment 14. Evaluation 15. Evidence 16. Explanation 17. Influence 18. Reference 19. Absence 20. Reception 21. Gratitude 22. Swollen 23. Strengthen 24. Luxury 1. Easy
2. Please 3. Beach 4. Skipping 5. Reach 6. Dropping 7. Stopped 8. Dropped 9. Caught 10. Chocolate 11. Column 12. Conscience 13.Concentration 14.Conscious 15.Consequence 16.Continuous 17. Hesitate 18.Delicate 19. Regiment 20. Confident 21.Cement 22.Discourage 23.Baggage 24.Remedy Love A Good Bargain? You May Change Your Mind After Reading This
By Meera Dolasia on May 13, 2015 How often have you walked out from your favorite store with a great sense of accomplishment for snagging an incredible pair of jeans or a gorgeous dress for next to "nothing?" However, would you feel as smug if you knew that the person who made it works in an unsafe environment and gets paid next to "nothing?" This was what the folks at advocacy group Fashion Revolution recently decided to put to test in Berlin, Germany. On April 23rd, some luck city residents encountered a bright turquoise pop-up vending machine with a sign that we all love to see - beautiful t-shirts for a mere 2 Euros! Not surprisingly, many flocked over to claim the bargain before it was gone. When customers inserted their money, they were asked to select the color and the size they wished to purchase. But as they waited for the awesome t-shirt to drop, they experienced something unusual - images of the women and children that spend up to 16 hours a day making the cheap clothing inside overcrowded derelict warehouses. What's worse is that despite working this hard work they barely make enough money to live on. Once the buyers had been educated about who made their cheap clothing, they were given the choice to go ahead with their purchase or donate the money to a charity dedicated to improving the life of contract workers in developing countries. Not surprisingly, 90% of the shoppers chose to donate. This just proved what Fashion Revolution has always believed - if people are made aware of the true cost of cheap fast fashion, they will re-think their purchases. The group is of course not trying to dissuade consumers from buying. They just want them to be aware of the entire supply chain and support Fashion Revolution's mission to hold manufacturers accountable for the poor working conditions and low wages. The advocacy group made up of industry leaders, campaigners, press, and academics, was formed two years ago after a factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing the 1,100 workers contracted to make clothing for western manufacturers. The group commemorates the tragic day with a Fashion Revolution Day. In addition to staging stunts like the the pop-up vending machine in Berlin , they also ask consumers to take photos of clothing with label displayed and post them on social media sites with the question "Who made my clothes?" Article Comprehension
1. Cry
2. Crying 3. Cried 4. Tried 5. Fly 6. Flies 7. Cries 8. Tries 9. Beautiful 10. Beginning 11. Belief 12. Believe 13. Because 14. Beneath 15. Buried 16. Business 17. Punctual 18. Continually 19. Choir 20. Miserable 21. Reliable 22. Concern 23. Witness 24. Cleanliness 1. Rice
2. Mice 3. Pence 4. Paw 5. Raw 6. Draw 7. Mean 8. Beans 9. Accommodation 10. Actually 11. Alcohol 12. Although 13. Argument 14. Atmosphere 15. Audience 16. Autumn 17. Accurate 18. Accuse 19. Account 20. Accustom 21. Prefer 22. Preferred 23. Therefore 24. Condemn Who’s who in a Midsummer Nights Dream?
At the beginning of the play, Lysander is in love with __________. Her father, _______ wants her to marry ________. Hermia refuses and plans to run away with _______. Before she escapes, Hermia tells her plan to her best friend, _________, who is deeply in love with Demetrius. All four lovers escape to the forest where they are greeted by the forest fairies. The king of the fairies, _______ and his wife, Queen _____ are arguing over a young boy and have changed the atmosphere in the forest. King Oberon, orders his servant _____ to play a trick on the queen. Meanwhile, a group of craftsmen are in the forest performing a play. One of the actors goes by the name of Nick _____. Puck plays a trick and turns Bottom’s head into a _______. Queen Titania falls instantly in love with him. Bottom Puck Helena Hermia Titania Donkey Demetrius Oberon Egeus Lysander 1. Front
2. Month 3. Slave 4. Shave 5. Grave 6. Team 7. Steam 8. Gleam 9. Schedule 10. Conscience 11. Atrocious 12. Unconscious 13. Precious 14. Suspicious 15. Anxious 16. Conscientious 17. Pursue 18. Pursuit 19. Suitable 20. Scheme 21. Judgment 22. Difference 23. Definite 24. Apparent 1. Does
2. Inch 3. Goes 4. True 5. Blue 6. Silk 7. Longer 8. Longest 9. Receipt 10. Conceit 11. Ceiling 12. Conceive 13. Leisure 14. Foreign 15. Condemn 16. Fascinate 17. Acquire 18. Acquaint 19. Acquaintance 20. Yield 21. Shield 22. Pierce 23. Mischievous 24. Independent 1. Clever
2. Drove 3. Whole 4. Next 5. Done 6. Gone 7. Bone 8. Some 9. Brief 10. Belief 11. Mischievous 12. Niece 13. Relief 14. Shriek 15. Siege 16. Priest 17. Temperature 18. Island 19. Yolk 20. Chaos 21. Chaotic 22. Chasm 23. Presence 24. Medicine 1. Number
2. Ruler 3. Uncle 4. Note 5. Woke 6. Stone 7. Played 8. Stayed 9. Replaceable 10. Chargeable 11. Serviceable 12. Advantageous 13. Courageous 14. Outrageous 15. Prestigious 16. Lightning 17. Prompt 18. Succeed 19. Successful 20. Advertisement 21. Debt 22. Doubt 23. Cushion 1.Use
2.Used 3.These 4.Learn 5.Early 6.Would 7.Could 8.Should 9.Bachelor 10. Collector 11. Councillor 12. Major 13. Peaceable 14. Noticeable 15. Manageable 16. Changeable 17. Height 18. Neither 19. Reign 20. Foreign 21. Government 22. Separate 23. Villain 24. Argument 1. Pound
2. Found 3. Sound 4. Bound 5. Kept 6. Desk 7. Key 8. Even 9. Accept 10. Decisive 11. Successful 12. Necessary 13. Accidental 14. Concern 15. Excite 16. Sincerely 17. Sincerely 18. Truly 19. Knuckle 20. Wrestle 21. Honour 22. Harbour 23. Justice 24. Practice When we finish Dickens we will be studying narrative writing.
Your task is to write a piece starting - My December 25th.... To improve your level remember.... Paragraphing: Use TiPToP (TIME, PLACE, TOPIC PERSON) You could use time connectives e.g. Later. Sentence Structure: Use commas to surround extra information e.g. The Turkey, a 10lb beast, was cooked to perfection. Use the senses and remember to check unfamiliar spellings with a dictionary. A Christmas Carol
Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern; and having read all the newspapers, and beguiled the rest of the evening with his banker’s-book, went home to bed. He lived in chambers which had once belonged to his deceased partner. They were a gloomy suite of rooms, in a lowering pile of building up a yard, where it had so little business to be, that one could scarcely help fancying it must have run there when it was a young house, playing at hide-and-seek with other houses, and forgotten the way out again. It was old enough now, and dreary enough, for nobody lived in it but Scrooge, the other rooms being all let out as offices. They yard was so dark that even Scrooge, who knew its every stone, was fain to grope with his hands. The fog and frost so hung about the black old gateway of the house, that it seemed as if the Genius of the Weather sat in mournful meditation on the threshold. What does Melancholy mean? Why does Dickens repeat it? What line shows personification of the weather? Fagin extract (Oliver Twist)
It was a chill, damp, windy night, when the Jew: buttoning his great-coat tight round his shrivelled body, and pulling the collar up over his ears so as completely to obscure the lower part of his face: emerged from his den. … It seemed just the night when it befitted such a being as the Jew to be abroad. As he glided stealthily along, creeping beneath the shelter of the walls and doorways, the hideous old man seemed like some loathsome reptile, engendered in the slime and darkness through which he moved: crawling forth, by night, in search of some rich offal for a meal. What do the underlined words/phrases tell you about the character Fagin? 
Fagin – taken from ‘Oliver Twist’
“…that Fagin sat watching in his old lair, with face so distorted and pale, and eyes so red and bloodshot, that he looked less like a man, than like some hideous phantom, moist from the grave, and worried by an evil spirit. He sat crouching over a cold hearth, wrapped in an old torn coverlet, with his face turned towards a wasting candle that stood upon a table by his side. His right hand was raised to his lips, and as, absorbed in thought, he bit his long black nails, he disclosed among his toothless gums a few such fangs as should have been a dog's or rat's. “ Which quotations make Fagin sound like:
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