Silent Night

Sample writings -ACNS

A description of your room

My bedroom is great! It´s great and there is a lot of furniture in it. Everything is pink in my bedroom and I call it `the pink room´. I´ve got a small bed, a desk, a chair, a wardrobe and a bookcase. The bed is next to the wardrobe. My desk is under the window. There is a big poster behind my bed. There is a computer and a lamp on my desk and I´ve got books in the bookcase next to my desk. I haven´t got a TV but I´ve got a CD player. I like my bedroom very much.

An email to a penpal

Hi! My name´s Patricia. I´m twelve years old and I am a student at Merton Secondary School.  My favourite school subjects are English and History. My favourite singer is Enrique Iglesias.  He´s great. What about you? Please write soon.

Patricia Jones

A short text about your plans for the weekend

Next Saturday I´m having my birthday party. In the morning my sister and I are helping our parents with the housework . Then the four of us are going to a pub to have lunch.  In the afternoon we are decorating the house for the party and we are also buying the drinks and the chocolate cake. My friends and cousins are coming at 7 in the evening. After the party we are watching a film on TV.

On Sunday morning I´m going to the sports club to play basketball with my friends. After that I´m visiting my grandparents and we are having lunch with them. In the afternoon I´m studying for my Maths exam on Monday. These are my plans for the weekend.

An article about a celebrity

Shakira´s full name is Shakira Isabel Merabak Ripoll. She´s from Barranquilla, Colombia, South America. She´s one of the world´s favourite Latin singers.  She´s young and beautiful and she has got a great voice. Her birthday is on the 2^nd of February. She has got four brothers and four sisters. Shakira can speak five languages. She dances and sings well. She likes painting and listening to jazz music. She doesn´t like hip hop. Do you like her?

A postcard

Greetings from Greece. We´re having a great time here.

The hotel ´s fantastic. We´re staying on the second floor. The weather is lovely. It is hot and sunny.

Dad´s windsurfing at the moment. Tony´s playing golf with Steve. They´re enjoying a lot. I´m on the beach now. Mum´s swimming and I´m sunbathing. It´s lots of fun. See you soon.

Sandra  

 
A biography

Antonio Banderas was born in Málaga, Spain on 10^th October 1960.

As a child, Antonio wanted to become a footballer. His dream ended when he injured his leg. In 1979 he started acting classes. Two years later, together with a group of actors, he performed all over Spain. Later, he joined the National Theatre of Spain, in Madrid.

In 1982, the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, asked him to star in one of his films. They worked together for eight years. In 1991, Antonio moved to Los Angeles to film The Mambo Kings even though he didn´t speak any English at that time.

Antonio is now married to Hollywood star Melanie Griffith and has a daughter. They often visit Spain.  Antonio is a big fan of Real Madrid Football Club.

The Five Orange Pips

1.       Why did Holmes think that their visitor had a serious problem?

2.       What did Uncle Elias want his nephew John to witness?

3.       Who was Uncle Elias leaving his money and property to in his will?

4.       What  happened to Uncle Elias after receiving a letter from India?

5.       What did the police think about the letters?

6.       What did Holmes ask John Openshaw to do?

7.       What did the K.K.K. do before killing people?

8.       Why did the  K.K.K. kill Elias Openshaw?

9.       How did John Openshaw die?

10.    What did the police think of John´s death?

11.    Why didn´t the murderers of the Openshaw family get the letter with the orange pips?

THE SPECKLED BAND

1.       How did Sherlock Holmes know that Helen Stoner went to the train station in a cart?

2.       Why did the woman go to see Holmes?

3.       Who does the young woman live with?

4.       Where did the woman and her family live before going to England?

5.       Why did Dr Roylott go to prison in India?

6.       When did Dr Roylott take Helen and her sister to live at Stoke Moran?

7.       Why did the girls always lock the doors of their rooms at night?

8.       What did Julia say to her sister Helen before she died?

9.       Why did Holmes realize that Dr Roylott was a cruel man?

10.   What did Dr Roylott do to prove to Holmes how dangerous he was?

11.   Why didn´t Dr Roylott want Helen to get married?

12.   What did Holmes notice first when he entered the middle room?

13.   What did Dr Roylott keep in the safe?

14.   What kind of snake was it?

15.   What was the small plate of milk for?

A Scandal in Bohemia

1.       What does Sherlock Holmes do?

2.       How did Holmes Know that Watson had a careless servant?

3.       How did Holmes Know that Watson was working as a doctor again?

4.       How did Holmes Know that “Eg” stands for “Egria”?

5.       Where did the king of Bohemia meet the opera singer?

6.       What did the King of Bohemia want Holmes to do?

7.       What was Holmes disguised as the first time he went to Irene Adler´s house?

8.       Why did Godrey Norton and Irene Adler go to St Monica´s church?

9.       What did Holmes have to do at St Monica´s church?

10.   What did Holmes want Watson to do when he waved to him from Irene Adler´s sitting room?

11.   Where was the photograph Holmes wanted to get for the King of Bohemia?

12.   How did Holmes know where the photograph was?

13.   Why couldn´t Holmes take the photograph?

14.   What did the servant tell Holmes when he arrived at Briony Lodge the next morning?

15.   What did Holmes find when he took the picture off the wall?

16.   Who was the young man standing in Baker Street when Holmes returned home the previous evening?