DWillisExtract from I NEVER KNEW THAT ABOUT ENGLAND, by Christopher Winn Read the following passage and on lined paper, answer the questions. COCKAYNE HATLEY, Bedfordshire Long John Silver and Peter Pan’s Wendy Turn east off the A1 near Sandy and you find yourself in an empty landscape of big skies and open hills. Down … Read more
Extract from I NEVER KNEW THAT ABOUT ENGLAND, by Christopher Winn Read the following passage and on lined paper, answer the questions. NEWSTEAD, Nottinghamshire Lord Byron, mad, had, and dangerous to know, inherited Newstead Abbey when he was 10 years old. The building has been in the hands of the Nottingham Corporation since 1931 … Read more
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-94). As a novelist he is often noted for the powers of invention and depth of psychological insight found in his work; a skill defined by G. K. Chesterton as being able to pick the right word upon the point of his pen’. Born in Edinburgh in 1850, Robert Louis (originally Lewis) … Read more
Extract from The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells Read the following passage and on lined paper, answer the questions. THE TIME MACHINE THE Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was … Read more
Using the examples above, as a guide, practice writing the following quotes, made by Abraham Lincoln and JK Rowling, on lined paper.
“The best way to predict the future is to create it” – Abraham Lincoln
“Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success” – JK Rowling
Using the examples above, as a guide, practice carefully handwriting the following quotes, made by Rabindranath Tagore and Martin Luther King Jr., on lined paper.
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water” – Rabindranath Tagore
“If I cannot do great things. I can do small things in a great way” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Using the examples above, as a guide, practice carefully writing the following quotes, made by Professor Stephen Hawking, on lined paper.
“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny” – Professor Stephen Hawking
“Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge” – Professor Stephen Hawking
Using the alphabet example above, as a guide, practice carefully writing the following quotes, made by Professor Stephen Hawking, on lined paper. “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at” – Professor Stephen Hawking “Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it” – … Read more
Using the alphabet example above, as a guide, practice carefully handwriting the following quotes, made by Aristotle and Professor Stephen Hawking, on lined paper. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit” – Aristotle “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to … Read more