1. Literacy fortnightly focus… Ysgol Uwchradd Casnewydd Newport High School

2. Choosing the right word Ysgol Uwchradd Casnewydd Newport High School

3. ‘Accept’ is totally different to ‘except’. Learn what they mean and when to use them. America refused to accept the Versailles Treaty. I accept that Peter Whittingham had to go off before half time at the game on Saturday. Accept is a verb – it means to agree with something or to receive something.

4. I love all sports except cricket and golf. Everyone’s DNA is unique except the DNA of identical twins and clones. ‘Except’ means not including.

5. Birth rate and death rate affect the size of the world’s population. - Widespread unemployment was an effect of the Great Depression. - His words had a great effect on me. Affect is a verb – one thing affects or influences another. Effect is a noun – Something can have knock on effects/results/consequences.

6. Effect can also be used as a verb, meaning to put into effect/to cause/achieve/to bring about. - The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders. - You will effect these changes on Monday.

7. - Macbeth is about ambition and betrayal and these themes are still relevant today. - Spread sheets are a useful way to present data. - Our school is the best in Newport. - There is a growing number of pupils in our school. Are is a present tense form of the verb ‘to be’. ‘Our’ means belonging to us.

8. Hour means 60 minutes. There are 24 hours in a day and 168 hours in a week. Don’t get hour and our confused.

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