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The Judges
Thank you so much for all of the amazing 500 word stories you have sent in! We have loved reading them all and it was such a tough decision to decide on a winner! Well done to all of you who entered!
As it was so close, we decided to pick a winner from each Year 6 class. The three winners have been contacted through email so they know who they are. Congratulations to all three of our fantastic winners!
On the next couple of slides there are short snippets from a couple of our winning entries.
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Dead. Alive. Abducted. Everyone’s wondered where all themissing people go, right? Especially me, staring at the ‘knownmissing this decade’ section of worldstats.com, watching thenumber edge higher and higher. I wonder what number mysister was.She was only eleven when she disappeared. I was ten. Now, it isonly a few hours away from her thirteenth birthday. Herbirthday was the day she vanished.
December 11th 2018, My sister Rose’s 11th birthday
We all stand by the bonfire, drinking frothy hot chocolate,watching the fireworks shoot up and explode into vibrantbursts of colour against the ash black sky. Everyone wasrelaxing and having fun but Rose (my sister) seemed twitchyand nervous. She kept looking behind her. I didn’t think anythingof it, and continued to enjoy the fireworks. “Rose come here!” Iyelled to her a bit later. She didn’t come. I wandered over tothe snack table. She wasn’t there either. I gazed across thedark field, looking for a silhouette, a figure, any shape thatmay be her. I couldn’t see anything. I began to panic. “Mum,Dad?” I shouted, over the noise of the fireworks, “Rose ismissing!” At that moment, the loudest, brightest fireworkexploded in the air. It formed the words ‘Happy Birthday Rose!’
I wonder if she could see it.
Well done, Gabriela!
Fantastic story, ‘All the Missing
People’.
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Crash!Suddenly a ship crashed into the ground, echoing at thesound of its impact round the forest, an aroma of smokelifted into the air. The mysterious pilot pulled himself outthrough a hatch in the metal beast (that was now a clumpof mixed metals); the pilot’s metallic helmet reflected themorning sun light. He then pulled out a square box with twoantennas and in the middle of the box was a red flashing light- he was a bounty hunter.
The bounty hunter suddenly sprinted through the woods andducked down behind a tree.
Whizz! BOOM!As quick as lightening, a stream of red light whizzed past myface shaving the hairs off my face; the bounty hunterstarted to sprint off through the woods quicker thanbefore. Just then he stopped and pulled out something.
Well done, Luke! Fantastic story,
‘Not the Mandolorian’.
Year 6 English Home Learning
Monday 8th June – Friday 12th June 2020
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Year 6 Home Learning TimetableMonday 8th June– Friday 12th June 2020Please see a suggested timetable of the activities that we have outlined for our Year 6 children. Please feel free to amend the timetable to suit you.
Miss Fini, Mrs Harmston and Miss Wilson
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Times Tables Rock Stars – Complete some challenges with a times table of your choice.
Reading – Read 15 minutes of your book and record in your Homework Diary.
Times TablesRock Stars –Complete some challenges with a times table of your choice.
Reading – Read 15 minutes of your book and record in your Homework Diary.
Times Tables Rock Stars – Complete some challenges with a times table of your choice.
English English English English English
Maths Maths Maths Maths Maths
Topic –Mummification Research
Topic –MummificationHow-To Guide
Topic –MummificationHow-To Guide
Topic –Mummifying Fruit
Topic – PSHE/Well-being Activities
Below are some of the Year 6 writing skills you will need to include in your work where appropriate.
• Interesting sentence openers
• A range of punctuation ; : - () , . ! ?
• Accurate use of commas
• Relative clauses
• Expanded noun phrases
• Subordinate clauses – I SAW A WABUB
• A wide range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
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Monday EnglishMonday 8th June
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LO: To write an information text.Grammar Starter
What are the different types of punctuation?
Can you describe the picture using sentences that contain
advanced punctuation?
Meet it: Describe the picture using brackets to mark a relative clause in your sentence.
Beat it: Describe the picture using a dash for an afterthought in your sentence.
Smash it: Describe the picture using a semi-colon in your sentence.
Use the next slide to remind you about the
different pieces of punctuation.
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LO: To write an information text.• A relative clause provides extra
information about a noun.• The relative clause usually starts with a
relative pronoun – who, which, where etc.• If you take out the relative clause, the
rest of the sentence should make sense on its own.
• You can punctuate a relative clause with brackets, dashes or commas.
• To use a dash as an afterthought, you want to think of a sentence that already makes sense and then use the dash to add a little bit of extra information.
• This can work well to add on a rhetorical question or to add how a character is thinking or feeling.
• A dash is a good way to extend a sentence that already makes sense.
• A semi-colon joins two main clauses together.
• This means that both sides of the semi-colon must make sense on its own to work.
• A semi-colon is a great way to build up tension in your writing!
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LO: To write an information text.What is your
new mini beast like?
Where does your mini beast live?
What is its personality like?
Look at your information text and mini beast drawing
from last week.
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LO: To write an information text.
Can you remember
the features of an
information text?
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LO: To write an information text.
What are the features of
an information
text?
A main title.
An introduction.
Detailed information about the
topic.
Time conjunctions
and adverbials to show the
order.
Conjunctions and adverbials
Technical vocabulary for
the topic.
Diagram or illustrations
with captions and labels.
Bullet points and
subheadings.A summary.
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LO: To write an information text.
Can you improve any
spellings?
Have you used any interesting punctuation?
Is it accurate?
Let’s start by reading our work through from last week.
Have you stayed
informative and formal?
Have you used any Year 6
writing skills?
Can you edit your writing so far?
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LO: To write an information text.HabitatWhat habitat does your mini beast survive best in? Describe it.What food does your mini beast need?What is its prey?How has your mini beast adapted to suit its habitat?Can it live in different habitats?Can your mini beast camouflage?
BehaviourHow does your mini beast behave?Can it fly as well as walk?How does it catch its prey?Does its behaviour change depending on the weather? Is it nocturnal? Active at night time. What is its personality like?
This is how we are going to structure the rest of our
information text. Remember, as always, you don’t have to
stick to this! You can come up with your own creative ideas
too.
Today we are going to focus on the habitat paragraph.
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LO: To write an information text.
The next few slides will give you some information on habitats! This might help you to decide upon some ideas for your mini beast.
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LO: To write an information text.
How have these animals adapted
to their environments?
Which habitat belongs to which animal?
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LO: To write an information text.
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LO: To write an information text.
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LO: To write an information text.
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LO: To write an information text.
What habitat does your mini beast survive
best in?
How has your mini beast
adapted to suit its habitat?
Why is it best suited to its
habitat? Think about food, prey,
predators etc.
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LO: To write an information text.This is my example of a habitat
section. I’m sure you can do better, but it might give you an idea of the
type of information you could include.
HabitatFrom the searing, scorching plains of the Sahara through to the icy wastelands of Antarctica, the Mantiss is able to adapt to any location. Despite this, the favoured habitat of the mini beast is the greenery of the farm lands located next to the River Nile. Showing a preference for using freshly grown crops as nesting grounds, the far-reaching fields of farm land provide the perfect resting place and living space for the animal. From birth, the Sting Mantiss places priority on the locating and establishment of an area suitable for their nest. Frequently, they nest at the bottom of a stalk. Showing efficiency more commonly found with power tools, the animal burrows into the crop, creating a hole big enough to live in. One of the more critical features needed is the importance of there being enough space for their prey.
Continues on the next
page!
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LO: To write an information text.This is my example of a habitat
section. I’m sure you can do better, but it might give you an idea of the
type of information you could include.
Habitat - ContinuedHunting is proficient and plentiful along the River Nile. For many years, the Manitss’ main source of food were the miniscule Amphibioli Fleas that reside upon the backs of alligators and crocodiles; the River Nile therefore is a potential banquet of food ready at all opportunities. Whereas, the Sting Mantiss is a creature of monstrous and deadly ambition, it is solely reliant on these fleas as a food source. Where the food source goes, the Mantiss follows. As a result of this, the rise in frequency of AmphibioliFleas in other locations around the world has directly influenced the spread of potential habitats for the Mantiss – assisting their ability to adapt to any and all locations.
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LO: To write an information text.
Write your habitat section about your mini beast.
Don’t forget to include a new subtitle.
Try to maintain a high level of formality to ensure that it is written in the style of an information text.
Task HabitatWhat habitat does your mini beast survive best in?What food does your mini beast need?What is its prey?How has your mini beast adapted to suit its habitat?Can it live in different habitats?Can your mini beast camouflage?
Some ideas to get you started, but remember to be as creative as you like!
Tuesday EnglishTuesday 9th June
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LO: To write an information text.Grammar Starter
Can you find the Year 6 spellings in the word
searches?
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LO: To write an information text.Grammar Starter
Can you find the Year 6 spellings in the word
searches?
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LO: To write an information text.Grammar Starter
Can you find the Year 6 spellings in the word
searches?
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LO: To write an information text.
Can you improve any
spellings?
Have you used any interesting punctuation?
Is it accurate?
Let’s start by reading our habitat section through from yesterday.
Have you stayed
informative and formal?
Have you used any Year 6
writing skills?
Can you edit your writing so far?
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LO: To write an information text.HabitatWhat habitat does your mini beast survive best in? Describe it.What food does your mini beast need?What is its prey?How has your mini beast adapted to suit its habitat?Can it live in different habitats?Can your mini beast camouflage?
BehaviourHow does your mini beast behave?Can it fly as well as walk?How does it catch its prey?Does its behaviour change depending on the weather? Is it nocturnal? Active at night time. What is its personality like?
This is how we are going to structure the rest of our
information text. Remember, as always, you don’t have to
stick to this! You can come up with your own creative ideas
too.
Today we are going to focus on the behaviour paragraph.
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LO: To write an information text.
How does your mini beast
behave? When is your mini beast most active?
How does your mini
beast catch its prey?
What is the personality of
your mini beast like?
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LO: To write an information text.This is my example of a habitat
section. I’m sure you can do better, but it might give you an idea of the
type of information you could include.
Behaviour
Once established in a select location, the Sting Mantiss begins to show a significant sequence of behaviours. Initially these are based upon locating a habitat, establishing a nest and beginning to hunt. Soaring through the humid air, the Mantiss will locate its prey from above, before hurtling down towards it. Once in range of the unfortunate flea, the venomous stinger thrusts forward, plunging into the soft flesh of the food. Once inserted, a paralysing poison begins to seep through the blood of the petrified victim, freezing it in place.
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LO: To write an information text.
Write your behaviour section about your mini beast.
Don’t forget to include a new subtitle.
Try to maintain a high level of formality to ensure that it is written in the style of an information text.
Task One
Some ideas to get you started, but remember to be as creative as you like!
BehaviourHow does your mini beast behave?Can it fly as well as walk?How does it catch its prey?Does its behaviour change depending on the weather? Is it nocturnal? Active at night time. What is its personality like?
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LO: To write an information text.Sometimes, some information texts
provide extra facts in little text boxes.
Let’s look at some examples of interesting facts.
There are more examples on the next slide.
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LO: To write an information text.Sometimes, some information texts
provide extra facts in little text boxes.
Let’s look at some examples of interesting facts.
There are more examples on the next slide.
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LO: To write an information text.Sometimes, some information texts
provide extra facts in little text boxes.
Let’s look at some examples of interesting facts.
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LO: To write an information text.
Add some ‘Did you know?’ sections or ‘Fun Facts’, or a ‘Glossary box’ to your information text.
You could include some pictures with captions too.
Task Two Well done for completing your information text all about your very own mini beast.
If you would like to and you have permission, please send a copy of your information text our Year Group email address:
year6@kfos.co.uk
Miss Fini, Mrs Harmston and Miss Wilson
Wednesday EnglishWednesday 10th June
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LO: To revise and apply our learning on grammatical SPAG terminology.
Today we are going to revise and apply our knowledge of grammar terms that we looked at last week and when we were at school.
Afterwards, we will complete a SPAG Murder Mystery game.
We’ve put some links to some SPAG songs by MC Grammar that you may enjoy – you know how much we love a song in Maths and English in Year 6!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=UGvOR8cISKQ&feature=emb_logo
Relative Clause
LO: To revise and apply our learning on grammatical SPAG terminology.
A relative clause is a special type of subordinate clause which adds extra information to another noun or clause.
James, who never does his homework, is very lazy.
The relative clause tells us more about James.
All the chocolate pudding was gone by the time I got in to lunch, which really annoyed me.
The relative clause refers to the chocolate pudding.
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Relative Pronoun
LO: To revise and apply our learning on grammatical SPAG terminology.
Relative pronouns introduce a relative clause. They refer back to a noun or clause that we already know.
James, who never does his homework, is very lazy.
The relative clause tells us more about James.
All the chocolate pudding was gone by the time I got in to lunch, which really annoyed me.
The relative clause refers to the chocolate pudding.
which
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Parenthesis
LO: To revise and apply our learning on grammatical SPAG terminology.
We use parenthesis to add extra detail to a sentence which is already grammatically correct without it. You can take it out and the rest of the sentence still makes sense. We can use brackets, dashes or commas to separate the parenthetical information from the main sentence.
Miss Fini (my Year 6 teacher) loves sketching pictures.
Mrs Harmston, who is also in Year 6, is brilliant at the piano.
Miss Wilson – another Year 6 teacher – enjoys bird watching.
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Active Voice
LO: To revise and apply our learning on grammatical SPAG terminology.
When a sentence is in the active voice, the pattern is subject-verb-object. The subject of the verb is more important. The subject of the sentence is performing the action.
James broke the window.
The caretaker painted the playground.
Passive Voice
When a sentence is in the passive voice, the verb is being done to the object – rather than the subject doing the verb.
The window was broken by James.
The playground was painted by the caretaker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE_OWadTQjY&feature=emb_logo
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Antonym
LO: To revise and apply our learning on grammatical SPAG terminology.
Antonyms are words with opposite meanings.
Young - old
Straight - bendy
Full - empty
Synonym
A synonym is a word or phrase with the same or similar meaning to another. You can find synonyms in a thesaurus.
Talk - speak - mention
Sleep - doze - kip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kp-ngUXBLk&feature=emb_logo
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Hyphens
LO: To revise and apply our learning on grammatical SPAG terminology.
A hyphen is a punctuation mark that looks like a little horizontal line.
Hyphens join together words or parts of words. Hyphens are really useful as they can help to clarify the meaning of a word or phrase and avoid ambiguity in writing.
Paula decided to resign from her job.
Steve re-signed his contract.
Man-eating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf0sR-XDOU0&feature=emb_logo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F7wFwdcfKg
The Mystery of the Stolen Space SuitA serious crime has been committed before the launch of the space shuttle to Mars. It is the night before the rocket is due to launch and everything has been prepared and packed. When the astronauts went in to do their final checks, one of them found that their space suit was missing and saw a remarkably similar one appear on a well-known auction site!
As the Detective Chief Inspector, it is your job to find out who has stolen the suit. Your officers have taken down the names and descriptions of the thirty astronauts who were training during the day.
There are also five clues that have been left. To crack the case, you will need to solve each clue and check the information against the list of names. Good luck!
The Mystery of the Stolen Space Suit
This is the list of possible suspects that you need to work from. The list goes over two pages!
The Mystery of the Stolen Space SuitThis is the rest of the list of suspects!
The next slide will give you a place to store your answers for the different clues.
You could write this down onto paper if it is easier.
The Mystery of the Stolen Space SuitClue One: There were ______ crosses and ______ ticks. There were more ______ so the culprit is male/female.
Clue Two: The suffix with the most root words is _____, so the culprit’s uniform is ________________.
Clue Three: The nationality of the astronauts who found the most synonyms was _________.
Clue Four: The culprit wears/does not wear glasses.
Clue Five: There were ______ crosses and ______ ticks. There were more ______ so the culprit is less than/more than 30 years old.
Detective Notes.
All answers
are at the end!
The Culprit is _____________
Clue One:
Space Sentences
These space sentences have been written with parenthesis. Check which ones have the correct punctuation – it could be commas, brackets or dashes.
If there are more ticks, then the culprit is male. If there are more crosses, then the culprit is female.
There were ______ crosses and ______ ticks. There were more ______ so the culprit is male/female.
Clue Two
Space Suit Suffix Sort-Out!
With all the chaos this police investigation has caused, the uniforms have been muddled up! In order to help prepare for take-off, you need to match the nouns and adjectives to the correct suffix to form a verb. Whichever suffix has the most matching words will reveal the colour of the culprit’s uniform.
Remember, sometimes the root word will need to be altered before the suffix is added.
The suffix with the most root words is _____, so the culprit’s uniform is ________________.
The nationality of the astronauts who found the most synonyms was _________.
Clue Three
Super Space Synonyms
While they wait for the mystery to be solved, the astronauts have been thinking of exciting synonyms for different words. Whichever nationality of astronauts have thought of the most synonyms for their word will reveal the nationality of the culprit.
The culprit wears/does not wear glasses.
Clue Four
Avoid the Active Asteroids!
Find your way through the vortex of sentences by following the pathway of passive sentences (up, down, left and right) and avoiding the active asteroids. At the end of your journey, you will discover whether the culprit wears glasses or not.
Clue Five:
Hyphens Go into Hyper Drive
The astronauts have been writing about their time in space. They have tried to use hyphenated words, but some have got confused. Check these sentences to find which ones are correct. If they are, give them a tick. If they are incorrect, give them a cross. If you have more ticks, then the culprit is more than 30 years old. If you have more crosses, then the culprit is less than 30 years old.
There were ______ crosses and ______ ticks. There were more ______ so the culprit is less than/more than 30 years old.
The Mystery of the Stolen Space Suit
The answers will be on the next few pages!
Good luck
The Mystery of the Stolen Space Suit –
The Answers
Clue One
There were 3 crosses and 5 ticks. There were more ticks, so the culprit is male.
Clue Two
The suffix with the most root words in -ise so the culprit’s uniform is silver.
Clue Three
The nationality of the astronauts who found the most synonyms was British.
Clue Five
There were 5 crosses and 3 ticks. There were more crosses so the culprit is less than 30 years old.
Clue Four
The culprit did wear glasses!
The Mystery of the Stolen Space Suit –The Answer!
The culprit is...
Wolf White!
Thursday EnglishThursday 11th June
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LO: To predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Grammar Starter
In this first task, you will need to proofread
for spelling and punctuation errors,
paying particular attention to ensuring tenses are correct and subjects and
verbs agree.
This newspaper article really isn’t ready to publish.
Read the extract carefully. If you’re not as confident about your proofreading skills, try the first extract. If you’re really confident, do the first and second. Rewrite your chosen extract correcting all the mistakes!
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LO: To predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Extract One
Wood you spend ours watching some-one playing video gamesIf you has a young person in your house its unlikely that your unaware of the latest gaming phenomenon – Fortnite. published by Epic Games and with over 125 million players, Fortnite will be a single or multi-player survivle game set on modern-day earth Thanks to a sudden worldwide storm, most of the worlds population has been wipe out and those people remaining face attack from zombie-like creatures. Players worked together on mishuns to collect resources and build fortifications weapons and traps to defending themselves against the uprising
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LO: To predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Extract TwoWhilst the popularness of such a game may not be surprising, what could be considered surprising is the popularity of watching gamers in action via online streaming platforms such as Twitch. emmett shear co-founder of Twitch compares watching gamers to watching sports stars or chefs on TV: ‘You're enjoying watching someone whose really great at it with some entertainment at the same time.Twitch is a free service, but many chooses to subscribe to other platforms to watch the top gamers like Ninja, who makes millions streaming his live Fortniteaction. ‘The people who makes the most money surprisingly aren't necessarily the best gamers, their often the ones who are most entertaining,’ explains Shear. ‘Ninja is a prime example….very high energy, very entertaining to watch.’Weather you’re keen to watch or, like me, it sounds about as interesting to you as watching paint dry, it looks as though Fortnite and it’s live streamers are here to stay. At least until the next gaming phenomenon sweeps the world.
Answers are on the next page!
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LO: To predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Extract One - Answers
Would you spend hours watching someone playing video games?If you have a young person in your house, it’s unlikely that you’re unaware of the latest gaming phenomenon – Fortnite. Published by Epic Games and with over 125 million players, Fortnite is a single or multi-player survival game set on modern-day Earth. Thanks to a sudden worldwide storm, most of the world’s population has been wiped out and those people remaining face attack from zombie-like creatures. Players work together on missions to collect resources and build fortifications, weapons and traps to defend themselves against the uprising.
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LO: To predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Extract Two - AnswersWhilst the popularity of such a game may not be surprising, what could be considered surprising is the popularity of watching gamers in action via online streaming platforms such as Twitch. Emmett Shear, co-founder of Twitch, compares watching gamers to watching sports stars or chefs on TV: ‘You're enjoying watching someone who’s really great at it with some entertainment at the same time.’
Twitch is a free service, but many choose to subscribe to other platforms to watch the top gamers like Ninja, who makes millions streaming his live Fortnite action. ‘The people who make the most money surprisingly aren't necessarily the best gamers, they’re often the ones who are most entertaining,’ explains Shear. ‘Ninja is a prime example … very high energy, very entertaining to watch.’
Whether you’re keen to watch or, like me, it sounds about as interesting to you as watching paint dry, it looks as though Fortnite and its live streamers are here to stay. At least until the next gaming phenomenon sweeps the world.
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LO: To predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Using information to make predictions is an important skill. Look at the images on the next slide. For each image, write down what you think might have happened or what might happen next. Try to include as much detail as possible for each one.You should try this task for all five images. If you are really confident, complete the challenge too.
Main Task
Try and look at the whole image and
the finer details to make a prediction about what might
happen next!
Remember to use your imaginations too.
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LO: To predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
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LO: To predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
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LO: To predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Challenge!
Choose one of the images and write a narrative from the point of view of one of the people or animals in the photo.
Include details of who or what they are, what has happened to lead them there, how they are feeling and what happens next.
Friday EnglishFriday 12th June
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LO: To relax with a book and develop reading skillsYour first task is to spend a little time reading a book of your choice to help you relax and unwind.
Perhaps you could read outside if the weather is nice or read somewhere nice and quiet inside.
On the school website under ‘Year 6’, click on the ‘Extra Reading Resources and Challenges for KS2’.
These are the challenges that you can choose from.
Once you’ve finished a little bit of reading for about 20 minutes, we would like you to complete a reading challenge of your choice. Pick one or two that you know you will enjoy completing. Try to pick something different from last week.