Years 5 and 6 English 8th Feb – 12th Feb

Monday 8 th February Zoom

LO: Can I describe the design features of a robot using formal language and technical vocabulary?

Have a watch of this video. While you are watching, take note of how the bot (Bob-e) helps Charly. What is his role? What features/special tools does he have?Your task is to design a robot/bot that will help humanity in some way. It might be like WALL-EE, R2D2 or K9. Perhaps it clears pollution or litter. Or even monitors melting glaciers. Use the template to help, if needed.https://www.literacyshed.com/light.html

Example:

Mild Template

Mild Spicy HotUse template to design robot.

Use ambitious vocabulary to describe.

Include expanded noun phrases.

Use template as a guide for what to include.Complete as bullet points (remember rules!)Use relative clauses to explain what each feature does (His front opens to reveal his body cavity, which he uses to gather and compress trash, while on his journeys).

As Spicy +Write description of robot in paragraphs. Each paragraph should relate to a heading on the Mild template.

Be ambitious and imaginative!

Tuesday

LO: Can I use persuasive language?

Today you are going to write your own advert for the robot your designed yesterday. Before you do this, what type of language will you need to use?

Example:

Mild Spicy HotUse template to create advert for your robot.Include:rhetorical questionsuperlatives/exaggeration (fastest, highest, strongest etc)alliteration

As Mild +Include:relative clausesrange of conjunctionssimileemotive language (hope, joy, adored etc)

As Spicy +Include:figurative languagehumorous wordplay/joke (Buy our pizza. We knead the dough!)

Wednesday Zoom

LO: Can I plan a descriptive poem?

Today we are going to combine outside learning with English. Have you ever looked up at the clouds and seen an elephant? Or a kangaroo wearing a cowboy hat?Listen to this song and try to visualise what the characters are singing about.https://www.literacyshed.com/the-music-shed.htmlSnoopy Cloud SongWhen you are outside, look up at the sky and watch. Be patient. What can you see? Wispy white clouds dotting the vivid blue sky or great, icy mountains gliding through the grey?Write down what you can see. Is there a story unfurling? Perhaps you can see a dragon chasing a single sheep or a polar bear frolicking in the snow?Make lots of notes so you can plan your writing for tomorrow. Use the word bank below to improve your cloud watching notes and add to the planning template.

If you can’t get outside (or the clouds have not made an appearance) have a look at these for inspiration:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wimkqo8gDZ0 (calm)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maDdxfBENtI (stormy)Mild Spicy HotAmbitious adjectivesPowerful verbsInteresting nounsAlliteration

As Mild +Expanded noun phrasesSimilesAdverbial phrases

As Spicy + Figurative language (personification, metaphors)Range of punctuation to include ; and - -

Descriptions and figurative language

Wispy white clouds dotted the vivid blue sky. Clouds of fluffy cotton balls drifted slowly cross the …… Beams of light tinted the clouds with blazing colours of … Great, icy-grey mountains swept across the horizon. The sky was as grey as thunder and grim with the menace

of rain. Dense, black rain clouds blocked the warm rays from the

disappearing sun. The clouds had swollen to an ominous black, rushing

across the landscape like a tsunami threatening to drown all in their stormy embrace.

The mist rose to spread its tendrils … An icy breath descended from the heavens. Layers of pregnant clouds clung to the hillside. A steady downpour of tears.

Verbs

floated bathed drenched faded cascaded hung huddled drifted watched filled waited twisted sunk descended crept

slid flitted glowed

shimmered scudded transformed

Thursday

LO: Can I write a descriptive poem?

Mild Spicy HotAmbitious adjectivesPowerful verbsInteresting nounsAlliteration

As Mild +Expanded noun phrasesSimilesAdverbial phrases

As Spicy + Figurative language (personification, metaphors)Range of punctuation to include ; and - -

Take inspiration from yesterday’s notes and write a descriptive poem about clouds and the weather. Have a look at the different styles of poems below.Could you write your poem in the shape of the cloud you are describing (see rain cloud and dragon concrete poems below)? Or will you choose traditional stanzas?

Verbs

floated bathed drenched faded cascaded hung huddled drifted watched filled waited twisted sunk descended crept

slid flitted glowed

shimmered scudded transformed

Adjectives

merciless relentless grey as lead

stormy dense turbulent

dappled polluted blood-flecked

heavy pregnant voluminous

weighty vast wispy

feather-light luminous threatening

ever-changing light

Listen to a recording of Wind by Ted Hughes – listen for and magpie the vocabulary! (Text below)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4TqgxiXsXI

Ted Hughes

Friday

Spellings and reading comprehension.