How do you make a comparison?

Appearance Personality Actions

How do you make a comparison?

Appearance Personality ActionsUse the space below to create your poster to show how you make a comparison between characters

Use the boxes to draw your own animals that you will be writing a character description about and then mind map to show as many different word types. Can

you use the correct symbol for each word type?Noun - the name of a person, place or thingVerb – an actionAdjective – a word to describe a nounAdverb – how the action is being donePreposition – where something is in relation to another

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Write expanded noun phrases to describe the picture.

Write your own expanded noun phrases

Watch the first video to see how to multiply by 10, 100 and 1000.

Remember:Multiply – move to the left

X10 – 1 Space

X100 – 2 Spaces

X1000 – 3 Spaces

Comparing two characters from an illustration

Watch the video to see how Mr Taylor compares two characters using a Venn Diagram.Then look at the image below have a go with your own Venn Diagram.

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Write adverbs to describe how the verb is being done.

Verb: roaring

Verb: running

Verb: swimming

Write your own sentences containing an adverb.

Emotion Actions

Amused Smiling, eyes wide, head up, walking quickly, friendly, talkative, using arms a lot, throwing head back, cupping the cheeks, holding ribs, holding hand up to stay stop, covering the mouth, trying to keep a straight face, bouncing on toes, breathlessness, tapping with fingers.

Fear Dry mouth, biting lip, wanting to run, gasping for air, cold sweat, talking non stop, dizziness, shivery skin, flinching at noises, shaking, shrill voice, stuttering voice.

Anger Breathing deeply, picking fights, sarcasm, pounding fists, deeper louder voice, shoulders and head forward, eyes wide and glaring, hands forward in fists, red face.

Shock or Surprise

Yelp, stiffening posture, sudden coldness, eyes water, hand against chest, hand against throat, shaky soft voice, grabbing someone for comfort, heavy feeling in the stomach, tingling skin, asking who, what, why questions.

Curiosity Straining to see, ears and head pointing to hear, shushing others to be quiet, wide eyes, slower breaths, lips parted slightly, gasp of wonder, small smile, soft voice

Excited for what’s to come

Talkative, pacing around, rubbing hands, eyes darting around, big smiles, hugging, shaking hands, punching someone in fun on the arm, giggles, victory dance, group feeling of joy.

Embarrassment

Looking down, can’t look at others eyes, hiding face with long hair, walking quickly away, grasping things against chest, gritting teeth, keep swallowing, stammering, panicked thoughts, shoulders slumped, glancing around anxiously for an exit.

Sadness Downcast eyes, slow walk, feeling sick, crying, not wanting to talk, jerky breathing, shoulders slumped, rubbing face, avoiding others eyes.

Use the word mat to help you with your next task.

Watch the second video to see how to complete

the activity below using long multiplication.

4312 x 2 =6517 x 5 =7124 x 3 =7618 x 7 =6410 x 9 =

Comparing characters from a short text

Back in the tunnel they stopped and shivered. The batteries in

the torches were running low and the light they gave out was

getting weaker. Above the ground came the sound of

thundering hooves, a shouting of orders and the barking of

dogs.

Mac looked across at Johnny, who had been crying. "I'm not

letting them take us back," Mac muttered through very few

remaining teeth. Johnny was trying to wipe his tears away with

the back of his muddy sleeve and as he saw Mac looking, he

turned away trying to hide his fear by pretending to clean his

glasses. Mac wasn’t worried. Not about he guards or being out

in the cold or even the dark tunnel, where they were now

hiding. Even the rats scurrying about around their feet hadn’t

bothered him. All he wanted to do was escape. On the other

hand, Johnny had been content in his cell and seemed more

afraid of the elements than being locked up again.

At last it all went silent. Mac gave the thumbs up to switch their

torches back on.

Mac Jonny

Appearance

Personality

Actions

Watch the video to see how Mr Taylor uses the text to start comparing the two characters. Can you then do the same?

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Emotion Your sentence

Complete the table using emotive language to show not tell the emotion.

Write your own sentences containing emotive language.

Watch the third video to see how to complete the

activity below using short multiplication.

7618 x 2 =8173 x 5 =2176 x 3 =4354 x 7 =5176 x 9 =

Comparing characters from a text: character profile

Watch the video to see how Mr Taylor uses the text to create a character profile for the Afghan nomads. Can you create a character profile for Alex Rider?

Alex Rider

Appearance

Personality

Actions

There were five men sitting around the fire, huddled together in the Herat mountains in the north-west corner of Afghanistan. Although it was May and the plains were dotted with spring flowers, up here, five thousand feet above sea level, the winds still came rushing round the corners in icy blasts and the temperature tumbled towards zero once the sun had set.The men had erected a tent, made from woven goat-hair and

tied down with long ropes nailed into the hard ground. They had rested here for three hours and now squatted down with their backs to it, waiting for their meal to cook. The horses that had brought them here were tethered near by. Five men and a boy.Alex Rider came out of the tent and took his place on the rough

piece of carpet that had been set down for him. He examined the food that was bubbling away in the metal cauldron in the middle of the fire. It was some sort of lamb stew and he had to admit that it smelled delicious. The men had barely spoken to him since they had picked him up at the rendezvous point, a day’s ride away on the other side of the Afghanistan border. He knew that they were Kochis –Afghan nomads – and that they were loyal only to themselves. They would have been paid to bring him this far … gold, weapons, food, or all three.

He wasn’t sure if he trusted them. Certainly, from the moment they had set eyes on him, they hadn’t trusted him. They had not been told why it was necessary to escort a fourteen-year-old English boy into a landscape that really could be described as the middle of nowhere. They knew only that he was important.

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Remember:

• Inverted commas go around the spoken

words.

• Make sure you explain who said it and

how.

• Make sure that the speech has

punctuation before the final inverted

commas.

Spot the mistakes and correct them.

I can’t wait to have pizza for tea!” Miss Bentley happily exclaimed.

“The football season needs to hurry up and restart! Mr Chapman said”

“I am furious!””I can’t believe what you have done” Miss Harvey bellowed.

Write your own sentences containing direct speech.

Examples:

“I am so hungry! I can’t wait to go and hunt

today!” the lion roared angrily.

The sleepy giraffe said, “I should really get out

of bed today.”

Watch the fourth video to see how to complete the activity below using long multiplication.

2424 x 12 =6235 x 25 =1185 x 53 =7165 x 27 =7266 x 69 =

Comparing characters from a text: apply your skills

Questions based on extractMaria and Oliver were quite a distance from the party when they found the little rowing boat in

the grassy shallows of a small lake beyond the garden.

Glancing nervously behind her, Maria suggested that they row out to the island in the middle

of the lake. Oliver looked at her questioningly. Maria explained that there was a secret

monument on the island to one of her ancestors. This was a woman who had married a prince

at the time when there was a struggle for the throne. The struggle had been between two rival

families – one had a lion as its symbol, the winner had a bear.

“Come on,” Maria said impatiently.

Oliver rowed while Maria stood barefoot in the boat, staring straight ahead. The oars made a

click-clack sound in the hush and haze of the summer afternoon. Ripples of water fanned out

behind them as they crossed the glassy surface of the lake.

The tiny island, thick with creeping vines and roots, looked as if it floated. At its centre, an

ancient oak tree towered over it. The tree's branches were like bent fingers, twisting and

stretching outwards, until the tips of its leaves touched the still water. Oliver carefully steered

the boat through a narrow opening in the branches. Then they stepped out of the boat, and

into a murky green space under an umbrella of leaves. The air was cool and damp.

Maria led Oliver across the tangled ground to the hidden monument. It was a column of

marble, weathered and mossy with age. A delicate crown sat at the top, and an inscription

was carved into a flat slab at the base. Oliver used his thumbnail to scrape out the letters that

were cut into it.

It was a name. Maria's family name.

“You could have been a queen?” said Oliver, whispering.

Maria laughed gently in the gloom. “We were the family of the lion,” she said.

Oliver could still hear the shouts and laughter of the party, up on the sunny lawn near the

big house. But now the noise seemed to be getting further and further away.

QUESTIONS

1. Find a word that shows Oliver is unsure about taking the boat.

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2. Why is Maria impatient about visiting the island and how is this different to Oliver?

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3. How do you know that Oliver is good at steering the boat?

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4. How does “Maria stood barefoot in the boat, staring straight ahead” show you she is

different to Oliver?

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5. What does Oliver’s reaction to the name on the monument tell you about his friendship

with Maria?

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Write a character description to introduce the characters in your narrative. Remember all the techniques you

have practised this week and remember to add these to your character description.

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Watch the fifth video to see how to complete the

activity below using long multiplication.

Creative Learning

Go to the website to find a

video of Mr. Chapman

teaching you about

biomes!

Tundra

Boreal

Temperate

Savannah

Grasslands

Desert

Title and illustration Description.

Use the video or the internet to help you colour code the biomes on the world map.

Choose two biomes and complete the table.

Creating a mind map, List the adaptations each of these animals have to survive in their habitats.

Create your own animal and list their adaptations.

Animal Name:

Animal Class:

Carnivore or herbivore?

Biome of habitat:

Illustration and adaptations.