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English week beginning 27 th April This week we will be looking at the story in a short animation, ‘Taking Flight’. We will use this as the basis for you to write your own story. You will be doing some grammar, drawing and writing. You probably haven't done any writing for a while - don't worry if you find it hard to get going. The activities we want you to do every day will help you write a great story that you can email to your teacher. Have fun! Monday Grammar Our grammar focus this week is Expanded Noun Phrases. These will add more precise and interesting detail to your descriptions of settings and characters. Today we are going to revise Expanded Noun Phrases by doing this BBC bitesize lesson which you can find here (Hold Ctrl down and click on the link). https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4d6t39 You can email your teacher with a list of the phrases you used to go with the Roald Dahl video clip. Tuesday Warm Up: Expanded Noun Phrases Look around you. Choose any object you can see - it could be a cereal packet, the curtains, a mug - anything will do! Now can you think of an expanded noun phrase to describe it? Then try to use it in a full sentence. Watch the film Taking Flight. https://www.literacyshed.com/takingflight.html Answer the questions about the story: Who are the characters in the story? Why do you think the boy is upset at the beginning? Where does he go on his adventure? How does he feel at the end of the story? Watch the video again. Choose 1 of the different places the boy visits. Write a paragraph to describe the setting. Remember to use expanded noun phrases! Example: As it swam closer, I could see the scaly creature's gleaming white fangs. Re-tell the story to someone at home. Tell them about your adventure, where would you go? What would you do? Who would you go with? Wednesday Today you are going to plan your own adventure, using pictures to make a story map. Here are some examples of what a story map might look like. Talk about it with someone at home. Where would you want to go? Who with? Plan your own adventure Where would go first? It could be outer space, a jungle, a beach. Who would you meet there? What exciting thing would you do there? Swim across a dangerous river? Escape from a dinosaur? Where would you go next? How would you get there? Boat, ship, fly etc What exciting thing will happen there? Attack by aliens, fight off 100 poisonous snakes… Be creative and adventurous as you can! Try to think of at least 2 different places to visit. For each place, write some expanded noun phrases to describe the scene.
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English week beginning 27th April
This week we will be looking at the story in a short animation, ‘Taking Flight’. We will use this as the basis for you to write your own story. You will be doing some grammar, drawing and writing. You probably haven't done any writing for a while - don't worry if you find it hard to get going. The activities we want you to do every day will help you write a great story that you can email to your teacher. Have fun!
Monday Grammar Our grammar focus this week is Expanded Noun Phrases. These will add more precise and interesting detail to your descriptions of settings and characters. Today we are going to revise Expanded Noun Phrases by doing this BBC bitesize lesson which you can find here (Hold Ctrl down and click on the link).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4d6t39 You can email your teacher with a list of the phrases you used to go with the Roald Dahl video clip.
Tuesday Warm Up: Expanded Noun Phrases Look around you. Choose any object you can see - it could be a cereal packet, the curtains, a mug - anything will do! Now can you think of an expanded noun phrase to describe it? Then try to use it in a full sentence. Watch the film Taking Flight. https://www.literacyshed.com/takingflight.html Answer the questions about the story: Who are the characters in the story? Why do you think the boy is upset at the beginning? Where does he go on his adventure? How does he feel at the end of the story? Watch the video again. Choose 1 of the different places the boy visits. Write a paragraph to describe the setting. Remember to use expanded noun phrases! Example: As it swam closer, I could see the scaly creature's gleaming white fangs. Re-tell the story to someone at home. Tell them about your adventure, where would you go? What would you do? Who would you go with?
Wednesday Today you are going to plan your own adventure, using pictures to make a story map. Here are some examples of what a story map might look like.
Talk about it with someone at home. Where would you want to go? Who with? Plan your own adventure Where would go first? It could be outer space, a jungle, a beach. Who would you meet there? What exciting thing would you do there? Swim across a dangerous river? Escape from a dinosaur? Where would you go next? How would you get there? Boat, ship, fly etc What exciting thing will happen there? Attack by aliens, fight off 100 poisonous snakes… Be creative and adventurous as you can! Try to think of at least 2 different places to visit. For each place, write some expanded noun phrases to describe the scene.
Thursday Starting your story 1st paragraph: You can use the film to help start your story. As it is your adventure remember to write in the first person (so use I and we). Are your visiting your grandad, or someone else? What will you find that takes you into the imaginary worlds (is it an old photo, or a secret den?) 2nd paragraph: Now you can start writing about the first scene in your adventure. You need to describe where it is and what happens - remember to look at your story map, and to use expanded noun phrases to add detail.
Friday Continue writing about your adventure. Read where you ended your first adventure. How will you get to the next place? 3rd paragraph: Write about the next place you explore. What happens there? Who do you meet? What exciting thing happens? 4th paragraph This is the last place you will explore - so make it really exciting! Final paragraph How do you get back to where you were at the beginning of the story? How do you feel? Congratulations - you have written a story! Can you remember how we edit and improve our written work? Read your story with someone at home. As you read, check these things: - Do my sentences make sense? Have I missed any words out? - Are there any tricky words I need to check how to spell? - Can I add any fronted adverbials and other conjunctions to help the story flow better? Finally: we really want to read what you have written! If you have done it on the computer, please upload it and email it to your teacher. Or you can send a photo of it if that's easier. Well done!
