English Home Learning Week Beginning 9 11 20
English Home Learning Week Beginning 9. 11. 20
This week… • Day 1 – Grammar – Apostrophes • Day 2 – Looking at a free verse poem. • Day 3 – Beginning to plan your free verse poem. • Day 4 – Writing your free verse poem. • Day 5 – Introduce – Reading text and answer questions
Day 1 – Grammar - Apostrophes
Day 2 - Look at the free verse poem. What is a free verse poem? https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/ topics/z 4 mmn 39/articles/z 8 sf 8 mn
Gingerbread Man Poem from Werewolf Club Rules by Joseph Coelho Billy chased me round the playground with hands full of fists Billy yelled at me across the football pitch with a mouth full of stings. Billy spat, jibed and cawed as I ran away singing… “You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man. ” Billy had red hair. I was cruel and called him names.
1. Who’s perspective is this poem written from? 2. What does ‘hands full of fists’ mean? 3. Find two words that rhyme together? 4. Find three things that tell us what Billy did. 5. Which character is running away?
Day 3 - Plan your free verse poem.
Day 4 – Task 1 – Write your own free verse poem. Look at the example of the poem below. Try to write your own poem.
Day 2 – Reading comprehension • To be able to understand a text • Complete task 1 and 2
Day 5 – Reading Comprehension
Day 2 - Bug Club – Task 1 – Read pages 6 to page 9 independently. • Book title: Future Transport in Space by Steve Parker. Use the link below to login to Bug Club then access through your library. • https: //www. activelearnprimary. co. uk/
Day 2 - Task 2 - Answer the questions below: 1. Look at page 6. Find and copy one word which suggests that the space rocket is of no use once it carries cargo. 2. Look at page 7. Find and copy one word which suggests that the mass driver is very fast. 3. Look at the section that says, "Seemed like a good idea. . . " on page 7. Who is this written by and what is this person explaining? 4. List two reasons why tourists may not want to visit space. 5. Complete the sentence below. Electricity comes from. . . . .
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