English Riddles LO To learn about riddles and
English – Riddles LO: To learn about riddles and how to write one mholland@kingsavenue. lambeth. sch. uk
Monday 11 th January 2021 • Question: What is a riddle? • Talk to your partner/grown up and share your thoughts with them • Answer: A riddle is a type of poem that works like a puzzle. • It is a puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed Watch this short video about riddles https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/topics/z 4 mmn 39/articles/z 84 p 97 h • Task: Try and write your own riddles for me to answer. Try and write at least three riddles – Question and answer
Tuesday 12 th January 2021 Can you remember what a riddle is? Task 1. Using a full sentence, write down what a riddle is. Watch this video and see if you can answer the riddles https: //youtu. be/v. To. Evb. Dko. Jk Here are two riddles for you. The answer is under the box What goes up and down but does not move? Stairs. Where do you find an ocean with no water? On a map. Task 2. Write two riddles and then ask your grown up to solve them. Did they find them funny? Did they know the answer? Write four full sentences explaining how your riddles were received. • Task 3. Using a full sentence, give me your opinion about riddles. Do you think they are funny? Why/why not? • •
Wednesday 13 th January 2021 • A different type of riddle • Here is a longer riddle, lots of clues…can you guess the answer? • • My transport is a boat. My teeth are often crooked or missing. I love jewels and gold. My pet is a parrot. • What am I? (answer under the box) • Task: Add three more clues to this riddle. What other clues could you write to help someone solve the riddle more easily?
Thursday 14 th January 2021 • Can you solve this riddle? • Task: Write a full sentence about what you think the answer might be and what makes you think that. For example: I think the answer is …… because the clue about Christmas Eve helps me. • • I am a snowman’s nose, And a reindeer’s Christmas Eve treat. I’m good to eat, but crunchy when raw; Bugs Bunny’s favourite. • What am I? (answer under the box) • Did you guess the right answer?
Friday 15 th January 2021 • Task 1: • I want you to write a riddle about a banana. I have written some clues that you could use but remember, the answer to your riddle must be ‘a banana’. I want you write at least four clues. I look like I sound like You find me I have I am I feel • Task 2: Now try writing a long riddle by yourself. You can write it about anything. I hope I can work out the answer…
Spelling words for this week • Remember the rules as you practice, and then write each word in a sentence, making sure you have spelled it correctly. You could even write two words in one sentence! Word some once ask friend school put push pull full Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3
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