SPa G Miss Smith and Miss Maxeys Group

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 1 LO: the j sound spelt with either a j, g, dg or dge. 1. The j sound can be spelt in different ways, but still sounds the same. Read these words: jacket jar jog gentle gem giant charge large fringe badge bridge fudge 2. Complete the table (we call it word changers). Root word + suffix giraffes urgently larger judging badges germs wedged jogging 3. You and your grown up take it in turns to read the sentences below and write them. Cut along the dotty line so partner one has their sentences to READ and partner two has theirs to read. Don’t sneaky peak at their sentences! Partner 2 Partner 1 1. He wore a badge so they 1. The giant put his jacket knew who was in charge. on. 2. I jogged across the 2. She was collecting jars bridge. full of gems. 3. The giraffes ate leaves. 3. He gently stroked the puppy.

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 2 LO: to answer questions on a character description. This week we are writing character descriptions! The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff is a traditional tale meaning parts of the story might change depending what version it is, including what the troll might look like. We are going to use this image below. YOUR TASK: answer the comprehension questions about the description then using an online dictionary, find the definitions of some of my words. The trolls hair is matted, auburn and bushy. His piercing amber eyes were glaring at the scrumptious billy goats. He wore no shoes, a ripped vest and shorts made from old animal fur. He smelled appalling from living in the murky stream. The troll opened his mouth wide to reveal barely any teeth and the teeth he had were decaying and rotten. He was an aggressive brute that no-one liked.

Comprehension Questions 1. What punctuation have I used in my description? ___________________ 2. Why did the troll smell appalling? ___________________ 3. What other words could I have used besides ‘scrumptious’ to describe the goats? ___________________ 4. How would you describe his nose? _____________________ 5. Have I described the troll is a positive way or a negative way? Why? _____________________ Dictionary Definitions https: //www. collinsdictionary. com/ https: //www. dictionary. com/ auburn _____________________ appalling _____________________ decaying _____________________

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 3 LO: to up-level adjectives. You guys are BRILLIANT at writing sentences with adjectives but are now going to work on up-levelling them and learning new, exciting adjectives to help describe your characters. We are going to use a thesaurus to help us (you’ve used these in lessons before but today are going to use an online one). https: //kidthesaurus. com/ YOUR TASK: make your way through the jobs below. 1. What new words/adjectives have I used in my description? _____________________ 2. Using your thesaurus, find other words for these basic adjectives below. dirty short angry bad afraid (of the biggest goat) 3. Write sentences to describe the troll using the new words above.

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 4 LO: to use commas a list. When writing a list, youin need commas to separate them. I have listed adjectives in my character description and have separated them with commas and finished with the conjunction ‘and’. YOUR TASK: Make your way through the jobs below. 1. Write one of my sentences from the character description that has commas. __________________________ 2. Write the lists for each of these shopping lists remembering your commas and at the end of the list. milk, eggs, bread and pasta At the supermarket I bought ____________________________________________________. At the garden centre I bought ________________________________________________. I bought _________________________________ from the stationary shop. I bought _________________________________ from the clothes store. 3. Write some sentences to describe the troll including lists with commas. e. g. : The troll’s skin is green, sticky and rough.

SPa. G Miss Smith and Miss Maxey’s Group Day 5 LO: write your own character description. Time to write your own character description with everything you’ve learnt this week! YOUR TASK: Draw your own troll/monster under the bridge and then write your description on your lines.