Stories YEAR 5 Learning objectives Build a rich

Stories YEAR 5

Learning objectives Ø Build a rich and varied vocabulary Ø Link ideas across paragraphs using a wide range of cohesive devises Ø Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors

Here are some stories that you can watch online. Why don’t you try and write the stories to go with the films? https: //www. literacyshed. com/takingflight. html https: //www. literacyshed. com/adrift. html

Here are some links to stories that you can hear being read. https: //www. worldbookday. com/storytime-online/ https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/articles/zf 8 djhv? scrlybrkr =ce 6 e 20 fb https: //www. booktrust. org. uk/books-and-reading/havesome-fun/storybooks-and-games/the-dragon-machine/

THE GAME In 1981, Chris Van Allsberg wrote a book called Jumanji. In the story, a brother and sister discover a game that turns fiction into real life. Whatever square you land on in the game, brings a new challenge to overcome. Worst still, the challenge becomes a reality for everyone around. Watch this link to the original film trailer from 1995 and you will see the consequences of playing the game! https: //cutt. ly/Jtxr. Uyf

Now let’s take a look at a story that follows the same plot as Jumanji. The Game is a finding tale and has this simple underlying plot pattern: You can listen to a recording of The Game story here: https: //soundcloud. com/talkforwriting/game/s 7 MBlx. Rcz 8 z. L

Some of the words in the story may be unfamiliar to you. Look at the definitions of some of them below then have a go at using them in your own sentences.

Question Tue or false? Danny and Susie had a good choice of things to do at wet playtime. Find and copy a word that is closest in meaning to disappointment. Write down two things that children were doing in the classroom. Is Mrs Allbright the teacher in the class? What evidence suggests this? Why might another lunchtime inside be stressful for Mrs Allbright? Why might Danny think an animal game is boring? What were three signs that something bad was going to happen at the beginning of the game? List the things the spider did once it was out of the game. Why did Susie put the dice and counters in the bin? Answer

Relative clauses give more information about somebody or something in a sentence. For example; the sentence Mrs Allbright was marking books, can be improved by adding in a relative clause using who, like this; Mrs Allbright, who was tired and cross, was marking books. Have a go at improving the sentences on the next slide, using relative clauses. Look carefully at e punctuation and make sure you have used the commas accurately!

Relative clause; who For example; Mrs Allbright, who was tired and cross, was marking books. Danny was looking out of the window. Susie ran to the door with a box. Freya watched The Voice on the i pad. Relative clause; which For example; The desks, which were bright blue, were covered in board games. The board game intrigued Susie. The netball court looked slippery. The dominoes were in the basket.

The Adjective Game Adjectives describe a noun, for example: The red car drove down the misty lane. You can change the mood of your writing by choosing your adjectives carefully. Read this description of the Tarantula. The handsome Tarantula looked at the children. Its glistening, hazel eyes scanned the room. Delicate hairs covered its plump body and swayed like shimmering grass. Its solid legs, like thick branches, stood strong. The spider sounds quite pleasant. However, if we change the adjectives, you can make it sound much more scary. Give it a try! Replace the adjectives in red with an alternative that will help to make the spider sound gruesome. For a challenge, you could improve the description even more by changing the verbs highlighted in blue to make the spider sound even scarier!

Now it’s time to plan your own problem in the story. Use the grid below to add your own ideas.

Use this structure to add your ideas into the story. At that moment, the table began to shake, the windows rattled and the floor vibrated. Everyone stopped what they were doing and the room fell silent. At that moment, … In a blink of an eye, an enormous spider, as big as a horse, shot out of the game and landed in the centre of the crowded classroom. Everyone froze. Its enormous, hairy legs were tensed, ready to pounce and its whole body seemed to pulse. Eight bulging eyes scanned the room and then … In the blink of an eye, …

Where else could this happen? Try a new setting for The Game. Change the classroom setting to somewhere else. Where could this happen? Plan a new idea below. You can make notes or draw. What will come out of the game in the new setting and what will it do once it’s released? Use the grid below to plan your own ideas.

When you have written your story, proof read and edit any changes and share it with someone at home. You might even want to e mail it to your new class teacher so that they can read it when we are all back in school in September.