Subject English Year Group 5 Week Commencing 06
Subject: English Year Group: 5 Week Commencing: 06. 07. 2020 For subject information, games and activities to support this planning, please also look on the ‘Help your child with English’ document saved on the class page.
Key terms: If you need any support whilst helping your child in the grammar and punctuation activities this week, Oxford Owl have a great page that breaks down some of the terminology you may come across, just choose the year group for your child. https: //home. oxfordowl. co. uk/english/primary-grammar/ This week: Synonym: a word or phrase that means the same as another word or phrase, e. g. shut is a synonym for close. Note: With more of your children back in school, English lessons will now aim to be stand alone lessons (or double lessons), to make it easier for you to dip in and out when you need to, so don’t worry if you miss a day. This series of lessons is built around the poetry book ‘The Lost Words’ by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.
Date: 06. 07. 2020 Lesson Objective: To practise my spellings for the week and develop my reading skills. Activities: • Look at ‘Spelling Power. Point – using the suffix -al’. • Get tested on this weeks spellings and keep your score for the end of the week! • Practise these spellings through the wordsearch. • Re test your self at the end of the week and see how you’ve improved! Guided Reading: • Download and read the poem ‘Tyger’. Answer the comprehension questions (separate download), try to choose the level that is best for you, we recommend 2 or 3 stars.
Date: 07. 2020 Lesson Objective: To explore and play with vocabulary through nature Activity: Think of today as a ‘warm up’ lesson to begin our new poetry unit … Make a collection of natural objects to examine and talk about, e. g. fir cones, shells, pebbles, fossils, bark, bones, etc. Spend time exploring these through handling and sketching in different ways, describing what you see and feel. Write a poem about the object; taking any form you choose. Try to select words carefully and think about how you put them together to create strong and interesting images to help the reader picture the object and begin to get a feeling about it.
Date: 08. 07. 2020 Lesson Objective: To discuss understanding and identify how language contributes to meaning Activity: Look at the front cover and read the blurb (images on next slide). Note the illustrations of birds and plant, the fact the seeds are being dispersed, the choice of gold for the lettering, even the imposing size of the book (A 3). What might The Lost Words be about? (Your child may not be able to name the goldfinches, dandelion seeds and wren on the cover, but that in itself may provide a clue. ) Think about the words ‘magic’, ‘summoning’, ‘spells’. What do we expect this book to be about? What is it for? Read the introduction: are we any clearer about the book’s purpose and content now? Use a dictionary to explore vocabulary, such as synonyms: charm (magical, or a collective noun for finches), spell (links with spelling – ordering letters to conjure something; a brief period), etc. Create your own mini glossary. What are we told we must do as a reader of this book? (‘seek, find and speak’) Why?
Front cover
Blurb
Introduction
Date: 09. 07. 2020 Lesson Objective: To read books that are structured in different ways, identifying how presentation contributes to meaning Activity: Look through the book (Lost Word Poems Power. Point), noticing how it is in sections of 3 double-page spreads - seemingly jumbled letters; poem and illustration of topic; larger illustration - maybe exploring some of the illustrations in more detail. What do you think of this layout? Is the purpose and message of the book any clearer? Make links to the introduction. Choose some poems to read and enjoy (at this stage, avoid those that will be looked at in detail: Fern, Wren, Otter). Draw your own illustration to go with your favourite poem. Can you add any hidden words within your drawing?
See separate Lost Words Power. Point for other poems…
Date: 10. 07. 2020 Lesson Objective: To note and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary Activity: Today we will focus on ‘Fern’ (Poem on next slides). Watch the video of ferns growing: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=9 c 9 Zi 3 WFVRc https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Q 8 w. Krj. Lpnwk Describe what the plant looks like at different stages and, from the conversation, choose vocabulary you’ve used to create a page of notes. Try to include some subject-specific terms e. g. frond, spore, fiddlehead. You could follow Wikipedia links to learn more about ‘fiddleheads’ Take time to learn and remember the short poem, ‘Fern’. You could even perform it! What felt tricky to say, or fun to roll around your tongue? How does the poet help us ‘summon lost words back into the mouth and the mind’s eye’?
Fern
Fern
Fern
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