Year 2 English Home Learning Week beginning 29

Year 2 English Home Learning Week beginning 29 th June 2020

Monday 29 th June - SPAG revision Today we will be reviewing the different SPAG activities we have done over the last few weeks. Complete the SPAG revision mats – there are 6 questions on each mat that will practise a different skill.

Tuesday 30 th June - Nonsense Poetry Today we will be continuing to look at poetry. The poem for today is a nonsense poem. This means that it doesn’t really make any sense and is silly! To start with we will be looking at the poem ‘On the Ning Nang Nong’ by Spike Milligan. This is a poem we would usually look at in Year 2. Click on the video to listen to the poem and see what it is talking about.

Tuesday 30 th June - Nonsense Poetry Nonsense poetry does not always make sense. Poets will use made-up words alongside real words, and talk about made-up things like imaginary creatures. It’s lots of fun to read and is usually very silly! Activity: 1. Can you listen to or read the poem and make a list of all the nonsense words that the poet uses. 2. Complete the imaginary words sheet and create your own nonsense words with their own definition.

Wednesday 1 st July - Nonsense Poetry What is a nonsense poem? Today we will be looking at a different nonsense poem that is taken from 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Caroll. 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'

Wednesday 1 st July - Nonsense Poetry Activity Today you are going to use your notes and imaginary words from yesterday to create your own nonsense poem. Remember – you can always magpie some of the sentence starts from the nonsense poems we have looked at. • On the. . . • Where the. . . • And the. . . You do not need to use all of them but pick a few of your favourites. • All the. . . • The time has come to talk of other things. . .

Thursday 2 nd July So much more than just a race This week we are going to be looking at a poem written especially about the F 1 race. It is written by George the Poet. Click on the video and see what you think!

Thursday 2 nd July So much more than just a race ‘The finish line taunts him all the time, It’s all or nothing there is no borderline He can’t lose this chance but he can’t rush the pace’ What do you notice about the poem? What do you think the opening verse is about? Why does it taunt him? Why is it all or nothing?

Thursday 2 nd July 2020 To identify rhyme Activity: Look at the pages and extract from the poem. Can you use a different colour to identify the different rhyming words/couplets.

Friday 3 rd July LI: To use our senses to describe an environment Today and next week we are going to use the poem ‘So much more than just a race’ and our previous poetry knowledge to create our own F 1 racing poems. Ours will be a little different as we will be using our senses to describe things around or on the racetrack. ‘Driving round the racetrack…’ But first…. what are the 5 senses?

Friday 3 rd July LI: To use our senses to describe an environment Did you remember them all? We are going to work through the different senses and think of 3 things in a racing track environment for each. Remember to be creative! Think about what you might be aware of if you are the driver ‘Driving round the racetrack’

Friday 3 rd July LI: To use our senses to describe an environment Driving round the racetrack. What did I see? Remember to be creative! Think about what you might see if you are the driver ‘Driving round the racetrack’. What might be infront of you? What might be next to the racetrack? Who might be there? What might be next to you? 1. 2. 3. What are they doing?

Friday 3 rd July LI: To use our senses to describe an environment Driving round the racetrack. What did I hear? Remember to be creative! Think about what you might hear if you are the driver ‘Driving round the racetrack’. What might people be doing? Who might be talking to them on the radio? What noise do racing cars make? 1. 2. 3. What are they doing?

Friday 3 rd July LI: To use our senses to describe an environment Driving round the racetrack. What did I ____? Remember to be creative! Think about what you might experience if you are the driver ‘Driving round the racetrack’. 1. 2. 3. What are they doing?