Summer Term

English comprises of Reading, Writing and Spelling. Please check this page for the daily activities for each of these subjects.

Click on the button below to go straight to the work for this week.

Reading

Summer 2

For the rest of the academic year, we are going to read Wonder by R.J Palacio so feel free to buy your own copy or borrow a copy from the library using borrowbox. Alternatively, you can borrow a copy from school but please contact me to arrange for you to collect one.

Week 7: 13th July - 17th July

Because this is the last week of school, we need to focus on finishing the book.

Monday: Read Part Five: Justin and Part Six: August (pages 187 - 234).

Tuesday: Read Part Seven: Miranda (pages 235 - 248.

Thursday: Read Part Eight: August to finish the book.

Friday: Write a book review using the template below.

Week 6: 6th July - 10th July

Monday: Read pages 134 - 149. The Call, Carvel, Why I Changed My Mind, Four Things, Ex Friends, Snow, Fortune Favors the Bold, Private School, and

1. Why did Jack change his mind about giving August a tour of Beecher Prep?

2. August and Jack are no longer friends. What advice would you give Jack?

Tuesday: Read pages 150 - 159. In Science, Partners, Detention, and Season's Greetings.

How can you tell that Jack feels bad about the ‘Bleeding Scream’ incident?

Write an APE paragraph identifying three points of evidence from the text.

Thursday: Read pages 160 - 167. Letters, Emails, Facebook, Texts.

1. What is Mr Tushman's opinion of Auggie? Provide two pieces of evidence to support your answer.

2. What is Justin's mum's opinion of Auggie? Provide one piece of evidence to support your answer

3. What is Jack's opinion of Auggie? Provide two pieces of evidence to support your answer.

Friday: Read pages 168 - 185. Back from Winter Break, The War, Switching Tables, Why I Didn't Sit With August the First Day of School, Sides, August's House, and The Boyfriend.

Re-read War. Is Jack a victim of bullying? Justify your answer.

Tuesday: Read pages 82-101 A Tour of the Galaxy, Before August, Seeing August, August Through the Peephole, High School, Major Tom, After School, The Padawan Bites the Dust, An Apparition at the Door, and Breakfast.

The narrator is now Via.

1. Why does Via compare Auggie to the Sun?

2. Describe Via's relationship with her Gran.

3. If Via could speak to her Gran, what would she say about her first day at high school?

(She can be totally honest with her Gran.)

4. What do you think Mom is thinking during the discussions at breakfast? Record three thoughts she might have. These might be related to Via, Auggie or her husband.

Thursday: Read pages 102 - 117 Genetics 101, The Punnett Square, Out with the Old, October 31, Trick or Treat, and Time to Think.

1. Chapter 'October 31' is about Via spending some time with her mum. Do you think Via resents her mom when she takes on the “August’s mom” role? Provide evidence from the book to show that she does and doesn't.

2. Is Via a good sister? Justify your answer using evidence from the text.

3. How has Via's childhood been affected by Auggie?

Friday Read pages 119 - 132 (Part Three: Summer)

Imagine you are Summer. Write a diary entry about Summer's Halloween night.

Week 4: 22nd June - 26th June

Monday: Read pages 49 - 53 'Lunch' and 'The Summer Table'

1. What does Summer think of Ms Petosa?

2. What do you think August might think of Ms Petosa?

3. Re-read pages 43 & 51. Compare August's feelings introducing himself to Ms Petosa and Summer and their reactions. What is the same and what is different?

Tuesday: Read pages 54-60 Comparing Mom, Dad and August.

Compare August and his mum’s reactions to his first day at school. The questions below will help you.

1. Why does Mom ask August how he feels on a scale of 1-10?

2. Why do you think she did the same now?

3. Why do you think August’s answer surprised her?

4. Mom offers to carry August’s backpack. Why?

5. She calls him ‘sweetness’. What do you think of that?

Thursday: Read pages 61-64 'September' and 'Jack Will'.

Compare the events and atmosphere of the two chapters, September and Jack Will.

Friday: Read page 65.

Choose a precept (motto) from the Part A Precept Choice Cards and write a postcard about what it means or how you feel about it. Remember that August did the same thing for ‘Your Deeds Are Your Monuments’ on page 65.

Week 3: 15th June - 9th June

Monday: Read pages 35 - 36 First Day Jitters and answer these questions either in your Blue Book or on your portfolio.

1. What do you think has made August’s mum and dad change sides about him attending school?

2. How does August feel on his block? Why?

3. How does the author contrast August’s block with the front of school?

Tuesday: Read pages 37 - 40 Locks and pages 41 - 42 Around the Room.

Write a short (15 lines) speech that Henry Joplin might make to introduce himself to his classmates. You will need to infer from the text what Henry is like, the kind of things he’s likely to like doing, who his friends are and how he might write, speak and react.

Thursday: Read pages 43-44 Lamb to the Slaughter.

1. Ms Petosa calls August ‘honey’. Where have you heard this kind of language before in the book? What do you think of Ms Petosa calling him this when he’s 11 years old?

2. Julian interrupts Ms Petosa to ask August a question. Do you think Julian’s interested in the answer? What does this tell you about Julian?

3. Why does Ms Petosa move the conversation on? Do you think she realises what’s going on? How do you know?

4. How is August sure that Julian was being insulting?

Friday: Read pages 45-48 Choose Kind

Complete this table of evidence and inferred character of Mr Browne.

Two examples have been done for you.

Monday: Answer these questions either in your Blue Book or on your ClassDojo portfolio.

Read pages 15-23 Paging Mr Tushman, Nice Mrs Garcia, Jack, William, Julian and Charlotte.

Tuesday: Read pages 24-26 'The Grand Tour' and pages 27-30 'The Performance Space'.

On page 30, Jack says, “Julian’s a jerk”. Find at least four pieces of evidence on pages 27-30 that prove Jack’s point. For each piece of evidence, explain why it illustrates that “Julian’s a jerk”

Thursday: Read pages 31 - 32 'The Deal' and pages 33-34 'Home'.

The word ‘nice’ is repeated 6 times and it’s repeated many times throughout the chapter 'Home'. Often people use bland words like nice when they’re in a difficult situation (like August and his mum were in this scene) to disguise what they’re really thinking.

Task: Find better synonyms and antonyms for the bland adjective ‘nice’ by completing the table below. Use a thesaurus to help you.

Monday: Answer these questions either in your Blue Book or on your ClassDojo portfolio.

1. What information about the plot of the book can you glean from the front and back covers?

2. What can you work out about the character from the back cover?

3. The title of the book is Wonder. What does 'wonder' mean?

Tuesday: Read pages p. 6-7 'How I Came to Life' (see above for the PDF version of the book). Remember to let me know if you would like to borrow a copy of Wonder from school.

1. Do you think there are any pictures of August’s birth?

2. What does August mean when he says, ‘cracking up’?

3. What phrase tells you that August and Via have heard the story before?

4. What does Mom’s expression, ‘a walk in the park’ mean?

5. Did the video camera break into ‘a million pieces’?

6. August/the author uses the words ‘fart’ and ‘farting’ a lot in this anecdote. Why?

7. List the events that happened in the delivery room immediately after August was born.

See ClassDojo for the Wonderful Wednesday Activities that have replaced Fun Friday.

Thursday: Read pages 8-9 'Christopher’s House'.

You’ll notice lots of speech sentences on these pages. In this activity, you will be exploring how dialogue is used effectively.

Task 1: Some of the speech sentences are simply the speech itself plus the reporting clause. Find all the examples where this occurs on p. 8-9.

Task 2: Other sentences contain not only speech and a reporting clause but also have short actions. For example, what does Lisa do at the top of page 9? What do you notice about the verb?

Now find all three examples of speech with action on p. 8-9 in your text. Here is the first one: “Then that’s it, case closed,” I said, shrugging.

Friday: Read pages 10 - 14 'Driving'.

In this activity, you will be comparing the different aspects of Dad’s character.

Dad’s character is quite jokey, but he can also be serious. Using short phrases or paraphrases, give examples in the text where Dad is jokey and serious by completing the table below. Two examples are done for you.

Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, you will have TWO reading activities.

1) Read your book for 20 minutes at least. On one of these days, read with an adult or an older sibling and think about your fluency (reading words accurately, using punctuation, changing your voice for expression). If this is not possible, you could record yourself reading using the microphone on your ClassDojo portfolio so I can listen to you and give you some feedback.

If you run out of books to read, you could try the following WITH YOUR PARENTS' PERMISSION.

• borrowbox This app is the library app, and will allow you to borrow electronic books but it will only work if you are already a member of your local library.

• vooks are offering one month free. Again, you MUST speak to your parents about using this to read electronic books online.

Scroll down for a recommended list of books for Year 5.

2) Select an activity from the grid below to complete either on ClassDojo or in your Blue Book. You can choose the activities in any order, but ensure you tell me which one you are completing. They are all numbered to help you with this.

Suggested books for Year 5

Go to https://www.lovereading4schools.co.uk/

Writing

Each week, I will provide you with a writing prompt and daily activities to complete using this prompt. The prompt is the same across the whole school so you can view it along with your siblings if necessary.

Summer 2

Week 7: 13th July - 17th July

As it's the final week before the summer holidays, I'd like you to create a holiday brochure for a destination of your choice. It can be a city, a country, a theme park, a water park - it's up to you!

Monday: Read the examples above to give you some ideas then answer these questions:

Where have you chosen?

Why have you chosen it?

What can you do there?

What can you see there?

What can you eat there?

Tuesday: Look at the examples above again. Can you find examples of the different persuasive devices used?

• rhetorical questions

• emotive language (words to make the reader feel something)

• alliteration

• rule of three/triplets (using three adjectives to make something sound amazing)

• statistics

• hyperbole (exaggeration)

• facts

• opinions

Thursday: Create a mind map of persuasive vocabulary to describe your destination.

You should include:

• rhetorical questions

• emotive language (words to make the reader feel something)

• alliteration

• rule of three/triplets (using three adjectives to make something sound amazing)

• statistics

• hyperbole (exaggeration)

• facts

• opinions

Friday: Create your brochure using the examples above to help you with layout.

Week 6: 6th July - 10th July

Monday: This week, you are going to write a recount. Imagine you are an astronaut on your first mission to space.

Watch the video clip below and create a FANTASTICs and BOOMTASTIC mind map.

Tuesday: Yesterday, you launched into space. Today, you are going to land on the moon or a planet of your choice.

Watch the video clips below (one is of of the moon landing in 1969, the other is of the Insight spacecraft landing on Mars in 2018). Create a new FANTASTICs and BOOMTASTICs mind map using the video clips for inspiration.

Thursday: You have now returned to Earth and need to recount your adventure to is your boss at the European Space Agency - Johann-Dietrich Wörner.

Plan your recount by completing the template below.

Your recount should include the following success criteria:

• first person.

• past tense.

• formal language - no contractions or slang.

• technical vocabulary (space shuttle, lunar module, orbit, gravitational pull).

• FANTASTICs (adjectives, adverbs, verbs, precise nouns, expanded noun phrases).

• BOOMTASTICs

• A range of openers (Simile, Conjunction, Adverb, Verb).

• A range of sentence types (subordinate clauses, relative clauses).

• A range of punctuation () , - : ;

Week 5: 29th June - 3rd July

Monday: This week, you are going to write a poem about nature.

Create a FANTASTICs and BOOMTASTICs mind map. You should spend 30 minutes on this to ensure your mind maps are detailed enough. The more ideas you have, the easier it will be to write a good poem.

Tuesday: Decide which type of poem you are going to write from the choices below. Click on the link to find out more about that type of poem.

• free verse poem

• narrative poem

• acrostic poem

Thursday: Plan your poem using the knowledge you gained from the video you watched yesterday and your FANTASTIC and BOOMTASTIC mind maps.

Friday: Write your poem.

Friday: Write your recount using the above success criteria. It should have 5 paragraphs based on your plan.

Week 4: 22nd June - 26th June

Monday: This week, you are going to write a news report.

Imagine the people in the boat are refugees. Read the Newsround report to learn more about refugees and the reasons why people become refugees.

Task 1: Think of a suitable headline for your news report.

Task 2: Answer these questions:

• Who are the refugees?

• Where have they come from?

• Why have they fled their country?

• When did they leave their country?

• How long have they been sailing for?

• What has happened during their journey?

Tuesday:

Task 1: Identify the 5 Ws (who, what, when, where, why/how) in the example paragraph below on GoFormative.

Task 2: Using your answers to the questions in Task 2 on Monday, write your lead paragraph using the example below to help you.

Revealed: 10,000 child refugees risked their lives to enter Britain

More than 10,000 unaccompanied children are believed to have entered the UK over the past decade using dangerous methods such as hiding in the back of a lorry according to new analysis that raises fresh scrutiny over the Home Office’s approach towards helping young refugees.

Thursday: Today you're going to apply your knowledge of different sentence structures.

Task 1: Write 3 sentences using a relative clause to give more information about Who?

For example: Fred Morpurgo, who left his job in November due to personal reasons, was beginning to suffer from depression.

Task 2: Write 3 sentences using advanced punctuation to give more information about How? or Why?

For example: The dream became a reality when Fred bought the Peggy Sue - a 42 foot Bowman yacht – in Fareham.

Friday: Plan and write your full news report, including the headline and lead paragraph you wrote on Tuesday.

Task 1: Use the skeleton plan below to help you.

Task 2: Use your plan to write your FULL newspaper report. It should include the following:

• Headline

• Lead paragraph

• Photo with a suitable caption

• Why paragraph.

• How paragraph.

• Concluding paragraph.

• A range of sentence structures, including relative clauses and complex sentences.

• A range of punctuation, including brackets, dashes and commas.

• By line - your name.

Week 3: 15th June - 19th June

Monday: This week, you are going to write a set of instructions for writing a potion.

For today's lesson, there are two tasks:

Task 1: Decide on a name for your potion and what happens when it is drunk. Write a short introduction explaining this. See the example above to help you.

Task 2: Create your ingredients list. Look at this website for mythical creatures. Think about what part of each animal's body is going to be used in your potion. For example, the feather of a cockatrice.

Your ingredients list should use bullet points to list each item and the quantity. For example, a thimble of ashwinder egg yoke.

Week 2: 8th June - 12th June

Monday: Watch the video on how to write complex sentences to refresh your memory.

Task 1: Write 5 complex sentences containing a main clause and a subordinate clause using a range of subordinating conjunctions (after, although, as, because, before, if, once, since, though, unless, until, whereas, where)

e.g. She was determined to reach the next garden, but the enormous blades of grass were difficult to push past.

Make sure you include a comma to separate the independent clause from the dependent clause.

Task 2: Complete the worksheet below THEN create 5 sentences using relative clauses about the picture.

Tuesday: You will be describing the snail's journey as it makes its way to the succulent strawberry.

Task 1: Watch the video and make a note of any useful vocabulary. Think about FANTASTICs.

Task 2: Improve the sentences you wrote yesterday using your new vocabulary.

Task 3: Re-write your improved sentences and any sentences that were not about the picture. You should end up with 5 complex sentences using a subordinate conjunction and 5 sentences with relative clauses about the picture.

Thursday: Plan three paragraphs describing the snail's journey. Use the video clip to help you decide what each paragraph should be about.

Your plan should include key vocabulary and sentences you will use in each paragraph.

Friday: Use your plan to write your description of a snail's journey to eat a succulent strawberry.

Week 1: 1st June - 5th June

Monday: Look at the picture carefully and answer these questions in detail.

Five Ws and One H

• Who is the character?

• Where is the character?

• When did the event take place?

• Why...

  • Why is the character there?

  • Why did this happen?

  • Did something cause this to happen?

• What...

  • What is happening?

  • Can you provide more detailed information?

• How...

  • How did the character get there?

  • How did the character get out of their situation?

  • How did this happen?

  • Can you provide more information to prove this?

Tuesday: Now that you have thought about what is happening in the picture, we are going to focus on direct and indirect speech. Watch the video below before you complete the three activities.

Direct speech = the reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of a speaker, for example: ‘I'm going,’ she said.

Indirect speech (reported speech) = a speaker's words reported by someone else, for example: she said that she would go.

Complete the questions either in your Blue Book or on GoFormative.

Thursday: Using the picture prompt and the ideas you came up with on Monday, write THREE sentences that use direct speech, and THREE sentences that use indirect speech (reported speech).

Make sure your sentences are punctuated accurately. Use the success criteria below to help you.

Friday: You have completed your adventure with the ladder and have now returned home. Re-tell your story to your family. MAKE SURE YOU READ MY WAGOLL BELOW FIRST. I have put direct speech in red and indirect speech in blue.

Success Criteria

• Use NO MORE THAN THREE pieces of direct speech. You are writing a story, not a conversation.

• Use indirect speech to report what any other characters said to you.

• Use SCAV openers (Simile, Conjunction, Adverb, Verb).

• Use a variety of sentence structures.

• All sentences accurately punctuated.

Week 5: 18th May - 21st May 2020

Monday: This week, you are going to write your own version of the fairytale about the Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Watch the video below then complete the story map either in your Blue Book, or on GoFormative.

Tuesday: Watch the video of Roald Dahl's version of Little Red Riding Hood below where Roald Dahl chose to change the ending of the traditional story.

Using a different colour, edit your story plan from Monday to tell your own version of Three Billy Goats Gruff. Think about which section of the story you are going to change. Don't change everything.

Thursday: Respond to my feedback and upload your edited story to your portfolio. USe ARMS and COGS to help you improve your story as well.

Week 4: 11th May - 15th May 2020

Monday: Imagine you are sat inside a giant library. You pick up a book that has fallen on the floor. The next thing you know, you are being pulled into the book.

1. Draw a picture of the new world you have found yourself in.

2. Annotate it using FANTASTICs. Use the mind map example below to help you with your layout.

You can complete this in your Blue Book and upload to your Dojo portfolio or you can complete it directly onto your Portfolio using the paint option.

Tuesday: You have now spent one whole day in your new world. Draw the outline of a person and annotate it with feelings and emotions that you have felt so far. Use a different colour for positive and negative feelings/emotions.

You can complete this in your Blue Book and upload it to your portfolio, or you can complete it on GoFormative.

Wednesday: You have now spent two whole days in your new world. Create a plan of what has happened so far by answering these questions:

• Do you know the name of the place you are in yet? If so, how did you find out?

• Did you find somewhere to sleep last night? If so, describe it using FANTASTICs.

• What did you eat? Where did you find the food? Describe it using FANTASTICs.

• Have you meet anyone yet? Have they helped you or tried to trick you? Do you think you can trust them?

Week 3: 4th May - 7th May 2020

Tuesday: Using the sentences your wrote yesterday, choose suitable conjunctions to join them together.

For example:

1. Perfect for camouflage against tree trunks, potoos have brown, grey and black feathers. (complex sentence).

2. Potoos have large eyes, which are sometimes yellow. (relative clause).

Perfect for camouflage against tree trunks, potoos have brown, grey and black feathers, as well as large eyes, which are sometimes yellow.

Wednesday: Write an introduction for your NCR.

For example: Potoos are a noisy, strange-looking bird, which can often be found in the canopy of the Amazon Rainforest. There are several types of potoo, including the common potoo, the great potoo and the long-tailed potoo. These birds are nocturnal so are mainly active at night. They spend their days perched upright on trees or branches. They make a distinctive squawking sound, which can sound quite haunting, and they are at their loudest at night. The common potoo’s song has been described as sounding like the words, ‘poor me, poor me, alone’.

My version:

Potoos, known as the cartoon bird, are found in the canopy of the Amazon Rainforest. They are noctural, therefore, they are generally active at night when they make a distinctive squawking sound, which has been described as mimicking the words, 'poor me, poor me, alone'. During the day, they can be found perched upright on trees or branches high up in the canopy. The common potoo, the great potoo and the long-tailed potoo are examples of this loud, goofy-looking species.

Thursday: Write a NCR for the animal you chose on Monday. Remember to respond to ALL my feedback throughout the week first.

Below is an example of a NCR for the potoo.

Week 2: 27th April - 30th April 2020

Tuesday: Create expanded noun phrases and prepositional phrases using the vocabulary from Padlet/your mind map.

Wednesday: Using my story starter, finish the paragraph using the vocabulary and sentences you have created.

Return of the Branc

Ominously swimming nearby, the dark shape brought fear into the hearts of the Wood People. It had been one hundred years since a branc had last been seen in the Brancian Sea...

Success Criteria

• Use a range of vocabulary/figurative language from Padlet/your mind map.

• Use expanded noun phrases.

• Ensure ALL sentences are correctly punctuated with capital letters at the start and for proper nouns.

• Use SCAV openers - avoid starting all your sentences with a determiner (the, a/an etc).

Thursday: If possible, swap Wednesday's writing with a friend and give each other feedback. Refer to the Success Criteria for the feedback.

• What you did well:

• What you could do to improve:

If it's not possible to swap writing with a friend, I will give you extra feedback but you must let me know you would like teacher feedback instead of peer feedback.

Wednesday: Like we did with Kensuke's Kingdom, write a descriptive paragraph for the picture on your portfolio or in your Blue Book. Use your mind map to help you, the WAGOLL and Success Criteria below.

Here are some of your ideas from your mind maps:

The dragon's eyes were as green as a plant - Lizzie.

Creeping through the water, ... - Lucy

As I noticed the sparkling dragon boat, a glow brightly lit up the lush forest - Thomas

The boat danced along the river - Isabella

Like autumn leaves, the lanterns hung from branches - Ryan (Y6)

WAGOLL

Here is the descriptive paragraph we used for Kensuke's Kingdom. Use this to help you write a descriptive paragraph for the picture.

Gently rocking the Peggy Sue from side to side like a baby, the ocean rested from its war of thunder and lightning. Not a sound could be heard: no howling of the wind; no lapping of the waves on Peggy Sue’s hull, no barking from Stella. Michael stood at the helm enjoying the calm. The last few days had been exhausting. Since his mum was sick, and the rudder cable was broken, he’d had to take his turn at the helm. It was his turn now, but he didn’t mind. The sky was finally clear. No angry clouds glared at him. Overhead, the stars twinkled. It was a beautiful evening.

Success Criteria

• Capital letters at the start of EVERY sentence.

• Full stops, question marks or exclamation marks at the end of EVERY sentence.

• Accurate spelling if you're typing (use the spell check). If you're writing, check your spelling the same as you would in class.

• SCAV openers.

• Sophisticated vocabulary (adjectives, adverbs, expanded noun phrases).

• Figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification).

Thursday: Using my feedback, edit your writing. I would like to share some of your descriptions on the School Story to celebrate your effort so remember to do your best.

Summer 2

Week 7: 13th July - 17th July

Monday: Add the missing word to complete each sentence.

Tuesday: Mr Whoops has made 10 mistakes. Can you correct them?

Mr Whoops is in special ops training.

He is taking lessons in asertive but mercyful behaviour, how to deefuse bombs and deecoad spy messages. He is currently in a secret tropickal location. Here, among other things, he must slide across a log over a crocodile-infested swamp and not overbaluns. He must also show how not to overeact in the face of definate danger.

His final test will be an imaginary offensieve in which he and the other trainees must overtern a corrupt leader and free some prisoners.

Thursday: Add the missing word to complete each sentence.

Friday: Can you spot all 10 mistakes and correct them?

Mrs Travis was the faythful old chef at Twinkle Towers, the fancifle home of Lord Fortesque. However, it was doutful whether she had actually ever been taught how to cook. Take any delicious, attractiv meal and Mrs Travis would find a new way to deeform it. A delicious sponge cake would deflait to a crispy pancake and she would oavercook a roast until it became a pityful heap of burnt scraps. Lord Fortesque was quite desperete for a decent meal but did not want to hurt her feelings. Instead, he would find an excuse most days to walk past the village bakery and inhale the adictive aroma of cakes and pastries.

Week 6: 6th July - 10th July

Monday: This week we are looking at converting nouns or verbs into adjectives using the suffix -al

Create a crossword using this week's spelling words. You can do this on GoFormative or in your Blue Book using the template to help you.

Tuesday: Complete the sentences on GoFormative using this week's spelling words.

Thursday: Practise spelling each word and your cursive handwriting at the same time. You can use the template below to help you.

Friday: Complete the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check sheet in your Blue Book.

Week 5: 29th June - 3rd July

Monday: This week, we are focusing on creating words with the suffix - ive. Complete the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check sheet in your Blue Book.

Tuesday: Based on Monday's activity, identify the word you found hardest to spell and complete the World Map below. You can complete this on GoFormative or in your Blue Book.

Thursday: Write a short story using ALL the spelling words. This can be about a subject of your choice.

Friday: Write these sentences in your Blue Book with the correct spellings.

1. The necklace was atractive.

2. Amy was the craytive member of the family.

3. Fortnite is an adiktive computer game.

4. The dog responded to an asertiv command.

5. Fred found the comment abusiv.

6. Summer convinced Auggie to be cooprativ.

7. Waterstones has an exaustiv collection of books.

8. The children were very aprecitive of the ice-pops.

9. The football fan shouted something ofensiv to the referee.

10. The painting was very expresive.

Week 4: 22nd June - 26th June

Monday: This week we are looking at verbs that use the suffix -ful which means 'full of'.

Crack the code on GoFormative.

Tuesday: Write a sentence using each word.

Thursday: Complete the crossword on GoFormative.

Friday: Identify the word/s you have found hardest to spell this week. Create a mnemonic to help you remember each word or the part of the word you're struggling with.

E.g. Beautiful = Bad Eggs Are Useless

Week 3: 15th June - 19th June

Monday: This week we are looking at verbs that use the prefix over- which means 'too much'.

Solve the code breaker on GoFormative.

When you have solved the code, use the code word in a sentence.

Tuesday: Practise your spellings using the Look, Cover, Write sheet.

Thursday: Complete the wordsearch on GoFormative or create your own using the spelling words. You could even add some extra words that use over as a prefix as an extra challenge if you want.

Friday: Ask someone to test you spell each word. How did you do?

Week 2: 8th June - 12th June

Monday: This week we are looking at words with the prefixes de- and re-

re- which often means again

de- which often means down or off.

We are particularly looking at how these prefixes are added to verbs to create action/doing words with opposite meanings.

Tuesday: Unjumble the spelling words below.

Thursday: Look at the words you unjumbled on Tuesday, which two spelling words hasn’t Mr Whoops muddled up?

Use each of them in separate sentences that contain plural possessive apostrophes. Watch the video to help you remember how to us a plural possessive apostrophe.

Friday: Record yourself spelling each word out loud using your Dojo portfolio.

Week 1: 1st June - 5th June

Monday: This week, we are looking at unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words.

Unstressed vowels are vowel letters that are not easy to hear within a word (a, e, i, o, u).

Polysyllabic words have more than one syllable.

When a polysyllabic word has unstressed vowels within it, it can often be difficult to spell as you can’t rely on ‘sounding out’ the spelling.

For example: In the word ‘library’, the ‘a’ is unstressed and we usually pronounce the word ‘li-bry’.

definite

desperate

literate

secretary

stationary

dictionary

Wednesday

familiar

original

animal

Complete the two activities below either in your Blue Book or on GoFormative.

Tuesday: Creating Mnemonics

Polysyllabic words with unstressed vowels can often be tricky to spell as they aren’t always pronounced exactly how they are actually spelt. A handy tool for learning words like this can be to create a mnemonic to help you to remember them. Mnemonics can just use the letters in a spelling to create a memorable phrase, or you may want to create a little saying to help you remember a certain rule. For example:

• animal = all nature in my awesome land

• definite = I saw a ‘nit’ in definite!

Task: Create your own mnemonic for the other 8 words.

Thursday: Complete the word search on GoFormative or create your own word search in your Blue Book.

Friday: Spelling Test

Week 5: 18th May - 21st May 2020

Monday: Complete the table in your Blue Book or on GoFormative.

CVC = consonant vowel consonant, e.g. cat.

CCVC = consonant consonant vowel consonant, e.g. flat.

Tuesday: Choose a word from the spelling list. Roll a die and complete the activity for the number it lands on.

You might want to Facetime a friend for this activity or play with someone at home.

Wednesday: Choose a strategy from the inside cover of your Homework Book to practise this week's spelling list.

Thursday: Spelling test.

Week 4: 11th May - 15th May 2020

Monday: Choose a strategy from the inside cover of your Homework Book to practise this week's spelling list.

forty

scorch

absorb

decorate

afford

enormous

category

tornado

according

opportunity

Tuesday: Create a die by applying your Maths skills using the image below to help you. Use your completed die to practise your spellings. You could even Facetime someone in Class 5 and test each other!

Wednesday: Look each word up in a dictionary, and write down the definition in your own words.

Thursday: Listen to the recording to complete this week's spelling test.

Week 3: 4th May - 7th May 2020

Monday: Write each word 3-5 times using a different colour each time.

membership

ownership

partnership

dictatorship

championship

craftsmanship

fellowship

apprenticeship

citizenship

sponsorship

Tuesday: Complete the wordsearch on GoFormative.

Wednesday: Write a sentence using each word, but when you write the spelling word, use a different colour.

Thursday: Identify the correct spelling. You can complete this in your Blue Book or on GoFormative.

1. memborship or membership

2. ownership or ounership

3. partnership or partneship

4. dictatership or dictatorship

5. championship or champyonship

6. craftsmanship or craftmanship

7. felowship or fellowship

8. aprentiship or apprenticeship

9. sitizinship or citizenship

10. sponsorship or sponsership

Week 2: 27th April - 30th April 2020

Monday: Practice this week's spelling list using the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check strategy.

Tuesday: Make a spelling word origami fortune teller and use it to test yourself.

Wednesday: Challenge yourself by writing a short story using ALL the spelling words. Your story should be no more than 100 words.

Thursday: Either give yourself a spelling test or ask someone in your home to test you.

Spring Term

Reading

You can access a full copy of Kensuke's Kingdom using this link.

https://www.slideshare.net/ArsalAhmed4/kensukes-kingdom-64280180

Friday 3rd April 2020

Read the final chapter - Chapter 10 (pages 54 - 62)

1. How does the last sentence bring all the parts of the story together?

2. Do you think Michael is right to promise to keep Kensuke a secret?

3. How does Kensuke ask Michael to remember him?

4. Draw Michael and his parents, and write down their thoughts and feelings when they are reunited in speech bubbles.

Thursday 2nd April 2020

We're still focusing on Chapter 9 (pages 49-54)

1. How old is Kensuke?

2. How do Michael and Kensuke help the turtles?

3. Find three quotations to show how Kensuke’s attitude has changed.

Wednesday 1st April 2020

Read Chapter 9 (pages 49-54)

1. How do you think Michael felt when Kensuke suggested building a fire tomorrow?

2. Why did Kensuke suggest building a fire?

3. How do you think Kensuke felt when Michael said his family might still be alive?

Tuesday 31st March 2020

We're still focusing on Chapter 8 (pages 44-49).

1. In what two ways has Kensuke saved Michael's life?

2. What does 'guilt' mean?

3. Write 3 reasons why Michael should send the message and 3 reasons why he shouldn't.

Monday 30th March 2020

Read Chapter 8 - Everyone Dead in Nagasaki (pages 44 - 49).

1. What are the names of Kensuke's wife and son?

2. Why does Kensuke feel so lucky?

3. Draw a timeline to show Kensuke's life story using either the paint tool on ClassDojo or a full blank page in your Blue Book.

Friday 27th March 2020

We are still focusing on Chapter 7. Re-read pages 39-44 to help you answer these questions.

Answer these questions on ClassDojo using your personal link to logon.

1. What is the main purpose of Chapter 7?

2. What have Michael and Kensuke given each other?

3. Do you think Kensuke is a ‘very clever fellow’? Explain why.

4. Predict how the story will end, using 5 bullet points to explain.

Thursday 26th March 2020

Answer these questions on ClassDojo using the code HAR FDB

1. Why does the chapter start with a memory?

2. Why is the word ‘silence’ repeated?

3. Michael feels ‘honoured’ when Kensuke shows him a Japan tree. What does this mean?

Wednesday 25th March 2020

Click on the arrow in the top right hand corner. This will open the Padlet. Choose at least ONE WORD that describes Kensuke. Use my example to explain why the word you have chosen describes Kensuke. You can click the + in the bottom right hand corner to add your own box.

Don't forget to put your name underneath your comment so I know you have contributed.

Tuesday 24th March 2020

Re-read Chapter 7, pages 39 - 44

1. Why do think Michael no longer misses his parents?

2. Why does Michael want to ask Kensuke lots of questions?

3. How do Michael and Kensuke learn to trust each other?

4. In your Blue Book, create a fact file about Kensuke. What do we know about him so far?

Monday 23rd March 2020

Read Chapter 7, pages 39- 44.

Answer these questions on ClassDojo using code XOG JWY

• Who used to bring home fish and chips on Fridays?

• How did Kensuke teach Michael to paint?

• Who was Kensuke's favourtie orangutan?

• What did Kensuke want to learn?

• Draw a labelled sketch of Kensuke's cave.