Spooky forests, eerie graveyards, mysterious silhouetted figures... get ready to be terrified! This half term, we will be learning how to build suspense, using figurative language, -ing sentence openers, -ing embedded clauses and show don't tell. Can you remember the 12 Magpie Words from our WAGOLL, Jack?
Our first English unit for Term 1 2024-2025 is Finding Tales. We will be learning how to write effective character descriptions, using a range of well-chosen adjectives. Play the Wordwall game to practise some of the vocabulary in our WAGOLL, The Lost Thing. The Lost Thing Adjectives
This term, children are learning how to write effective arguments for debates. Review how to use relative clauses to add additional information:
https://wordwall.net/resource/73178612
Whatever you do, don't go in there!! This term, we have been reading and writing Warning Stories. Students have learnt how to write effective dialogue to develop their characters. Review how to use punctuation correctly when writing dialogue:
https://wordwall.net/resource/69472582/dialogue-examples-correct-or-incorrect
In Term 2 2023-2024, we are studying features of non-fiction writing (Discussion Texts). Review the Magpie Words from the WAGOLL and play the Wordwall game to check your understanding.
Magpie Words: Should Governments Continue to Build Dams?
Can you categorise features of the toolkit from our class WAGOLL: The Lost Thing? wordwall.net/resource/60082522
This term, Y6 have been honing their non-fiction writing skills and producing balanced arguments about a range of environmental issues.
Click on the links to practice the language for this type of text:
We have been enjoying the biography of two very famous Vietnamese women- Hai Ba Trung. Play the game to match the vocabulary with the correct definitions. wordwall.net/resource/24114617
We have been learning how to use simple, compound and complex sentences. Can you categorise the sentences from The Lost Thing- are they simple, compound or complex? wordwall.net/resource/35943365
In Term 1 2022, we will study 'The Lost Thing'. Read and practise the model text- how much can you remember?
This half term, we have been studying a journey story called Natasha's Escape. Play the game and match the Magpie words from the text with the correct definition.
Read the text and answer the Tet quiz! Have a wonderful holiday!
Play the Blooket quiz and solve the Christmas clues!
This half term, we have read biographies about Hai Ba Trung, Charles Darwin, Roald Dahl and Marie Curie. Take the quiz below to see what you can remember about Marie Curie's incredible life!
This term, we are exploring warning stories. Here are the Magpie Words from the WAGOLL, The Caravan. Can you remember the meaning of these words?
We hope you are enjoying The Nowhere Emporium! Here's some additional reading about gargoyles, which feature in the book. Once you have read the text, have a go at the Wordwall quiz.
Our Whole Class Guided Reading text this term is Clockwork, by Philip Pullman. Can you match these words from the blurb to the definitions?
This term, we have studied poetry. Here's a poem called Two Seasons from the fantastic Jamaican poet, Valerie Bloom! Watch and read the poem, and when you have finished think about how you could describe the dry and rainy seasons here in Vietnam. Challenge yourself by using alliteration, similes, personification or metaphors!
Where did the boy find The Lost Thing?
What adjectives can you use to describe The Lost Thing and the setting of the story?
What did Mr Hublot find?
What adjectives can you use to describe Mr Hublot?
Can you remember the 11 Magpie Words from our WAGOLL, Jack? Match the words to the definitions. wordwall.net/resource/52077672/jack-magpie-words