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Watch a video about Feelings.
How were you feeling about being in Lockdown? Were you happy? bored? angry? sad? excited? disappointed? worried? sick?...
Sentence starters for Journal Writing.
Feeling Words from the Video
happy sad upset excited afraid brave amused angry furious ashamed bored cold hot confused disappointed tired exhausted hungry thirsty surprised nervous proud puzzled relaxed sick sleepy thoughtful worried shy kind malicious jealous overwhelmed shocked scared content in love astonished embarrassed
Can't wait to see my friends at school! Listen to Pharell Williams Happy (video)
Write how you were feeling about being in Lockdown
I feel excited about being in lockdown because I don't have to get up and get ready for school.
Sometimes I feel bored about being in lockdown because there's nothing fun to do and I can't go out and visit my school friends.
I feel exhausted being in lockdown because I have to look after my younger brother, and he's annoying.
Copy of SJL3_Nov_2020-No Girls Allowed.pdfRead a story of Loyalty and how a rugby team takes a stand before an inter-school tournament. Identify how Riley's feelings change as the situation progresses. Explore how the decisions made by the tournament organisers, the coach, and the team, impact on Riley. Discuss and describe possible responses to the situation described in the story.
Write down what you learnt and your favourite part of the story. Write down your own story of when something was fair or not fair. Ask questions to find out what you think about the story. Write down questions of what you think the story is about and the answers. Write a persuasive piece of writing: Should gender matter when playing sport.
Points of view template.pdfList all the characters in the story. Write down their point of view and possible reasons. Why do they think that way? What has influenced their decision? Who do you believe is right and why?
Read the story: No Girls Allowed
Understand the characters’ views about girls playing in a rugby tournament with boys. Discuss why the organisers might have decided girls could not play (the reader isn’t told).
Highlights - All Blacks v Italy 2021
Watch & Listen to the Rules of Rugby. Play a game of Rugby.
Write a list of Vocabulary of the game: Rugby. To show how Riley’s feelings are shown in the story, act or illustrate the figurative language.
Figurative Language - (slow as a snail) Watch & Listen to the video - use prior knowledge to recognise the metaphors and similes and understand the meaning they convey.
Figurative language
"He dropped the ball as though it
was covered in butter"
"Her family lived for rugby"
"a rumble of agreement"
How to write a summary.
Find evidence in the text to show how Riley is feeling and how her feelings change across time. Write a summary sentence to capture the most important thing Riley learns in the story. Recognise how Riley’s feelings are shown in the story, you could dramatise the action or illustrate the figurative language.
use prior knowledge of everyday language and the context of the
story to understand the meaning the phrases carry
Examples of Colloquial Language (write down what these mean)
Her heart sank!
I went in to bat for you!
You must be gutted!
I pushed back!
Sweet!
Get that chin up!
You got a hiding!
You still smashed it!
I feel stink!
Review the conventions of punctuation that show which words are spoken, how they are spoken, and when someone new is speaking.
Explore the dialogue in the story, including examples of when dialogue is split and when many characters are talking. Focus on how the dialogue moves the narrative along and whether the dialogue is realistic. Watch and listen to Harry Potter Impressions. Video record yourself of you reading a section aloud and make your voice sound like one of the characters. Is that how they would talk?
Vocabulary - (possibly challenging words)
tournament sapasui understatement
apparently lousy compromise neutral
Write down the meanings of these words. Find more words you found challenging and write the meanings.
Watch and listen to: take a stand against discrimination
Think critically about the themes (Taking a stand, Loyalty, Justice, Discrimination) in the story. What does it mean to Take a stand, Loyalty, Justice and Discrimination? Write about how the author got his message across (Story: No Girls Allowed).
Watch and listen to: What is Loyalty?
Watch and listen to: What is Justice?
Watch and listen to: Discrimination
Watch and listen to: Opinion writing Episode One. Give both sides (what you think and feel about something) of the issue and to suggest a possible compromise. Use these sentence starters: I like..., I believe..., I think..., best and favourite.
Watch and listen to: Opinion writing Episode Two. Brainstorming - thinking of ideas. Think of you favourite thing (or anything important to you (playing rugby).
Watch and listen to: Opinion writing Episode Three. Writing plan - use a graphic organiser - write key words about your idea - think of your reasons - ask yourself questions - Why?
Watch and listen to: Opinion writing Episode Four. Writing a draft - Introduction - hook the reader with ?, name the topic and tell your opinion. (3 sentences)
Watch and listen to: Opinion writing Episode Five. Writing draft - reasons (why you believe) and examples (support your reasons by giving evidence) -
Watch and listen to: Opinion writing Episode Six. Writing a Conclusion - last part of your writing: restate your opinion, summarise your reasons, final thought
Watch and listen to: Opinion writing Episode Seven. Revise your writing (making your writing better) - reread your writing - (does it make sense, did I use strong words - did i give enough details.
Watch and listen to: Opinion writing Episode Eight. Editing your writing - (fixing mistakes) - spaces, capitalisation (name of a person/book), punctuation, spelling.
Make your own Covid pencil case
Monopoly Maths Problem (Probability)
Remember to make your own copy.
Pegs Maths Problem (Probability)
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Weather in Rewa Maths Problem (Statistics)
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Storyline Online - Enjoy listening to this story.
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