W/C Monday 13th July 2020 Reading

Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods

In the beginning, I wasn’t there. I don’t think the

Ancient Greeks were, either. Nobody had a pen and paper

to take notes, so I can’t vouch for what follows, but I can

tell you it’s what the Greeks thought happened.

At first, there was pretty much nothing. A lot of nothing.

The first god, if you can call it that, was Chaos – a gloomy,

soupy mist with all the matter in the cosmos just drifting

around. Here’s a fact for you: Chaos literally means the Gap, and we’re not talking about the clothing store.

Eventually Chaos got less chaotic. Maybe it got bored

with being all gloomy and misty. Some of its matter collected

and solidified into the earth, which unfortunately developed a living personality. She called herself Gaia, the Earth Mother. Now Gaia was the actual earth – the rocks, the hills.

1) What was there in ‘the beginning’?

2) Who was Chaos?

3)Some of its matter collected and solidified into the earth, which unfortunately developed a living personality. She called herself Gaia.

What does the word ‘unfortunately’ tell you about what Percy thought of Gaia?

W/C Monday 13th July 2020 L10

You should have finished writing the story using the third person. This week you are going to edit your work and publish it.

Things to check:

Does it make sense?

Paragraphs

Spellings

Is it consistently written in the third person?

Punctuation

Can I improve the vocabulary? (verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

To publish your work you can either use a computer to type it up or write it out neatly on paper.

W/C Monday 6th July 2020

Read First News

W/C Monday 6th July 2020 L9

Using your plan from last week, you are now going to write your story.

Try and write at least a paragraph per day, remembering to write consistently in the third person.

Don't forget to refer to the previous work that you have already done and include this in your writing. Look back on this page to remind you.

You could even use a question in your first paragraph to hook the reader in.

E.g, Would Sam ever return to his homeland? What was to be his fate?

W/C Monday 6th July 2020 Reading

Lockwood and Co-The Whispering Skull

‘Don’t look now,’ Lockwood said. ‘There’s two of them.’ I snatched a glance behind me and saw that he was right. Not far off, on the other side of the glade, a second ghost had risen from the earth. Like the first, it was a pale, man-shaped curtain of mist that hovered above the dark wet grass. Its head too seemed oddly skewed, as if broken at the neck. I glared at it, not so much terrified as annoyed.

Twelve months I’d been working for Lockwood & Co. as a Junior Field Operative, tackling spectral visitors of every horrific shape and size. Broken necks didn’t bother me the way they used to. ‘Oh, that’s brilliant,’ I said. ‘Where did he spring from?’

1) What does ‘snatched a glance’ mean?

2)What do you think ‘Lockwood & Co’ might be?

3) Do you think the narrator enjoys the job of a Junior Field?

W/C Monday 29th June 2020 L8

What do you think happens at the end?

You are going to write the story of the man in the third person next week.

This week, plan for writing at least 6 paragraphs in the third person based on the order of events from last week..

The man doesn’t have a name-you can choose a name to give him.

Reading - WC 29/6

Read this extract and answer the questions.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, the phoenix is a female firebird, with dazzling, red-and-gold feathers, that lives for either 500 or 1,461 years. This bird is sometimes pictured as a heron, or a flamingo-like bird from East Africa, and can also regenerate itself if wounded by an enemy. In ancient Greek and Roman legends, the bird looks more like a peacock or an eagle. Most of the phoenix stories feature a Sun god, riding across the sky in a horse-drawn chariot, who stops to listen to the bird’s haunting song.

1) How is the phoenix sometimes depicted according to ancient Egyptian mythology?

2) What does regenerate mean?

3) What are you likely to come across in phoenix stories?

Reading -

Read this extract and answer the questions.

Down in the mending workshop, Old Zeb was perched on a wooden stool at the workbench, his cheeks flushed red. His lips puckered and creased as he whistled a jaunty tune. When he saw Archie, he smiled. ‘You’re late. Never mind, you’re here now. Try to be on time tomorrow. We’ve got a lot to do. 'Archie looked around him. The workshop was larger than he remembered, and the smell of old parchment was even stronger. He noticed a vice on the side of the bench and a large book press beside it. ‘First things first,’ Old Zeb said, holding up a finger to get his attention. ‘You’ll be needing your own tool kit. I’ll get you started and then

you’ll have to acquire the other bits as you go along. Have a word with one of the apprentices in Natural Magic – they might be able to help.’

1) What does ‘jaunty’ mean?

2) Did Archie arrive on time? How do you know?

3) Why do you think Archie was there?

W/C Monday 15th June 2020 L7

Recap on story so far. What do you think will happen next?

Create a timeline of events.

Now write about each of these events in paragraphs and start to join each one together using a variety of cohesive phrases.

Cohesive phrases:

Within moments, as time went by, it was not

long before, as time passed it became clear that,

without thinking...

Use this link to access the book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAay4myoEDE

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