Make a list of what you think the job you would like to apply for involves. Then, write why you think you would be good at that job. What qualities do you have? What ideas do you have if you were to get that job?

Now, it is time to write your letter. Remember...

• set the letter out as a letter should be set out

• use paragraphs

• start your sentences in interesting ways

You want your letter to make a good impression so now it is time to check your spellings and that every sentence makes sense.

Think carefully about the vocabulary you have chosen to use.

You may want to write your letter out again so that it is in your neatest handwriting.

Work through the Powerpoint to read the story. It is a complex story so you may need to do this several times. A top tip is to make notes as you go!

You may also want to watch this video which helps explain the story.

Click here.

Now, before starting the playscript, make a storyboard/story map of the story of Romeo and Juliet. We have done these in class before. Make sure you include the main events, and the main characters. An idea of how to set it out is above - you do not need to print!

Visit this website to download a playscript of The Three Little Pigs. Notice how the playscript is set out: each new speaker has a new line, colons (:) are used and there is no need to use inverted commas for the speech.

Now it is your turn! You are going to turn a text written as a story into a playscript. First, make a list of the characters. Then, use the speech in the story to write what each character would say in the playscript. Use the previous lesson to help you set it out correctly. You can choose any text from home - it could be a book you are reading. Or, click the photo for stories to turn into a playscript,

Check everything makes sense! Read through the play (with your family at home playing some of the characters if you can!). Check punctuation - have you used colons correctly?

Find out all about William Shakespeare and his life. Make a 'Top Ten' poster to show the ten favourite facts you have found out about this famous writer.

A useful introduction video can be found by clicking here.

Can you remember what the features of playscript writing are? You have done this before in Year 3. Work through the PowerPoint and then make a colourful poster to show all of the features we expect to find in a playscript.

Now, using the very familiar story of Little Red Riding Hood, it is time to analyse a play script.

Read through and find the features of playscripts. You may want to underline them and use a colour coded key like we have done many times in class.

You will need to spend time collecting research about the person you wish to write a biography about. Use the internet to find the facts. Remember the types of facts needed for a biography. Some of the resources from previous weeks may help you with this.

Now it is time to write your first draft. Think carefully about how you organise your information. Remember, it should be in chronological order to tell the story of their life from birth through to current day.

This may take more than one lesson.

Read through your first draft. Can it be improved?

Time to check all punctuation is correct and accurate.

Write your final draft thinking carefully about layout and presentation.

Start here by looking at this handy checklist of the features that biographies should contain. This will also be useful for looking at as you write, and to assess your work when you have finished your first draft.

Organise your research. The interview template above will be helpful to make sure you have the research you need.

You should have already written an introductory paragraph so now is the time to write the rest of the biography. You can set it out how you wish - do you remember how we made leaflet style biographies about Sir David Attenborough in class?

Test your retrieval and inference skills on this VE Day comprehension. I would expect you to tackle the 3 star level as this is for UKS2. You do not need to print - just answer questions on paper.

Your writing task is to imagine you were a newspaper journalist at the time of VE Day. Write a newspaper article. Click the image for a checklist of features and visit the VE Day page for extra resources.

You may find this resource useful to help plan and structure your newspaper. This writing task should take a few days to plan, write, check and edit. You may then also want to write up a neat copy.

Click the image to get to the annotated biography text. Hopefully you will remember some of the features from last week.

One of the features of biographies, is that they are written in the past tense. Today, complete the activity so you are secure on past tense verbs.

It is now time to think about writing a biography. Choose an adult in your family you are going to write about. Ask them questions about their life and make notes. Put the notes into chronological order.

Click the image for a helpful prompt sheet if you need it.

Click the image to get to a pack of examples of biographies.

1. Underline/colour any past tense verbs you find as you read.

2. Focus on the introduction paragraphs for each text. This is what you will be planning next.

Now, it is your turn to write an introductory paragraph to the biography about your family member.

Once you have written it, read it over, check and edit to make some improvements where you can.

Go back to the example texts you were asked to read two lessons ago. This time, as you read, make a note of any adventurous and advanced vocabulary. This will be useful to keep for next week. Use a dictionary or online spell checker to check spellings for your introductory paragraph.

Click the image to get to the Powerpoint. Work through and it will teach you what this genre of text is.

You may want to make notes or a poster. This information will help you with future work.

Click the image which will take you to a poster about the different features of a biography. This may be useful for the next task but also will be useful for when you come to writing tasks.

Just like in school, you are now going to read a biography. Click the photo to read a biography of Usain Bolt. As you read it, I want you to see if you can spot any of the features of this text genre.