EnglishHomeschool learning

Week 12 Home learning activitiesWeek beginning Monday 29th June 2020

Monday 29th June 2020

When you have finished your reading, it’s time to listen to a story!

1. Story timeGo to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwQCQ1V_ZWM&feature=youtu.be

and listen to the story, ‘Maisie and the Dragon’, written by Philippa Danvers.

Read the Descriptive passage, below, and pick out all of the prepositions.

How many can you spot?

Use the information on prepositions to help you!

Write some sentences describing this picture, using as many prepositions as you can.

For example:

The cat is sat on the ground.

Maisie is running along the pavement.

Descriptive Passage

PrepositionsPrepositions help us to describe places and things by saying where they are.

The book is on the table

I walked along the path

The plant is inside the pot

England is next to Scotland

The pencil is between the pages of the book The sun shone

through the window

Tuesday 30th June 2020

When you have finished your reading, it’s time to revise your grammar!

Read the passage ‘How Maisie Cares for her Dragon’, below.Write down all the nouns in one colour, all the adjectives in another colour and all the adverbs in a third colour.

Write a se

ntence

explainin

g and givin

g

an example o

f what a

noun, a

n adjec

tive and

an adver

b is.

Which was your favourite adjective?

Why?

Wednesday 1st July 2020

When you have finished your reading, it’s time to listen to another story!

Listen to the first half of ‘Dogger’ by Shirley Hughes, up to when Dogger goes missing (about 3 mins 30 secs in).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNOYgRf5jes.

How is Dave feeling at this point in the story?

Read the ‘Lost’ poster, below, for a missing ragdoll called Jemima.

Then, create a ‘lost’ poster for Dogger.

★ On the poster template, draw Dogger. Explain what happened

to him.

★ Describe Dogger using powerful adjectives and adverbs.

★ Say how you, Dave, are feeling about not having him.

★ Offer a reward for his safe return.

Thursday 2nd July 2020

When you have finished your reading, it’s time to plan your own story!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNOYgRf5jes

o Listen to the remainder of ‘Dogger’.o What do you think of the little girl who buys Dogger?o What do you think of Bella at the end of the story? Why?

You’re going to plan your own story about a lost toy!

Follow the instructions on ‘Planning and writing a new story about a lost toy.’

Use the Planner to capture ideas for your own story about a child anda lost toy.

Friday 3rd July 2020

When you have finished your reading, it’s time to write your story!

Using your plan from yesterday, write your

story. You can write it on the paper you folded

like a book, or just a regular sheet of paper.

Don’t forget to include:

★ Exciting adjectives and adverbs

★ Conjunctions to extend sentences

★ Figurative language such as similes

You must write in full, correct sentences and

use your best handwriting!