Week 7 EnglishThis week is the last week of term so thought we could read a funny book in English! We’ll be reading the book ‘Would you Rather?’ by John Burningham. Before you start this week’s learning, please read the book or watch the video through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj_4a5TVEoE

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Monday - starter:Some of these words are conjunctions and some are not. Decide if they’re real conjunctions or not and write them in the correct box.

because quiet very as if thentoo when happy yes while

Monday - main task: Complete these questions once you have read or watched ‘Would you rather?’ Try to think of two reasons for each answer and use the conjunction because in each answer.Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj_4a5TVEoE

1. Would you rather your house was surrounded by water, snow or a jungle? Miss Raine’s example: I would rather my house was surrounded by a jungle because jungles are hot and I prefer warm weather. I would also wake up to the sounds of exotic animals and see animals that I have never seen before. I would rather my house was surrounded by ______________ because _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Would you rather an elephant drank your bath water, an eagle stole your dinner, a pig tried on your clothes or a hippo slept in your bed? Why?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Conjunctions: Not conjunctions:

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3. Would you rather be chased by a crab, a bull, a lion or wolves? Why?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What you rather help a fairy make magic, gnomes dig for treasures, a witch make a stew or Santa Claus deliver presents? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Write your own ‘Would you rather’ question here:

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Tuesday - starter:Prepositions are words that show the position of something. These are prepositions:

in beside on above betweennear under behind in front of

Write one preposition (a purple word) by each picture to show the position of the cat to the ball. The first one has been done for you:

If you would like more information about prepositions, click this link for a video and activities: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zw38srd

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Tuesday – main task:

Look at this picture. Write some describing sentences for what you can see. You need to have at least one preposition and one adjective in each sentence. Here are some words to get you started:

Example: The excited, small boy is on the giant, brown bull in the busy, colourful supermarket.

1. below: _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________

2. between: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. above: _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Prepositions: on in belowbetween under abovebehind near in front of

Adjectives: giant messy

busycolourful bright untidyterrified loud white

trolley

shelves

tins

boxes

people

Wednesday - starter: Each sentence has a missing word. Read each sentence and find the mistake. Then add in the missing word.

1. The girl eating jelly.

2. Jungle was hot.

3. I am ready the afternoon.

4. Let’s go out eat ice cream.

Wednesday – main task: Today, you will be planning your own ‘Would you rather’ story! In each section, draw a picture and write your three options. Remember that your ideas can be funny! Would you rather…Your house was surrounded by…

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Eat dinner with…

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Sleep in a…

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Drink a glass of…

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_________________ (make your own up!)

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Thursday and Friday: Over the next two days, you have the time to create your own ‘Would you rather’ story. You can use your plan from yesterday to make a picture book on A4 or A3 pages. If you were in school this week, you will have seen my example. If you are doing your story on A3, you may like to set it out like this with your own words and pictures:

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Once you have finished, why not read it to a friend or family either in person or over video call?!

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Would you rather eat dinner with…

a hungry horse,

a green alien or a garden gnome?