Friday
Friday 2nd May 2025
LC: Summarise the main ideas from more than one paragraph.
Quickfire questions (RIC)
R Which part of his body did the brave adventurer bruise?
I What can we infer about the girl with long hair? (Evidence)
C Which word has the author used to mean the same as dangerous?
Stig of the Dump
Summarising
What is summarising? What do we need to do to summarise a piece of text?
Friday 2nd May 2025
LC: To be able to identify and use inverted commas when writing dialogue.
Grammar
Imitate: (Kung Fu Punctuation)
"Oh... Uhhh!" he spluttered. "I was just getting up, lad!"
"With you in a jiffy ..."he called to Gromit as he fell.
The lady introduced herself to Wallace. "My name's Piella. Piella Bakewell," she said.
"What d'you think, Gromit?" asked Wallace with a mouthful of mash.
Revisit children’s knowledge of inverted commas (speech marks) for dialogue.
When do we use inverted commas?
How do we use inverted commas in our writing?
Drama: Talk in role.
In pairs stage a conversation between Wallace and Gromit- when Gromit realises that Miss Bake O’ Light is the killer. Gromit does not speak but what if he could?
Gromit must try to persuade Wallace that the love of his life is a killer!
Teacher model: We will record some sentences from the conversation, demonstrating the correct use of inverted commas for speech.
Independent task: Record your conversation between Wallace and Gromit. Remember to use the teacher model if your get stuck.
01.05.25
Today, you will be completing Review 10 which can be found on pages 64-66.
Friday 2nd May 2025
LC: Describe some key physical features of the country of Italy.
Italy is one of the countries that make up the continent of Europe.
Can you locate it on your world map?
Here is a map that shows just Italy. What do you notice?
Some parts of the land are joined to other countries, some parts meet the sea and some parts are completely surrounded by the sea.
What do we call an area where land meets water?
What do we call a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water?
On your map of Italy, draw a dark blue line to show the coastline.
We call the biggest part of Italy (the boot shape) mainland because it is not an island.
What other bodies of water can be found on land? Which are physical features and which are human features?
Body of water Physical or human?
Learn more:
Underneath your map, write a sentence telling what a coastline is.
Write another sentence that tells how it is different to other bodies of water.
Look again at the map. Can you work out what the yellow squares are?
Italy has three major active volcanoes - Mount Etna, Stromboli and Mount Vesuvius.
In your Geography book, record:
Italy has _______ active volcanoes. They are _______________, ______________, and _________________.
____________ is on mainland Italy near to the city of ______. ___________ is on the island of ____________ and __________ is on one of the __________________ .
Let's learn what happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD.
