Wednesday 6th November

English

Grammar Warm Up

LC: to identify what makes an effective simile starter

With eyes as dark as a lion, Ahmed stared at the class.

As fast as a bullet, Josie raced to the finish line.

As calm as a midnight sea, Mrs. Khan walked Ahmet to the gate.

 

Look at the simile starters above. 

What do you notice about

 

- where it comes in the sentence?

- how it is punctuated?

- which words show it is a simile?

 

Talk to your partner to answer these questions then feedback to your teacher to create success criteria for an effective simile starter.

 

 LC: to justify responses to the text using PE prompt (point and evidence)

Think about the contrast between characters.

 

Jennie and Josie.

Jennie - she spreads rumours in a way that makes others believe she is telling the truth.

Josie - She repeated what her dad said about immigrants but feels confused as she has met Ahmet. 

Talk to your partner about the contrast between these two characters. How are they different to each other?

 

The narrator and Brendan.

The narrator -

Brendan - 

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Now think of Mrs Khan and complete the spider diagram below.

 

 

 Now use your notes to write about Mrs Khan.

 

Engineering

LC: To research and develop a design.

Watch the video.

Discuss what make the aeroplane aerodynamic?

 

Maths

 To be able to multiply a 4-digit number by a single-digit number with renaming the ones, tens and hundreds, using multiple methods.

 

 

 

Reading

 

 

 

LC: Make inferences and justify with evidence from the text.

 

The Listeners            Walter De LA Mare

‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller,   

   Knocking on the moonlit door;

And his horse in the silence champed the grasses   

   Of the forest’s ferny floor:

And a bird flew up out of the turret,   

   Above the Traveller’s head:

And he smote upon the door again a second time;   

   ‘Is there anybody there?’ he said.

But no one descended to the Traveller;   

   No head from the leaf-fringed sill

Leaned over and looked into his grey eyes,   

   Where he stood perplexed and still.

But only a host of phantom listeners   

   That dwelt in the lone house then

Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight   

   To that voice from the world of men:

Stood thronging the faint moonbeams on the dark stair,   

   That goes down to the empty hall,

Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken   

   By the lonely Traveller’s call.

And he felt in his heart their strangeness,   

   Their stillness answering his cry,

While his horse moved, cropping the dark turf,   

   ’Neath the starred and leafy sky;

For he suddenly smote on the door, even   

   Louder, and lifted his head:—

‘Tell them I came, and no one answered,   

   That I kept my word,’ he said.

Never the least stir made the listeners,   

   Though every word he spake

Fell echoing through the shadowiness of the still house   

   From the one man left awake:

Ay, they heard his foot upon the stirrup,   

   And the sound of iron on stone,

And how the silence surged softly backward,   

   When the plunging hoofs were gone.

 

The poem was written over one hundred years ago. Write down two reasons you can tell it was written and set a long time ago.

 

Why do you think the Traveller went to the house?

 

The poet does not tell the reader what the ‘listeners’ are, but he encourages us to use our imagination. Who or what do you think the listeners are?

 

 

 

PSHCE

 LC: To recognise the importance of seeking support if feeling lonely or exclude.

To recognise when others may feel lonely or excluded and identify strategies to include them.

 

How do you think these people might be feeling?

How do you know?

What could you do or what advice could you give that would help them feel better?

Class Assembly

Understand the importance of being kind to ourselves and what this can look like.

 

 

 

Think carefully about your talk partner, then turn to them and take it in turns to tell them something kind about themselves. You could  use the prompts below to help guide you.

You are kind because…

I really like… because…

 

Now look at your  own reflection in a mirror.  Think about some kind things you can say about yourself and say them to your reflection. You may wish to use the prompts below to form your kind sentences.

I can see somebody who is…

When I look in the mirror, I see…

I am… because…

 

Now write down three kind sentences about yourself.