Wednesday 26th February
Grammar Warm Up
LC: to imitate sentences with an omitted relative pronoun
Read the sentences below. Can you complete with an omitted relative pronoun?
Use the model sentence to help you.
1. My friend, who is called Adam, moved to London last week.
My friend, Adam, moved to London last week.
My friend, ..............................................................................................................................................................
- omit (remove) the relative pronoun (who) and the verbs if it is followed by a noun
2. That is the house which my cousin lives in.
That is the house my cousin lives in.
That is the house ............................................................................................................................................
- omit the relative pronoun (which) if it is followed by a noun (my cousin)
LC: to explain the meaning of words within the context of the text
Many Science Fiction stories are set in the distant future
- or what the writers imagined many years in the future to be like when they were written.
Often the writers use futuristic vocabulary and invent new words.
Read the extract from the story 'Time Spinner'.
Can you spot these futuristic words in the story?
What do you think they mean?
What about these words? Can you guess the meaning?
Let's use a semantic word map to help us understand the meaning.
To be able to read and write decimals.
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Wednesday 26th February 2025
LC: Retrieve and record information / identify key details from a fiction text.
Who was allowed to pick the apples from the tree?
Why was the Tsar angry with his guards?
Why did the gardener hold the firebird’s feather ‘delicately at the tip’?
Why was Dmitry quick to offer to catch the thief?
Why did Dmitry fall asleep so quickly?
Choose Burns and Scalds OR Head Injuries.
Write a set of instructions to tell someone else how to treat the injury.
Can you draw some pictures or diagrams to help?
