Wednesday 30th April

Grammar Warm Up

LC: to create sentences with an omitted relative pronoun

 

Remind yourself how to successfully omit a relative pronoun.

 

This was the hotel that we stayed in for two weeks.

This was the hotel we stayed in for two weeks. 

 

Mr Ali, who was the year 5 class teacher, played in a football team.

Mr Ali the year 5 class teacher played in a football team.

 

Now write 2 sentences:

One should have a relative pronoun.

The second should have the relative pronoun omitted.

 

Use the models above to help you with the structure.

 

LC: to analyse the conventions of narrative poetry

Let's rehearse the poem with expression/actions.

Look at the poem in sections. 

What is happening in each verse?

 

Think about

 

settings

events

actions

 

Let's complete the second column of the table with the events of each verse.

 

 

LC:  To be able to describe the sides and angles of rectangles and squares.

Complete the RIC.

R           List all of the ways that seeds are dispersed.

             _____________________________________

 

I           How does the word 'searching' help you to understand

            the job of the root?

            ________________________________________

            ________________________________________

            ________________________________________

C         Which phrase tells the reader that the life cycle is continuous?

            _________________________________________

            _________________________________________

 

LC: Know how the author’s choice of language affects the reader.

 

Can you remember what these words mean?

imagery    simile    metaphor    onomatopoeia

Can you think of an example of each?

Why do writers use them? 

Tell your talk partner.

  

 

Re-read Chapter 1  of Sabryna and the River Spirit.

 

 

 

 

A)  P2 – Find an example of onomatopoeia  

B)   In the same paragraph, there is a word which tells you how the wool cart is moving. Can you find it? 

C) What does this word tell you about the ground underneath the wheels? 

D)  ‘Her hair bubbled like river rapids.’ What is the word for this type of imagery?

Can you find another example in this paragraph?

 

Challenge:

 Read the paragraph on page 4 beginning

‘Sabryna jumped.’

 

What is your favourite word or phrase in this paragraph?

Explain why it captures your interest or imagination.

 

 

 

LC:  To compare and group materials based on their properties (e.g. solubility, conductivity).  

Can we use our observational skills to compare and group materials based on their properties? -  solubility.

 

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