Grammar Warm Up

LC: to innovate sentences with parenthesis to add extra information

 

Let's read these sentences out loud to hear where the parenthesis is:

 

a) My brother - the younger one - goes to a different school to me.

b) My ipad (which I got as a gift) has a black case.

c) The black rhino, found in Africa, is an endangered species.

d) The movie - which didn't scare me at all - was cool.

e) The new boy (the one with dark hair) lives on my road. 

 

The new boy (the one with dark hair) lives on my road.

The new boy (the tall one) lives on my road. 

The new boy (........................................................................................................................................................................) lives on my road.

 

 The movie - which didn't scare me at all - was cool.

The movie - the one I saw with my sister - was cool.

The movie - ..................................................................................................................................................................... - was cool. 

 

LC: to write in role as a character 

 We are going to tell part of the story from

Macbeth's perspective.

 

What does this mean?

Discuss with your talk partner.

Let's create a diary toolkit.

We are going to think and write

as Macbeth using the first person.

We will write about when he meets the witches on the heath.

Begin:

As my good friend Banquo and I were making our way, exhausted but jubilant after our victory, we came upon a fearful sight. Out of the gloom there appeared to be ....

 Remember to use the Diary Toolkit.

 

 

 

 

 

LC: To be able to convert between kilometres and metres.

Complete the RIC.

LC: through close reading of the text, locate clues to support understanding

Read pages 5-12. 

As you are reading, note all of the things Jack and Luca see when they first enter the house. 

 

Draw a sketch of the scene you imagine, using all of the information.

 

LC: To be able to convert between grams and kilograms.