Monday 23rd June

Grammar Warm Up

LC: to create sentences with accurate subject verb agreement

Read the sentences then create your own following the model:

a) Many of the boys are going to the party.

    Many of the girls are leaving the party.

    Many of the ......

b) Every single one of the animals is wild.

     Every single one of the kittens is brown.

     Every single one of the .....

c) One of the coldest days this week was Tuesday.

     One of the warmest days this week was Friday.

     One of the best days this week ....

 

LC: to think in role as a character and to write an effective report using the conventions of this text type

 

What would happen at Dunsinane Castle when the murder of King Duncan is discovered?

 

If you were trying to find our the guilty killer, what questions would you ask everyone?

 

Think of 2 questions for 2 of these characters:

 

Macbeth    

 

Lady Macbeth   

 

Banquo   

Malcolm 

a servant 

For example

 

Malcolm, when did you last see your father the King?

 

Let's hot seat these characters to find some answers! 

Look at the news report about another event in the story of Macbeth.

Label these features of a newspaper report

 

- headline

- sub-heading

- introduction stating where/when/what/who

- background information about the people involved

- facts and figures 

- how the event ended

- what will happen next

 

Can you find and highlight

- an omitted relative pronoun

- parentheses to add extra information

- a fronted adverbial?

 

Look at the news report below.

1. What is this news report about? 

2. What information are we given in the first paragraph?

3. What will be in the next paragraph?

 

Using the model above about Macbeth's victory, write the 2nd paragraph of this news report in your books. 

 

 

LC: To be able to find the area of rectangles.

Vocabulary