The London Transport Museum

Please write a recount of your trip to The London transport Museum. 

Include information about what you did and saw, how you go there and any memorable events.

Try to include:

Full sentences

Writing in the past tense (it has already happened!)

Description

Fronted adverbials

Connectives to extend your sentences.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

During our Shakespeare workshop you practised and performed the meeting of King Oberon and Queen Titania.  Turn the script below into a story describing their meeting.

Please include:

•       Full sentences.
•          Description using adjectives and adverbs of the setting and of the character’s  actions.
•          Speech between the characters.
•       Fronted adverbials
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[Enter OBERON, the King of Fairies, at one side with his train, and TITANIA, the Queen, at the other, with hers]

OBERON: Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania.

TITANIA: What, jealous Oberon?—Fairies, skip hence

OBERON: Am I not thy lord?

TITANIA: Then I must be thy lady.

OBERON: Give me that boy!

TITANIA: Not for thy fairy kingdom.—Fairies, away!

My Favourite Holiday

This week,  write a recount about your favourite holiday or trip. 

Where did you go? What did you do? 

Why is it your favourite?

Remember to:

• -      Include an introduction including: Who? What? Where? When? Why?How?
• -      Use interesting detail to hook the reader.
• -      Write in the first person ‘I’.
• -      Include description of what you did and saw.
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 You could plan is using the planning skeleton for a recount to plan it!

The Tudors

For your homework this week we would like you to find out about different types of Tudor transport but particularly about Tudor boats. One of the most famous was the ‘Mary Rose’.

 

Use the KidRex search engine to help you find safe sites. Please ask your teacher if you cannot access this and need any books from the library.

 

Try to find out what it would be like on a Tudor ship. How many people would there be? What were their jobs? How long did ships travel for? What did the sailors eat?

 

 

Crane Park

In preparation for our writing in the next few weeks we would like you to produce a comic strip all about our trip to Crane Park. 

This must be ready by 8^th May as we will be using it to plan our writing the following week.

Please include all aspects of the trip including the journey there and back, the activities and exciting or interesting events.

Include drawings and pictures to help explain what we did and remember to keep everything in chronological (time) order.

As this is a very visual piece of homework, you will not be able to complete it on our blog. Instead please draw and write on a piece of paper and bring it into school.

 I would love to see some comments about the trip on the blog as well!  

Remember to 'think, say, write, check' before posting!!

Should Daleks be allowed to live on earth?

This week we have started learning about discussion texts and have been reading an example text entitled ‘Should Daleks be allowed to live on Earth?’

This week we would like you to rewrite the text using the story map. You can try to copy the text exactly from memory or add in your own arguments and ideas.

Try to include:

-      Full sentences with capital letters and full stops.

-      Generalisers eg. some, most, all, many

-      Connectives eg. therefore, moreover, also

Vikings!

This week we have been reading The Saga of Erik the Viking and starting our adventure stories unit of work. For your homework this week we would like you to write a character description of the Viking god Odin who was the King of the Gods and in Viking mythology created the world.

 

You should include

-      A description of his physical appearance and his personality.

-      Full sentences.

-      Interesting sentence starters.

-      Conjunctions to extend your sentences.

-      Adjectives to describe.

 

 

Follow the link to watch the Viking Sagas which will give you more information:      

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/english/viking_sagas/episodes/part_1

Mine Mayhem!

Another Maths Game to play!

Have a go at the multiples, as well as looking at the simplifying fractions and prime numbers too!

 

Mine Mayhem!

Maths Rap!

Five Times Table Rap

 

You all seemed to really enjoy this maths rap... perhaps you'd like to practise it a bit more at home...!

Setting the scene.

Think about a place in your mythical story, this might be a forest, cave or castle. Imagine how your character feels as they enter this mysterious place. Write a short paragraph including:

·         Description of how your character moves.

·         What your character can see.

·         Adverbs to show how they are moving eg. Crept cautiously.

·         Anything they can hear, smell or touch.

 

I look forward to reading your blog entries, either on paper or on here!

Lord Voldemath...

Some of you were interested in playing this game to carry on practising your calculations! 

 

Here's the link!

 

http://mrnussbaum.com/voldemath-play

 

 

Speech

Write a conversation between two characters from Brave Rowland. Remember to use:

·         Speech marks around the words which are said.

·         Punctuation inside the speech marks.

·         A new line for each new speaker.

·         A comma to separate the speech and narrative.

·         Alternatives for said.

 

 

 

I look forward to reading your blog entries by Friday 23rd January!

Brave Rowland!

Our new literacy topic is ‘Stories with mythical creatures or events’. This week we have been learning the story of Brave Rowland. For your homework this week, write the first two chapters of the story. Use the story map as a reminder!

Remember to include:

- Capital letters and full stops

- Fronted adverbials

- Speech

- description

How Does a Tigon Catch Its Prey?

Pick one of your cross breed animals from last week’s homework. Then write a short explanation text about it with two paragraphs.

Paragraph 1: introduction. What is your animal called, what does it look like? What does it eat?

Paragraph 2: How does this animal catch its prey? (This is the bit which explains the 'how' and 'why')

For example:

How Does a Tigon catches Its Prey?

Tigons are a cross between a female lion and a male tiger. Unlike ligers, which are also a cross breed, tigons are much smaller than a lion or tiger. Tigons have four legs, a long tail and powerful claws. Interestingly, they also have a spotted and striped coat and a small mane similar to a lions.

Tigons, like lions and tigers, eat meat. First they hide in order to sneak up on their prey. Then they slowly approach the prey until they are within striking distance. When ready the tigon will leap at the prey, usually from behind, and sink its teeth into the animals flesh. The tigon will then drag its prey away to a safe place to feed on it.

As always, you need to think about sentences (think, say, write), spellings and making your writing interesting!

I look forward to reading your explanations!

Lion and Tiger Cross Cubs

Three unusual looking cubs have been born to a tiger mum and lion dad at a zoo in Germany.

Called ligers, the cubs have spots AND stripes on their coats and are thought to be the largest cats in the world.

One of the cubs died shortly after it was born, but the other two are said to be doing really well and are enjoying their new-found celebrity.

It is unusual for different species of animals to have babies together so liger cubs are very rare.

 

Even rarer are tigons, which are born to a lion mum and tiger dad. Unlike ligers, tigons are often much smaller than either of their parents.

Homework task;

If you could mix any two animals what would they be? 

What would you call the new animal?

What would it be like?

Where would it live?

What would it eat?

 

Write about your new animal using full paragraphs and extended sentences.

Please submit your writing, either via the blog or on paper, on Friday 21st November 2014

Mrs Messa

Half-Term Writing!

This term we have been learning about the Ancient Egyptians with a particular focus on transport and communication.  Your homework is to write a non-chronological report about the Ancient Egyptians.  You can include any information you have learnt about the Ancient Egyptians.  Think about how you will organise the information.  You may include the following paragraphs:

 

The Rosetta Stone

Heiroglyphs

Egyptian Ships

The Nile

 

Try and include the features of a non-chronological report that you have learnt about!

 

Remember, 'think, say, write, check'!

 

Mrs Messa

 

The Human Body!

The Digestive System

 

Over the next few weeks we will be writing non-chronological reports about the digestive system, which is our science topic.

For your homework, please research the organs of the digestive system and the journey food takes through our bodies.

Write some of your research onto the blog so that we have a shared resource when we come to write our reports!

Check your sentences and spellings very carefully. 

Remember: 'think, say, write, check'!

You need to post on the blog or give me your homework on paper by Friday 10th October!

 

Mrs Messa

Poetry Week!

 

 

POETRY WEEK!

 

Next week is Poetry Week so for your homework this week we would like you to find a poem and learn it by heart. Make sure you practise reading the poem aloud with lots of expression so that you can perform it to the class.

Computer Games

In ICT, we will be designing our own educational games using a programme called Scratch.  This week, we want you to think about any games that you already play; for example, on Mathletics.

Write about your favourite games:

What are they?
Why do you enjoy playing them?
What do you learn from them?
Do you have any ideas for your own educational game?

Spend about 20 minutes writing, and remember to think carefully about your sentences before you write them!

Please either write your homework on paper or send your blog online by Friday 26th September.

Traction Man Explores!

 

 

Imagine you are the size of Traction Man and are exploring our school garden. Write from the point of view of the character using the first person (I). What does it look, feel and smell like?

Include lots of adjectives and try to add similes and metaphors. Remember to think, say, write and check!

Your Blog Homework must be ccompleted by Friday 19th September 2014