English Remote Learning – WB 22 nd June 2020

Over the next 2 weeks, we will be exploring the first chapter of Kenneth Granhame’s Wind in the Willows (one of mine and my Dad’s favorite books). I have included the first chapter for you – this is what you will need for this writing journey but you can access the whole book to read, here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27805/27805-h/27805-h.htm#I .

This week, you have the CHOICE of what you write. These will are your options: 1) Write either the Mole or the Rat’s diary, recounting the day’s events. Think about

their voice and viewpoint. How would each character write? 2) Create a menu for another riverside picnic. Use some of the food that is mentioned

in the text and think about what other food might have been eaten over a hundred years ago when the book was written.

3) Use the description of the river to inspire a description of the Wild Wood, which is mentioned briefly in chapter one. This is a dark and sinister place compared to the river. Imagine one of the characters is entering the Wild Wood. Use some of the same techniques that were used to describe the river, but try to create a creepy atmosphere. Read chapter three of the book and compare your description with Kenneth Grahame’s.

Monday 22 nd June 2020 – Developing Ideas If you are doing task one…

1. Draw a timeline of Mole or Rat’s day including the key parts – what are the most exciting things they would want to include?

2. Annotate each event with how they felt about it. Challenge: What do you think they would say about each event? Write it in their ‘voice’. Finding it tricky? Read the chapter out loud with someone else. As you read bullet point the key points. Then, decide which 6 points are the most important. Plot these on a time line.

If you are doing task two… 1. Sketch the items you might find at Mole and Rat’s picnic – about 3-6 items. Use

this for inspiration: https://www.marksandspencer.com/c/food-to-order/adventures-in-food/picnic-planning

2. Annotate each items with as many words as you can think of to describe it. Here is a WAGOLL of how you might describe each item when you come to write. I have highlighted each word/phase you might annotate the image with in yellow.

Challenge: Use a thesaurus to up-level your vocabulary choices. Finding it tricky? http://www.mykidsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jr-adjectives-for-describing-foods.pdf

If you are doing task three… 1. Sketch what you think the wild wood might look like! Why do you think they call

it wild? What atmosphere do you want to create? How will you create that? 2. Annotate it with words and phrases to describe the wild wood. Try to ensure

each word or phrase achieves the effect you want to create in your writing.

Challenge: Use a thesaurus to up-level your vocabulary choices.

WAGOLL for task 2: The ultimate sausage roll: What picnic is complete without a crowd-pleasing sausage roll? Made with pork from British Select Farms, where quality and animal welfare are the priorities, and seasoned with caramelised onion, sage and coriander, Our Best Ever sausage roll is the most succulent and flavour-packed sausage roll we’ve ever tasted. The all-butter puff pastry is made by hand over three days in a traditional process that includes resting time, which allows it to mature, ensuring the perfect texture and flavour. The end result is the ultimate sausage roll, which is 70% succulent, meaty sausage with caramelised edges and 30% golden flaky pastry.

WAGOLL for task 3: On the damp, earthy forest floor a cool, fresh stream rushed quickly past the towering emergent trees and over the smooth rocks. Huge boulders lay silently as moss grew over them like a soft green coat. Amongst the thick tangle of branches, long vines hung down loosely making bridges between the trees. Bright red bromeliads perched proudly on top of the thick branches and spread out their smooth waxy leaves. The air was warm and filled with the sounds of a thousand colourful birds and insects hidden out of sight beneath the bright green leaves.

Finding it tricky? Use the word bank to help you:

Tuesday 23 rd June 2020 – Planning Task One: Use a box it up plan to structure your ideas. Each box is a paragraph. In the middle you put the ‘big idea’ for that paragraph. Around the edge, you annotate it with what you are going to write about in that paragraph. Think of each annotation as a sentence. You need to aim to write 2 – 3 paragraphs for your chosen task.

Task 2: Inside out grid. Fill out the inside out grid for your chosen idea:

Finding it tricky? Don’t worry about task 2, just do task 1. Need a challenge? Edit and improve your examples you plan to use in your writing.

Wednesday 24 th and Thursday 25 th June 2020 – Writing, Editing and Improving

Over this week, you have picked a writing task and have been planning for it. You now have 2 days to write, edit and improve your chosen piece of writing.

1. Read your plan. 2. Read the WAGOLL. 3. Write the first chunk. 4. Edit what you have written for accuracy. 5. Improve what you have written, thinking about your chosen effect,

audience and purpose. 6. Repeat for the next ‘chunk’.

Resources to help:

Words to describe food:

http://www.mykidsadventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jr-adjectives-for-describing-foods.pdf

Finding it tricky? Do 2 paragraphs instead of 3. Need a challenge? Spend A LOT of time editing and re-editing for effect.

Friday 26 th June 2020 – Publishing Now it is time to present your work for your chosen audience. Write it up in neat and think about how you lay it out to achieve your chosen effect and to be suitable for both your purpose and audience.

Need a challenge? Have a go at a second task.