Mr Gibbon’s English Set 1: Guided Reading (Daily for 25 minutes)

This week’s English theme is food.

Monday 11th May

First read the text on healthy eating at the bottom of the tasks. Look at the top 10 facts section. Order these from most important to least important. This is your opinion, there is no right or wrong answer! Do not write them all out, simply write the numbers in order of most important to least important. Write a reason why you think the one you have chosen is the most important. Write a reason why you think the one you have chosen is the least important. Discuss with people in your house to see if they agree.

Tuesday 12th May

Word meaning Create a dictionary definition of the following words:

• Plaque

• Bacteria

• Enamel

• Cavities

• Portions

• Energised

Wednesday 13th May

Author’s Choice 1) How has the author drawn your attention to specific parts of the text? 2) Was the article easy or difficult to read? What choices did the author make that made it easy/difficult? 3) How could the author improve the article? 4) Who do you think the author’s audience is for this article?

Thursday 14th May

Comprehension 1) What does a balanced diet mean? 2) Some foods have no nutrients. True or false? Explain why. 3) It is okay to have 8 portions of fruit and vegetables in a day? Why? 4) What are the 3 main food groups? 5) What does your body do with the nutrients it doesn’t need? 6) What is meant by ‘eating the rainbow’? 7) Why does the author tell you to count to 120 when brushing your teeth? 8) Are you guaranteed to be healthy if you just eat healthy foods? Why/why not?

Friday 15th May

Fun Reading Morning I’ve missed our fun reading mornings in Columba, so I’m going to give you this time to host your own. Grab your favourite book, sit with somebody from your household, pour a refreshing drink for each of you and enjoy reading together.

Leave me a message on FROG to tell me what book you read ☺

Mr Gibbon’s English Set 1 – Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

(Daily for 35 minutes)

This week’s spellings

Star word activity ideas

Monday 11th May

• Today’s star word – nutrition

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings.

• PAG activity – Choose one piece of food from your house. Make a collection of adjectives to describe the food. Use all your senses… including taste! (Make sure you ask an adult if you can eat the food first)

This week’s words will contain a mixture of the spelling patterns we have covered this year. ferociously essential inconceivable possession thoughtless vague descendent obtained typical parachute

Write the meaning of the word. Write some sentences using the word. Use the word when you are speaking and writing. Practise spelling the word by writing it in different ways E.g. bubble writing, rainbow writing etc. Make an acrostic poem using the word. Draw a picture showing the meaning of the word.

Tuesday 12th May

• Today’s star word – sustenance

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings.

• PAG activity – Now combine your adjectives to make 3 powerful sentences about your food using expanded noun phrases.

Wednesday 13th May

• Today’s star word – vegetarian

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings.

• PAG activity – We know that figurative language can be used to improve descriptions for certain effects. Make a list of similes/ metaphor that can be used to describe your chosen food.

Thursday 14th May

• Today’s star word – vegan

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings.

• PAG activity – Combine your powerful sentences with your figurative language to make ultimate sentences! Create a few and then ask your family which is their favourite and why.

Friday 15th May

• Today’s star word – cuisine

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings. Ask somebody at home to test you. ☺

Mr Gibbon’s English – Main lessons (Daily for 50 minutes)

Monday 11th May This week you are going to write a story about your own foodimal! This is a mixture of an animal and food. For example:

Divide a page into 4 equal sections. Create 4 of your own foodimals. Write the food you have used, the animal you have used and the foodimal’s name. Create a short description for each foodimal like the pictures above.

Tuesday 12th May Have a conversation with the people in your house about the foodimals you created yesterday.

Use their feedback to help you decide which one is your favourite. Create a factfile about your foodimal using the structure below.

Wednesday 13th May Every good narrative has a well-considered setting. Your story will be about an explorer finding your foodimal for the first time. Consider where your foodimal may be found. For example, the Mosquitoast would not be found in an ocean! Plan your setting using the structure below.

Thursday 14th May Before you start writing your story, you must have a clear plan about what is going to happen. Use the sandwich structure below to plan your narrative. Write the headings on a piece of paper and note down what you are going to include in each part of the story.

Friday 15th May Now it is time to write your story! Make sure you have your notes on your foodimal, your setting and your overall plan next to you as you write. Consider all the tools we use to make sure your writing is the best quality:

• Carefully selected figurative language

• Adverbials

• High level punctuation

• Prepositions for cohesion

• Expanded noun phrases

• Varied sentence structures

• Ambitious vocabulary

• Accurate spellings Take a picture of your writing and upload it to the Columba English FROG page for me to see. I will then give you feedback. I am looking forward to see the excellent work you produce!

Keeping healthy What does it mean to keep healthy?

Keeping healthy means doing things that are good for your body – things like eating nutritious foods, exercising, brushing your teeth and getting enough sleep. It’s important to understand how what you eat and what you do affects your body. A balanced diet means that your body is getting all the nutrients it needs. Brushing your teeth at least twice a day helps prevent tooth decay. Exercising for around 30-60 minutes each day means that you’ll stay fit and burn the right amount of calories. Top 10 facts

1. Keeping healthy means caring for your body so you have enough energy to learn, play and grow.

2. All foods contain nutrients which your body needs to stay active throughout the day. Some foods have more nutrients than others.

3. Everyone should have their ‘5 a day’ – this means five portions of fruit and vegetables, to get the right amount of nutrients.

4. A ‘portion’ means the amount of food that fits in your hand. When you eat more than what your body needs to keep healthy and energised during the day, you can put on too much weight.

5. In addition to your 5 a day, you also need portions of other food group like carbohydrates, water, fibre, minerals and fats.

6. It’s important that you get the right amount of each food group, which is called a balanced diet. Your diet is another word for the food that you eat – too much one food group and too little of another food group can can mean that your body isn’t healthy.

7. It's important not to eat too much sugar and salt: sugary foods are bad for your teeth and can be fattening, and salty foods can lead to heart disease.

8. Keep your mouth happy by brushing and flossing to have healthy teeth and gums. 9. Adults can keep healthy by avoiding things like alcohol and nicotine from cigarettes.

Both of these can cause dangerous diseases. 10. It’s important to have 30-60 minutes of exercise every day. This can be little things

like running around your back garden, playing games with your friends or even doing chores at home!

Did you know? All foods have nutrients in them. When you eat something, your body takes in the nutrients that it needs, and gets rid of what it doesn’t need. Remember ‘5 a day’ – everyone should eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day. Are you getting your 5 a day? Here are some things that count as portions of fruit and veg:

• an apple • a banana • sultanas • baked beans • carrots • fruit juice • fruit smoothie • veg in pasta sauce (such as onions and peppers)

Fruit and vegetables contain important nutrients for your body. You can get the most variety of nutrients if you choose fruit and veg that are different colours – like a rainbow! For instance, you can eat red tomatoes, orange oranges, yellow bananas, green grapes and blue blueberries. How many other rainbow combinations can you think of? It’s important to drink plenty of water during the day. Your body is mostly made up of water! The foods you eat don’t just affect the inside of your body, they affect your teeth too. Whenever you eat something – especially if it has sugar in it – some of it is left on your teeth. Plaque (a kind of bacteria) breaks down the sugars, which makes the enamel on your teeth soft. The enamel is what’s protecting your teeth, so once that’s gone you can get little holes called cavities that need to be filled by the dentist. You can keep your teeth healthy and prevent cavities by brushing them at least twice a day – front, back, top and even your tongue! Count all the way up to 120 as you brush to make sure that you’re brushing for long enough. Keeping healthy isn’t just about eating the right foods – it’s about getting exercise too. This doesn’t have to mean becoming an Olympic athlete – it just means playing a game of tag outside with your mates, or walking up stairs instead of taking the lift, or trying out for sports at school. You should get 30-60 minutes of exercise every day.

Mrs Ireson and Mrs Backhouse’s Set 2 English: Guided Reading (Daily for 25 minutes)

This week’s English theme is Feelings. For guided reading we will focus on the short film entitled, Little Freak.

Write your answers on paper. Be sure to use the title: Little Freak and write and underline the full date.

Monday 11th May

First Impressions This week we are going to watch the class clip Little Freak. Each day we will watch a little bit of the film, pause it and answer a few questions. Look at the film poster above. Before watching the clip, what do you think it could be about?

Tuesday 12th May

Retrieval and Inference Watch the film and pause it at 19 seconds when we see the caravan. • What can you see? • Do you think the director has chosen stormy weather on purpose? Why? • Why do you think he may be using black and white?

Wednesday 13th May

Retrieval, explanation and inference Start from the beginning and pause the film after his father says “make a wish”. • What is special about today? • Who has brought the cake? • Why does he call him lad? • What do you think he will wish for? • What do you think his dad looks like?

Thursday 14th May

Vocabulary and Inference Start from the beginning and pause the film after he says, “but that’s not the worst part.” • What do people call him? • Why do they call him this and when? • What could possibly be worse?

Little Freak - the link to watch the clip (watch from Tuesday onwards). Once opened you need to scroll down the webpage to find the film.

https://www.literacyshed.com/the-thinking-shed.html

Friday 15th May

Inference and Explanation Watch the film until the end and answer the following questions: • Discuss why he only actually asks for more wood. • How is this film particularly powerful?

Mrs Ireson and Mrs Backhouse’s Set 2 – Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

(Daily for 35 minutes)

Remember to always write and underline the title SPaG – Little Freak and the full

date.

This week’s spellings

Star word activity ideas

Monday 11th May

• Today’s star word – aspirations

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings.

• This week’s main task is linked to our guided reading class clip, Little Freak. This week we would like you to create vocabulary lists for different parts of the film. Today please list words to describe the boy who they call Little Freak. Here’s your first word: despondent.

Creating diminutives using prefixes

micro- or mini-

• minibus

• miniskirt

• minicam

• minibeast

• minicab

• minimum

• microscope

• microchip

• microphone

• microwave

Write the meaning of the word. Write some sentences using the word. Use the word when you are speaking and writing. Practise spelling the word by writing it in different ways E.g. bubble writing, rainbow writing etc. Make an acrostic poem using the word. Draw a picture showing the meaning of the word.

Tuesday 12th May

• Today’s star word – grotesque

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings.

• This week’s main task is linked to our guided reading class clip, Little Freak. Today create a vocabulary list words to describe the setting. Here’s your first word: cheerless.

Wednesday 13th May

• Today’s star word – humiliated

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings.

• This week’s main task is linked to our guided reading class clip, Little Freak. Today create a vocabulary list words to describe the emotions in the clip. Here’s your first word: optimistic.

Thursday 14th May

• Today’s star word – realism

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings.

• This week’s main task is linked to our guided reading class clip, Little Freak. Today create a vocabulary list of the nouns and verbs linked to the clip. Here are your first two: wagon and downpour.

Friday 15th May

• Today’s star word – aggrieved

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings. Ask somebody at home to test you. ☺

• Complete one of the star word activities for any of the words from this week.

Mrs Ireson and Mrs Backhouse’s Set 2 English – Main lessons

(Daily for 50 minutes)

Remember to always write and underline the title English – Little Freak and the full date.

Monday 11th May

Read the sentence below, it is based on our class clip, Little Freak. Write out the sentence and label the word classes that are used. (nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, determiners.)

“Ever so gently and with skilful fingers, the young boy sat carving the smooth wooden figurines, his brow furrowed with intense concentration and deep thought.”

Tuesday 12th May

Simile or Metaphor?

The rain beat down like whips to a horse’s back. Darkness encased the caravan- the heavy, grey clouds were a cage from which the boy could not escape. Tears welled in his eyes like a river about to burst its bank. The candles on the cake flickered wildly, like bright little glimmers of hope of which the boy clung onto for comfort. His father’s voice was a cup half full. Resentfully the boy could sense his optimism. Answer the following:

• What is a simile?

• What is a metaphor?

• Which of the above sentences use each of these techniques?

• Think of your own similes and metaphors for the film, Little Freak.

Wednesday 13th May

Draw out and complete the emotion graph for the boy who they call, Little Freak. What do you notice about the boy’s emotions as the film progresses?

Thursday 14th May

Read the diary entry below. It has been written from the perspective of the Little Freak. 18/11/79 Dear Diary, It’s my 13th birthday today; a milestone that most children welcome. But they are children who are able to think about their impending maturity and where their teenage years might to take them. Oh how I envy them. I already know how my first teenage year will pan out. It probably won’t be any different to the last one. Or the one before that. Father brought me a cake- that was nice of him. It was chocolate, my favourite, but then he told me to blow out the candle and make a wish. For a moment I thought “Is he serious?” before reminding myself that he doesn’t understand this hell I am trapped within. Why does he still not see it? Shouldn’t it have been obvious to him what I wished for? To be free! To be normal! My shoulder aches today. I think I held the chisel awkwardly in my left hand and somehow I’ve pulled a muscle- it looks even more distorted and disgusting than usual. I tried to examine it in the mirror but I just couldn’t bear to look at myself for long enough. I have much more to tell you but I shall have to come back later. Father is waiting with the shackles and today’s performance will begin shortly.

When will this end? I have so much more to give. Boy. Draw out the marking table below and complete it by looking for each feature within the

diary entry. Where there may be a lot of writing, just copy a sentence or two. 😊

Friday 15th May

Read the diary entry from yesterday again (it’s also below 😊). Using the text, create and answer your own true or false questions. Make sure they are not really obvious and remember to try and trick the reader. Aim for 10 true or false statements. 18/11/79 Dear Diary, It’s my 13th birthday today; a milestone that most children welcome. But they are children who are able to think about their impending maturity and where their teenage years might to take

them. Oh how I envy them. I already know how my first teenage year will pan out. It probably won’t be any different to the last one. Or the one before that. Father brought me a cake- that was nice of him. It was chocolate, my favourite, but then he told me to blow out the candle and make a wish. For a moment I thought “Is he serious?” before reminding myself that he doesn’t understand this hell I am trapped within. Why does he still not see it? Shouldn’t it have been obvious to him what I wished for? To be free! To be normal! My shoulder aches today. I think I held the chisel awkwardly in my left hand and somehow I’ve pulled a muscle- it looks even more distorted and disgusting than usual. I tried to examine it in the mirror but I just couldn’t bear to look at myself for long enough. I have much more to tell you but I shall have to come back later. Father is waiting with the shackles and today’s performance will begin shortly. When will this end? I have so much more to give. Boy.

Mr Lond’s Set 3 English: Guided Reading (Daily for 25 minutes)

Monday 11th May

Questions

1. When Sunset says, “Such a good idea of yours, Fixit,” do you think she is being

serious or sarcastic? Why? How do you know?

2. How did Fixit know there was someone there in the undergrowth?

3. What did Sunset think the animal was?

4. Why didn’t Fixit think it could be?

5. What type of dog did Sunset think Alfie was and why was she worried?

6. What are Alfie’s ears compared to at the end of the extract? Why is this?

Tuesday 12th May

Task Imagine you are Alfie and you are sleeping under the bushes with the foxes for the night. What might you dream about? What might happen to you? Write a description about Alfie’s dream – it can be happy or a scary one, depending upon how you feel.

Wednesday 13th May

Task In the extract, there are some examples of hyphenated words, eg; ice-cream. See if you can find them and then write them down. Now think about as many other examples as you can for descriptions that could use hyphens, Eg; cold-hearted / warm-blooded. Try and see if you can find 12 examples, then try using them in sentences of your own. Remember hyphens are NOT the same as dashes – dashes separate clauses from each other, whilst hyphens separate words that are all part of the same description.

Thursday 14th May

Task Can you predict what will happen in the next chapter without reading it. You could map out your ideas as words, a mind map, a spider-gram or even just pictures (like a cartoon trip if you prefer). Try and use your knowledge of what has happened so far to inform what you think will be the way the story develops.

Friday 15th May

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Mr Lond’s Set 3 English – Spelling, Punctuation and

Grammar (Daily for 35

minutes)

Additional Activities

Mon 4th May

Find out the meaning and word class of today’s 3 words.

• close-up

• empty-handed

• part-time

SPAG Divide a piece of paper into four. Using what you already know and some research, if needed, create a learning resource to teach others about: main clauses, subordinate clauses, coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions. You may want to lay it out like this:

Main clause Subordinate clause

Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions

Tues 5th May

Find out the meaning and word class of today’s 3 words, then draw each word (bubble writing) and colour them in.

• far-flung

• life size

• get-together

SPAG statements, commands, exclamations, questions.

1) Write C for command or S for statement next to each of the

sentences below.

Now please listen to the music. My computer is not working. It will be rainy today. Remember to bring your coats with you.

2) Write a question for the answer ‘Yes, please’.

3) Write this question as a command. Remember to punctuation

your answer correctly.

Can you open the window?

4) Write a statement to answer this question. Remember to

punctuation your answer correctly.

What will you do tomorrow?

5) Add a question mark or exclamation mark to the sentences

below.

How awful

How do you do

What do you think

What a day

6) Change this command to a question. Remember to

punctuation your answer correctly.

Tell me your name.

Wed 6th May

Find out the meaning and word class of today’s 3 words. Now put them into sentences of your own.

• well-being

• spine-chilling

• in-depth

SPAG Conjunctions

1) Add the most suitable conjunction from the options below.

unless/while/if/where

Tom was playing by the pond _______ Alex was digging in the sand pit.

2) Which word is a conjunction in the sentence below.

The whole family went to the beach although it was a freezing cold day.

3) Write a coordinating conjunction to complete the sentence.

Charlie and I spent a lot of time together _____ we are very

good friends.

4) Which sentences contain subordinating conjunctions?

We can play in the garden when we get home.

Can you sing while you are playing the guitar?

Let’s go to the sea and swim.

If you jump in the pool first, I will follow.

5) Add a subordinating conjunction to the sentence below.

The cat would not come down from the tree __________ it

was frightened by the dog.

6) Underline two conjunctions in this sentence.

I have lived here since I was born so I know a lot of people on

my street.

7) Add two subordinating conjunctions to the sentence below.

___________________ you are my best friend, sometimes I

like to play with Sajad ________________ he likes to climb

trees and you don’t.

Thur 7th May

Find out the meaning and word class of today’s 3 words, then see if you can put all this week’s 12 words in alphabetical order in a list.

• high-tech

• deep-fried

• runner-up

SPAG Clauses

1) Copy the main clause in the sentences below.

Although I enjoy going to the cinema, my favourite activity is going to the museum. My dad came into the room as I was jumping up and down on the sofa.

2) Which sentences contain a subordinate clause?

Freddie can run very well because he practises every day.

Laura likes to play football and she had a match most

weekends.

When Oscar goes on holiday, he swims in the sea.

3) Add the correct word to complete the subordinate clause in

the sentences below.

although/because/if

Amy goes to school on a bus __________ she lives too far

away to walk.

______________ they are not as popular as rabbits and

guinea pigs, snakes make interesting pets.

Could you hang the washing on the line ______________ you

have time please?

4) Write the option which correctly introduces the subordinate

clause.

furthermore/in addition/ otherwise/ even though

Edward wanted to go to school ____________ he wasn’t

feeling very well.

5) Copy the subordinate clause in each sentence below.

While you were playing outside, I finished my book.

We will go for a picnic unless it rains.

Friday 8th May

Find someone to test you on all 12 words! Then make a chart to record your weekly scores! SPAG relative clauses

1) Copy the relative clause in the sentence below My new kittens, who are called Smokey and Smudge, sometimes climb up the curtains.

2) Circle the relative clause in the sentence below.

Mikey won a trophy, which was a large silver cup, at his athletics competition.

3) Add a relative clause to the sentence below. My best friend, __________________________ is great fun to play with.

4) Copy the relative clause in the sentence below. The red bicycle that was left outside the shop belongs to Martin.