Weeks Activities for w/b 30th March:
Instructions are in RED
Reminder - All those Lexia users should be logging on from home and working through those level now. Its an ideal opportunity to improve your reading and spelling skills. Lets get to that level 18.
Wednesday 1st April:
1. Reading:
- Answers to the Jurassic Park Comprehension are available to download here.
- Answers to the Apple Raid Comprehension are available to download here.
2. Creative Writing:
1. Today, the last day of spring term, is finsih off day as usual. Produce you final draft of the Wing story. Full spell check is needed as usual. Check below for any additional remeinders of what your final story should look like.
1. THE HIGHEST QUALITY VOCABULARY
2. IMPECCABLE, SPELLING
3. POWERFUL, PRECISE, ATMOSPHERIC DESCRIPTION
4. FULL RANGE OF PUNCTUATION
...and create something engaging.
Tips: If your story looks finished in one poaragraph, look again - there should be a paragraph for each element of the story.
Here's an idea of how they could be organized:
1. The attack
2. Building the wing
3. The fall and capture
4. The rescue
5. The escape together.
Remember, we are writing a story which is at a deeper level than a simple storybook story - we want decription, and tension and atmosphere, and a real sense that this story has a powerful message.
Tuesday 31st March:
1. Reading:
- For those with Stage 4 Essential Texts
Now answer the questions from yesterdays reading:
Download this poem with the questions
-- For those with Stage 3 Essential Texts:
Now answer the questions from yesterdays reading:
Only do the extra section in the questions if you have time and you feel creative.
Essential Ts:
Download this extract from a famous story /film qith the questions.
2. Creative Writing:
1. Today, if you have time, and continuing tomorrow, you can be working on really editing your Wing story. Remember, we are writing a story which is at a deeper level than a simple storybook story - we want decription, and tension and atmosphere, and a real sense that this story has a powerful message.
Tips: If your story looks finished in one poaragraph, look again - there should be a paragraph for each element of the story.
Here's an idea of how they could be organized:
1. The attack
2. Building the wing
3. The fall and capture
4. The rescue
5. The escape together.
There is lots of great imagery in this film, so use it well to create your atmosphere, excitement, sadness and an uplifting ending.
We've had some excellent idea on how to tranlste this story into another context including dragons, turtleson the beach and playground bullies, as well as using the original characters.
Monday 30th March:
1. Reading:
- For those with Stage 4 Essential Texts:
-- For those with Stage 3 Essential Texts: Essential Ts:
Download this extract from a famous story /film.
2. Creative Writing:
1. Today, we are going to use a resource we will use lots in the future, 'The Literacy Shed' .
Task 1 :
Watch this short film and make a mind map of the plot. You are going to write your own version. This story has a pertinent theme at the moment - that together, we are stronger.
See if you can separate the main story events in 4 - 6 ideas.
The Literacy Shed - Click then Scroll down and watch
Task 2:
Choose Your Challenge:
Challenge 1.
Begin writing the story of what you have just seen, with its beginning, middle and end. Use the same types of characters and make sure you use:
1. THE HIGHEST QUALITY VOCABULARY
2. YOU CAN USE EITHER THE FIRST OR THIRD PERSON: WRITE AS IF YOU WERE THE FIRST WINGED CREATURE, OR THE RESCUER, OR WRITE AS IF YOU ARE THE NARRATOR.
2. IMPECCABLE, SPELLING
3. POWERFUL, PRECISE, ATMOSPHERIC DESCRIPTION
4. FULL RANGE OF PUNCTUATION
...and create something engaging.
Challenge 2/3 - Extreme .
Change the setting and typr of charcters but keep the theme and outcome of the story the same - using strong elements and ideas from ther film.
e.g The dark force oppressing the seeningly helpless protagonist; the sacrifice made by someone who is willing to do anything to help; and the realisation that together, we are stronger and can defeat anything- (a phrase which describes this: the whole is often more than the sum of its parts)
Ideas on how you can modify the story:
- A science fiction version - robot slaves in a human world,
- A historic version - slaves in Roman/Greek times - the flying may be translated to rowing away over a river .
- Dragons hunted by knights and 'heroes'
We will be working on this story for the next couple of days.
