English – Lesson 1

Monday 13th April 2020

Grammar - Imperative Verbs

Grammar—Imperative Verbs

Fancy a challenge? Create a list of all the imperative verbs you can think of. Use this sheet to start your list (there are 20 or more on this sheet–can you spot them all?)

Recap: verbs are action words that describe what someone is doing e.g. run, jump and talk. When we write instructions, such as recipes, we have to use imperative (bossy) verbs. These words command us to complete an action.

e.g. Put it away. Do your work. Give me the book. Push the button.

First, _________ out 25g of flour. _________ the milk in to the mixture.

Then, _________ the tray in the oven.

Finally, _________ the icing sugar on top of the cake.

_________ them to cool for 5 minutes.

Use a spoon to _________ in the flour.

Next, _________ out the dough using star cutters.

Task 2: Circle/highlight the imperative verbs in these sentences.

sprinkle cut pour mix

put weigh leave

Shut the door it is freezing.

Grate the cheese and add it to your mixture.

Please turn off the light as you leave.

Complete all of your work to the best of your ability.

Pass the shop and turn right.

Put on your coat and hat when you go outside.

Task 1: Complete the sentences by adding an imperative verb (use the box provided to help you). Try to say each word in the sentence to see if it makes sense.

Answers: Imperative Verbs

When we write instructions, such as recipes, we have to use imperative (bossy) verbs. These words command us to complete an action. Task 1: Complete the sentences by adding an imperative verb (use the box provided to help you). Try to say each word in the sentence to see if it makes sense.

First, weigh out 25g of flour. pour the milk in to the mixture.

Then, put the tray in the oven. Finally, sprinkle the icing sugar on top of the cake.

Leave them to cool for 5 minutes. Use a spoon to mix in the flour.

Next, cut out the dough using star cutters.

sprinkle cut pour mix

put weigh leave

Task 2: Circle/highlight the imperative verbs in these sentences.

Shut the door it is freezing.

Grate the cheese and add it to your mixture.

Please turn off the light as you leave.

Complete all of your work to the best of your ability.

Pass the shop and turn right.

Put on your coat and hat when you go outside.

You may have different answers which would fit: e.g. mix / stir leave / allow put / place

English – Lesson 2

Tuesday 14th April 2020

Reading Retrieval

Reading Retrieval

Method

1. First, turn the oven on at 180°C or gas mark 4.

2. Put a paper fairy cake case in each hole of your fairy cake tray.

3. Next, put the sugar and 100g of butter in the large mixing bowl and mix it together. The butter needs to be soft so that you can really work it together with the sugar. It should be fluffy and creamy once combined.

4. Sift the flour into the bowl. This gets rid of any horrid lumps and make the flour nice and airy so you have light fairy cakes. Fold the flour into the sugar and butter.

5. Then, break the eggs into the small mixing bowl. Fish out any bits of shell that accidentally drop in and whisk the eggs together with a fork.

6. Add the vanilla extract and the eggs to the butter, sugar and flour mixture and mix together.

7. Divide the cake mixture out evenly between the 12 fairy cake cases.

8. Put the tray in the oven for 20 minutes. The fairy cakes should be golden once cooked. (…)

Ingredients

100g caster sugar

100g softened butter (for cakes)

200g softened butter (for icing)

100g self-raising flour

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

200g icing sugar

Makes 12 fairy cakes.

Read the start of this recipe. Then, answer the retrieval questions on the next page to show your understanding.

Equipment

Oven

Fairy cake tray with room for 12 fairy cakes

12 fairy cake cases

Large mixing bowl (…)

Reading Retrieval (Questions)

After reading the recipe, answer these retrieval questions. Use the text to help you.

1. How many fairy cakes does this recipe make?

2. How many eggs do you need?

3. What temperature should the oven be set to?

4. Once the mixture is combined, what should it look like?

5. How much softened butter would you need for your icing?

6. Find the type of flour that should be used.

7. What ingredient should you sift in to the bowl?

8. Find the two ingredients that you fold the flour into.

9. What should you do with any bits of shell that accidentally drop in to the bowl?

10. Find two imperative (bossy) verbs in step 6 which tell you what to do to the chocolate.

11. What should you do once you have added the vanilla extract and eggs?

12. How should the fairy cakes look once they’ve been cooked?

13. The tray should have room for how many fairy cakes cases?

Now try these more challenging questions: 14. If I want to make double the amount, how much caster sugar and icing sugar would I need?

15. Find the adjective in step 4 that describes the lumps.

Fancy a challenge? Show your understanding of these words from the text by writing them in to a sentence:

Answers: Reading Retrieval

1. 12 fairy cakes

2. 2 eggs

3. 180°c or gas mark 4.

4. Fluffy and creamy

5. 200g of softened butter

6. Self-raising flour

7. The flour

8. The sugar and butter

9. Fish out any bits of sell that accidentally drop in

10. Add and mix

11. Mix it together

12. They should be golden

13. The tray should have room for12 cake cases.

Now try these more challenging questions:

14. Caster sugar = 200g Icing Sugar = 400g

15. horrid

English– Lesson 3

Wednesday 15th April 2020

Writing a Recipe

Writing a Recipe

Fancy a challenge? We’re hungry just thinking about these yummy recipes! Cook or bake your recipe to see if your instructions are clear to follow. You can email your pictures to us at: year.4@merton.leics.sch.uk

Today, your task is to write a recipe of your choice! This could be your favourite recipe to cook or bake! You could use a cook book, the fairy cake recipe from your reading yesterday or BBC good foods to help you.

Things to include in your recipe:

A title:

Subheadings:

An ingredients list:

Measurements: (Otherwise the reader could use too much!)

An equipment list:

A method (instructions) using numbered bullet points.

Imperative verbs:

Clear instructions:

A drawing of the finished product.

Fronted adverbials:

In the next few pages, you will find an example of a recipe with these features, a word bank to help you and a blank recipe sheet to print if you need help with your layout.

Recipe Example

Method

1. First, turn the oven on at 180°C or gas mark 4.

2. Put a paper fairy cake case in each hole of your fairy cake tray.

3. Next, put the sugar and 100g of butter in the large mixing bowl and mix it together. The butter needs to be soft so that you can really work it together with the sugar. It should be fluffy and creamy once combined.

4. Sift the flour into the bowl. This gets rid of any horrid lumps and make the flour nice and airy so you have light fairy cakes. Fold the flour into the sugar and butter.

5. Then, break the eggs into the small mixing bowl. Fish out any bits of shell that accidentally drop in and whisk the eggs together with a fork.

6. Add the vanilla extract and the eggs to the butter, sugar and flour mixture and mix together.

7. Divide the cake mixture out evenly between the 12 fairy cake cases.

8. Put the tray in the oven for 20 minutes. The fairy cakes should be golden once cooked.

9. Whilst the fairy cakes are cooking, wash and dry the large mixing bowl. Add the remaining 200g of softened butter to the bowl. Sift the icing sugar into the butter and mix together. The icing should be smooth and creamy. You can add a drop of food colour at this point if you want coloured icing.

10. Put the icing into the bag, ready to ice the cakes.

11. Once the fairy cakes have cooked, let them cool completely in the tray. When the cakes are cool, pipe the icing onto each fairy cake. Letting the cakes cool fully stops the icing from melting!

12.Decorate the cakes with your choice of sweets and sprinkles!

Ingredients

100g caster sugar

100g softened butter (for cakes)

200g softened butter (for icing)

100g self-raising flour

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

200g icing sugar

Food colouring, sprinkles, marshmallows or any other decorations that you fancy

Equipment

Oven

Fairy cake tray with room for 12 fairy cakes

12 fairy cake cases

Large mixing bowl

Small mixing bowl

Wooden spoon

Fork

Icing bag

Makes 12 fairy cakes.

Here is the start of the recipe we used to make our mince pies in December!

Recipe Example

Imperative Verbs:

Fronted Adverbials:

Spelling Words:

Writing a Recipe - Word Bank

sprinkle

pour

mix

wait

place

knead

stir

roll

cover

leave

add

put

weigh

press

rub

cut

First,

Second,

Next,

Then, When,

Afterwards,

Meanwhile, Finally,

Recipe

Equipment

Ingredients

Method

sieve butter flour spoon knife

rolling pin pastry bowl oven fridge

Picture

English– Lesson 4

Thursday 16th April 2020

Revolting Recipes

Revolting Recipes

Roald Dahl has a book called Revolting Recipes! This week we have read and written recipes. Today, we would like you to write your own revolting recipe - it can be as funny or disgusting as you choose!

Here are some ideas to help you:

You could edit a real recipe but make it sound disgusting (even though it would be tasty) such as saying worms instead of spaghetti.

You could choose 2 (or more) main ingredients that really would not taste nice together. E.g. bubblegum pasta or Brussels sprout cake.

You could create ingredients that are funny words just like Roald Dahl did! His include: snozzcumbers, slobbages, fizzwinkles, frobscottle and pishlets.

You could use imperative verbs that are funny or disgusting in your recipe! E.g. squish, mash, plunge, wallop, pulp and crush.

Choose a funny title for your recipe. Some of Roald Dahl’s silly recipe names were: Grobswitchy Cake, Fresh Mudburgers, Glumptious Globgobblers and Whipple-Scumptious Fudgemallow Delight!

See the next page for a reminder of what you need to include in your recipe!

Imperative Verbs:

Revolting Recipe

sprinkle

pour

mix

wait

squish

mash

stir

plunge

wallop

crush

add

pulp

weigh

press

rub

cut

Roald Dahl’s Ingredients

snozzcumbers slobbages fizzwinkles,

frobscottle pishlets

Things to include in your recipe:

A title:

Subheadings:

An ingredients list:

Measurements:

An equipment list:

A method (instructions) using numbered bullet points.

Imperative verbs:

Clear instructions:

A drawing of the finished product.

Fronted adverbials:

English– Lesson 5

Friday 17th April 2020

Spelling and Handwriting

Spelling and Handwriting

Task 1: Find the following year 4 words in the word search below:

Fancy a challenge: Can you find 5 more year 3/4 spelling words? f________ m_____ l______ o_______ p______

Task 2: Unscramble the letters and spell the words correctly.

eeffirtdn ___________ eerscbid ___________

aappdreis ___________ iifflcdtu ___________

eeddic ___________

decide

describe

different

difficult

disappear

Task 3: Write the words out in your neatest handwriting.

You should look up the meaning of any words you do not know.

decide describe different difficult disappear

Answers Spelling and Handwriting

famous

opposite

minute

library

perhaps

Fancy a challenge

Task 1:

decide

describe

different

difficult

disappear

Task 2: eeffirtdn different eerscbid describe

aappdreis disappear iifflcdtu difficult

eeddic decide