Hello all, I hope you are still keeping safe and enjoying ...

Hello all,

I hope you are still keeping safe and enjoying this time as much as

possible.

This third activity pack will keep you up to date with the skills we would

have been practicing in class.

Maths

➢ 14 x lessons focusing on decimals, multiplying, dividing and

perimeter. These are what would have been covered in class.

➢ 2 x challenge packs. Some of these are easier than others and the

harder ones are towards the end. If you have younger siblings, you

can use the earlier questions with them!

Writing

➢ 1 x creative writing pack focused on the video ‘Ride of passage’. The

link and all resources you need are available in the pack. There is

even a QR code if you wish to scan it and view the video on a

tablet or phone.

Reading

➢ 1 x a selection of VE Day poems for you to read. Your reading task

is to research VE Day and its significance. I don’t want to limit

your imagination here, but I would like you to complete a VE Day

project about an area that you find interesting.

➢ 1 x Reading Comprehension for you to sharpen your retrieval,

inference and vocabulary skills with.

Please do e-mail me if you have any questions or activities you’d like me

to see. It is a real highlight when I do see your work!

Keep safe,

Mr. Stephens

Adding decimals within 1

1 Workouttheadditions.

Usethenumberlinestohelpyou.

a) 0.3+0.2=

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

b) 0.1+0.4=

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

c) 0.2+0.1+0.2=

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

Whatdoyounoticeaboutyouranswers?

2 Completethepart-wholemodels.

a) c)

b) d)

3 Completetheadditions.

Usetheplacevaluechartstohelpyou.

a) 0.42+0.3=

b) 0.28+0.32=

©WhiteRoseMaths2020

0.1 0.3 0.5

0.4

0.7 0.2 0.05 0.0050.5

Ones Tenths Hundredths


0 4 0 2

+ 0 0 3


c) 0.28+0.36=

4 Usethecolumnmethodtoworkouttheadditions.

a) d)

b) e)

c) f)

5 Jackhassetupacolumnaddition

toworkout0.19+0.07

WhatmistakehasJackmade?

6 Workout7hundredths+34hundredths.

Giveyouranswerasadecimal.

7hundredths+34hundredths=

7 Evadrinksaquarterofalitreofwater.

Modrinks0.3litresofwater.

WhitneydrinksatenthofalitremorewaterthanMo.

HowmuchwaterdoEva,MoandWhitney

drinkaltogether?

0 4 2

+ 0 3

0 4 2

+ 0 0 3 3

0 0 4

+ 0 3 3

0 4 3 6

+ 0 1 7

0 7 5 1

+ 0 0 9

0 1 9

+ 0 7


Water

Subtracting decimals within 1

1 Workoutthesubtractions.


a) 0.9–0.2=

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

b) 0.8–0.1=

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

c) 1–0.2–0.1=

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

Whatdoyounoticeaboutyouranswers?

2 Completethepart-wholemodels.

a) c)

b) d)

3 Completethesubtractions.

Usetheplacevaluechartstohelpyou.Thefirstonehasbeen

startedforyou.

a) 0.42–0.3=


b) 0.28–0.05=



0.6

0.3

0.09

0.03

0.7

0.3

0.005

0.004


4 Usethecolumnmethodtoworkoutthesubtractions.

a) c)

b) d)

5

DoyouagreewithEva?

Workouttheanswerto0.56–0.099

6 Findthedifferencebetween53hundredthsand8tenths.

Giveyouranswerasadecimal.

Thedifferencebetween53hundredthsand8tenthsis

7 Apieceofwoodis0.9metreslong.

Itiscutinto3unequalpieces.

Thefirstpieceis0.2metreslongerthanthesecondpiece.

Thethirdpieceis23hundredthsofametreshorterthanthe

secondpiece.

Howlongiseachpieceofwood?

1st= 2nd= 3rd=

I can’t work out 0.56 – 0.099 because 99 is bigger than 56

0 8 9

– 0 4

0 7 7

– 0 6 8

0 7

– 0 2 5

0 7 7

– 0 6 4

1st

2nd

3rd

Complements to 1

1 Eachhundredsquarerepresentsonewhole.

Usethehundredsquarestohelpyoucompletetheadditions.

a) 0.3+ =1 c)1= +0.79

b) 0.35+ =1 d) +0.01=1

2 Completethecalculations.

Shadethehundredsquarestohelpyou.

a) 1=0.47+ b)0.02+0.2+ =1

3 Completethebarmodels.

a)

1

0.17

b)

1

0.49

c)

0.71

1

d)

0.32 0.33

1



4 Teddyhasthesecounters.

Hewantstoexchangetheseforasmany1scountersaspossible.

Howmany1scounterscanhecollect?


54+ =100

5.4+ =10

0.54+ =1

0.054+ =0.1

Whatisthesameandwhatisdifferentaboutyouranswers?

6 Completethesentences.

a) 6tenths+ tenths=1whole

b) 23hundredths+ hundredths=1whole

c) 2tenths+ hundredths+ tenths=1whole

7 Matchthepairsofdecimalsthataddtogethertomake1whole.

0.12

0.988

0.21

0.79

0.212

0.778

0.012

0.788

0.222

0.88

8 Mohascompletedthesecalculations.

Hehasgotthemallincorrect.

WhatmistakehasMomade?

CorrectMo’scalculations.

a) 0.22+ =1 c)0.677+ =1

b) 0.39+ =1

a) 0.22 + 0.88 = 1

b) 0.39 + 0.71 = 1

c) 0.677 + 0.433 = 1

101

10110

110

110

110

110

110

1100

1100

1100

11001

1001

100

Adding decimals – crossing the whole

1 Workoutthetotalsofthesedecimals.


a) 0.7+0.7=

0 0.5 1.51 2

b) 0.9+0.45=

0 0.5 1.51 2

c) 0.6+0.8+0.15=

0 0.5 1.51 2


a) 0.74+0.36=


b) 0.86+0.68=



0 7 4

+ 0 3 6

0 8 6

+ 0 6 8

0 3

+ 0 8 0 4

0 6 0 4

+ 0 5 1 9


a) e)

b) f)

c) g)

d) h)

0 7 5 1

+ 0 3 2

0 5

+ 0 7 7

0 2 2 2

+ 0 8 7 6


4 Teddyruns0.32km.

Amirrunshalfakilometre.

Whitneyruns0.47km.

a) Howfardotheyrunaltogether?

km

b) Jackruns7tenthsofakilometrefurtherthanWhitney.

HowfardoesJackrun?

km

5 Ronbuysalltheseitemsplusadrinkcostingninety-fivepence.

HowmuchdoesRonspendintotal?

Ronspends£ intotal.

0 4 2

+ 0 6 9

0 4 1

+ 0 7

0 9 6

+ 0 9 7

Crisps

£0.79

£0.65

£0.54

Adding decimals with the same numberof decimal places


Usetheplacevaluechartstohelpyou.

a) 4.45+3.21=


1 1 1

1

1 1 1

b) 4.45+3.61=


c) 4.45+3.78=

Whichcalculationwaseasier?Talkaboutitwithapartner.


a) e)

b) f)

c) g)

d) h)


4 4 5

+ 3 2 1

4 4 5

+ 3 6 1

6 0 3

+ 3 9 1

5 3

+ 2 5

3 1 0 2

+ 5 8 7 6

1 2 0 3 4

+ 9 2 2 7


4 4 5

+ 3 7 8

2 3 2

+ 1 0 1 7

6 3 7

+ 6 2 6

5 7 5

5 3 2

+ 5 0 1

1 4 9 9

+ 1 2 3 7


3 Workoutthecalculations.

Write<,>or=tomakethestatementscorrect.

a) 0.64+4.79 5.01+0.23

b) 7.427+3.238 5.427+5.832

c) 3.08+4.63 4.84+2.87

4 Teddyisworkingoutthetotalcostoftheseitems.

Herearehisworkings.

TalktoapartneraboutTeddy’smistake.

Workoutthecorrectanswer.

5 Workouttheperimeteroftheshape.

perimeter= cm

6 Completethenumberline.

3.65

+1.78 +1.78 +1.78

7 Evastartswiththenumber1.62

IsRosiecorrect?

Talkaboutitwithapartner.

£5.75

£11.20

5 7 5

+ 1 1 2 0

6 8 7 0

4.5cm

9.3cm

I added a number and got 2.8

This is impossible as 2.8 only has one digit after

the decimal.

Eva

Rosie

5 6 4

– 3 1 2

Subtracting decimals with the samenumber of decimal places

1 Useaplacevaluechartandcounterstohelpyoucomplete

thesubtractions.

Tens Ones Tenths Hundredths

1 1 1 1 1

1 1

a) 14.83–12.12= c)14.83–12.92=

b) 14.83–12.14= d)14.83–12.94=

e) Whichcalculationwaseasier?Talkaboutitwithapartner.

f) Whathappenswhenyoudon’thaveenoughcountersina

columntotakeaway?

2 Completethesentences.

1tencanbeexchangedfor ones.

1onecanbeexchangedfor tenths.

1tenthcanbeexchangedfor10 .

3 Annieiscalculating2.42–1.17usingthecolumnmethod.

Sheusesaplacevaluecharttohelpher.


1 1

Howdoestheplacevaluechartsupportthecolumnmethod?


4 Completethecolumnsubtractions.

a) c)

b) d)


8 0 9

– 3 8 1

2 34 12

– 1 1 7

1 2 5

1 2 0 2

– 1 1 3 8

5 6 4

– 3 1 5


5 Whitneyhas£8.52

Shebuysthiscomic.

Howmuchmoneydoesshehaveleft?

£

6 Herearesomeitemsforsaleinashop.

a) Howmuchmoredoesascarfcostthanabagofmarbles?

£

b) Estherhas£15.31

Shebuysapairofheadphonesandabagofmarbles.

Howmuchmoneydoesshehaveleft?

£

c) Tomhas£7.01

Hebuysoneitemandhas£5.92left.

Whatdidhebuy?

Tombought .

7 RonandDoraaredoingasponsoredwalk.

Ronwalks3.12miles.

Dorawalks5.49miles.

HowmuchfurtherdoesDorawalkthanRon?

Dorawalks milesfurtherthanRon.

8 Tommyhasthreepiecesofstring.

• Thefirstpieceis0.78mlong.

• Thesecondpieceis0.24mshorterthanthefirstpiece.

• Thethirdpieceis0.07mshorterthanthesecondpiece.

Whatisthetotallengthofallthreepiecesofstring?

Giveyouranswerinmetresandcentimetres.

mand cm

9 A,BandCarepointsonanumberline.

100 200

A

118.76

C

186.34

B

159.72

HowmuchgreateristhedifferencebetweenAandCthanthe

differencebetweenBandC?

Comparemethodswithapartner.

£3.25

£2.27 £9.10 £4.91 £1.09

Adding decimals with a different numberof decimal places

1 Ronisadding1.4and2.53

Hemakeseachnumberwithcounters.


a) WhatistheanswertoRon’scalculation?

b) Explainyourmethodtoapartner.

c) Didyouhavetomakeanexchange? .

2 Workouttheadditions.

a) c)

3 0 2

+ 1 6

b) d)

3 Filipisaddingtwonumberstogether.

Hewritesitasacolumnaddition.

a) WhatmistakehasFilipmade?

b) Usethecolumnmethodtoworkoutthecorrectanswer.


a) 2.36+1.9 b)14.82+3.7


1 3 5

+ 0 2 3

2 8

+ 3 4 5

6 1 5

+ 1 3 9

1 3 8

+ 1 9 5

3 3 3

1 1



a) 0.59+11.9 c) 0.591+1.73

b) 77.34+1.82 d) 3.2+1.84+0.931

6 MrHalldrivesfrompointAtopointB,thenontopointC.

WhatisthetotaldistancethatMrHalldrives?

km

7 Herearefournumbercards.

3.8

4.19

0.72

11.46

a) Whatisthegreatesttotalyoucanmakebyaddingtwoof

thenumbers?

Completethecalculation.

+ =

b) Whatisthesumofthefournumbers?

8 Workoutthemissingdigits.

a) __4.3+1__.37=39.67 b)4.8__+__.__=12.65

9 Thetotalmassofthetwoboxesis10.85kg.

Whatcouldthemassofeachboxbe?

Howmanyanswerscanyoufind?

A

BC

72.5km

103.6km

__.__kg __.____kg

Subtracting decimals with a differentnumber of decimal places

1 Usetheplacevaluecharttohelpyouworkoutthesubtractions.


a) c)

5 3 6

– 1 2

5 3 6

– 3 8

b) d)

5 3 6

– 3 5

5 3 6

– 4 7

2 Alexisusingcounterstohelpherworkout4.7–1.35

DoyouagreewithAlex? .


3 Completethesubtractions.

a) c)

2 3 6

– 1 4

7 3

– 1 1 5

b) d)

6 1 5

– 3 8

2 4 4

– 3 1 2


a) 13.59–1.82 c)5.6–1.39

b) 73.84–9.2 d)18.2–3.64


I can’t do this as I don’thave any hundredths counters.


5 Aplankofwoodmeasures2.6m.

Acarpentercutsapieceofwoodfromtheplankthatis0.52mlong.

a) Whatisthelengthoftheremainingplank?

m

b) Thecarpentercutsasecondpieceofwoodfromtheplank.

Shenowhas0.3moftheplankremaining.

Whatisthelengthofthesecondpieceofwoodthatshecut?

m

6 Themassofabagofmarblesis54.3g.

Thesetwomarblesareremovedfromthebag.

Whatisthemassofthebagofmarblesnow?

g

7 Workoutthemissingdigits.

__3.4–2.5__=10.81


a) 14–2.7 d) 26–3.91

b) 8–3.65 e) 25–3.842

c) 20–2.85 f) 90–0.821

34 cm 221 cm2.6m

7.2g 14.54g

Multiply 2-digits (area model)

1 Kimisusingbase10toworkout31×22

UseKim’smodeltohelpyoucompletethesentences.

×

30

1

20 2

Thereare onesaltogether.

Thereare tensaltogether.

Thereare hundredsaltogether.

31×22=

2 Usebase10toworkoutthemultiplications.

a) 12×14= b) 23×13=

3 Amirisusingbase10tocalculate31×24

a) Addthemissinginformationtotheareamodelandcomplete

thesentences.

×

Thereare onesaltogether.

Thereare tensaltogether.

Thereare hundredsaltogether.

b) Describeanyexchangesyouneedtomake.

c) Completethemultiplication.

31×24=

4 Usebase10toworkoutthesemultiplications.

a) 25×15= b) 36×12=



5 Usetheplacevaluecounterstocompletethemultiplicationgrid

andsentence.

× 10

10 1 1 1 1 1 1

10

10

10

100

100

100

100

100

100

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

1

1

10

10

10

10

1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1

× 20 6

30

2

26×32=

6 Useanareamodeltohelpyoucompletethemultiplication.

a) 28×14= c) 35×22=

× 20 8

10

4

b) 27×16= d) 45×36=

×

7 Completethemultiplications.

21×24= 31×25=

18×26=

8 24× =768

Completetheareamodeltofindthemissingnumber.

×

9 Useeachdigitcardoncetowriteamultiplication.

× =

Howmanydifferentanswerscanyoufind?

Howmanyproductsaretherebetween1,000and1,500?

3 4 52

Multiply 4-digits by 2-digits

1 Completethemultiplication.

1 2 3 4

× 2 1

1 2 3 4

2 4 6 8 0

(1,234× )

(1,234× )

2 Tommyiscalculating1,234×26

a) Completehisworkingout.

1 2 3 4

× 2 6

71 42 02 4

2 4 6 8 0

( × )

( × )

b) FillinthegridtocheckTommy’sworkingisaccurate.

Youmayuseplacevaluecounterstohelp.

× 1,000 200 30 4

20

6

3 Rosieiscalculating2,541×42

HereisRosie’sworking.

a) Rosiehasmadetwomistakes.Whatarethey?

b) Whatisthecorrectanswer?

4 Workoutthemultiplications.

a) 4,284×23 b) 2,142×46

Whatdoyounotice?


2 5 4 1

× 4 2

41 0 8 2

82 01 6 4

11 2 11 4 6

(2,541 × 2)

(2,541 × 40)


5 Amachinemakes2,734boxeseveryhour.

Themachineworksfor3hourseachday.

a) Howmanyboxeswillitmakein12days?

b) Comparemethodswithapartner.Werethereanyotherways

youcouldhaveworkedouttheanswer?

6 Workout378×7×12

Showyourmethodclearly.

7

a) Usingallthedigitcards,create4differentcalculationsandwork

outtheanswertoeach.

b) Writeyouranswersinascendingorder.

c) Whatisthesmallestproductthatcanbemade?

8 Amirscores4,680pointsinacomputergamefor12gamesinarow.

Whitneyscores2,512pointseverygamefor24games.

Whoscoresmorepoints?

Howmanymore?

2 3 4 5 61

×

Divide with remainders

1 a) Circlethegroupsof3tohelpcompletethesentences

andcalculation.

Thefirststephasbeendoneforyou.

Th H T O

1,000

1,000

1,000

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

10

10

10

1 1

1 1

1 1

1 1

1

3 3 9 3 8

Thereis 1 groupof3thousands.

Thereare groupsof3hundreds.

Thereis groupof3tens.

Thereare groupsof3ones.

Thereare onesleftover.

3,938÷3= remainder

b) Useplacevaluecounterstoworkout8,407÷4

Th H T O

4 8 4 0 7

8,407÷4= remainder

2 a) Completethedivisions.

Useplacevaluecounterstohelpyou.

3 7 5 9 5

4 8 5 6 7

5 6 5 6 2

3 3 9 3 5

b) Write<,>or=tocompletethestatements.

7,595÷3 8,567÷4

6,562÷5 3,935÷3



3 Writethecalculationsinthecorrectcolumnofthetable.

5,066÷4

6,562÷4

9,513÷4

6,563÷4

1,234÷4

9,515÷4

Remainderof1 Remainderof2 Remainderof3 Remainderof4

Areanycolumnsempty?Talktoapartneraboutwhythis

hashappened.

4 7,816 7,861 6,781 1,786

IsEvacorrect?

Howdoyouknow?

5 Thereare459childreninaschool.

Theyaresittingattablesingroupsof7

DoyouagreewithMo?

Explainyouranswer.

6 Bagsofcrispsareputintomultipacksof6

Themultipacksarethenpackedintoboxesof8

Yesterday,6,500bagsofcrispswerepacked.

Howmanyboxesofcrispswerepacked?

7

÷

a) Howmanywayscanyoucompletethecalculationusingallthe

digitcardssothatthereisaremainderof1?

b) Whatdoyounotice?

8 Doraisthinkingofanumberbetween500and600

Whenshedividesitbya1-digitnumberithasaremainderof4

WhatcouldDora’snumberbe?

I know that if I divide these numbers by 5 the

remainder will be 1

We will need 65 tables.

2 3 4 5

Calculate perimeter

1 Calculatetheperimeterofeachshape.

a) c)

b) d)

2 Calculatetheperimeteroftheseshapes.

a)

b)


a) b)


1cm

1cm

1cm

1cm

1cm

1cm1

cm1cm

8cm

8cm

3cm 3cm

8cm

10cm

6cm

7cm

4cm

3cm

7cm

5cm

2cm

6cm

3cm

2cm1cm

7cm7cm

4cm


4 Workoutthemissinglengthsontheseshapes.

a) b)

Discusswithapartnerhowyouworkedthemout.


a) b)

6 Mothinksthatthereisnotenoughinformationtocalculatethe

perimeteroftheshape.

Ishecorrect?Howdoyouknow?

7 Rosieismakingshapesmadeupof3rectangles.

Eachrectanglehasalengthof10cmandawidthof4cm.

Shemakesthese2shapes.

a) Whichshapehasthegreatestperimeter?

b) Whatothershapescanyoumakewith3rectangles?

Whatistheperimeteroftheshapes?

cm

cm

3cm

7cm

5cm

4cm

2cm

4cm

9cm

10cm

3cm

cm

10cm

6cm cm

2cm

3.5cm

4cm

3.5cm

9.2cm 9.2cm

17cm

9cm

3cm

AB

Year 5

Inside this booklet, you will find some ideas for Creative Writing projects that we would like you to partake in as part of your home-learning.

Please aim to do one page per-day.

Below, you will find a list of the key Year 5 writing skills we should see in your writing. Please try to include these as much as possible:

Stupendous Speech!Use the following checklist to make sure you punctuate speech correctly!

Add a ‘whilst’ clause for extra characterisation:

The warrior declared bravely, whilst holding his sword in the air, “I will destroy the monster!”

Page 1

Comma king!Use commas for a range of different reasons

within your writing:

• Before dialogue.• Relative clauses.• Connect openers.

• To punctuate lists of adjectives.

Figurative language strategies:

• Simile – Use the word “like” or “as” to compare.

• Metaphor – Say one thing is another thing.

• Personification – Making an object or thing sound like it is alive, by using active

verbs.• Hyperbole – Over-exaggerating.• Pathetic Fallacy – Personifying the weather to mimic a character's emotion.

• Onomatopoeia – A word that sounds like the sound it makes.

• Symbolism – Using a theme within figurative language and weaving it right

through the text.

Page 2

Ride of Passage

Your task is to watch the video “Ride of Passage”. There are three ways you can find this video. 1) Search “Ride of Passage” on Youtube and click on the first link.”2) Use your iPad or phone camera to scan

the QR Code. This should take you to the video:

3) Type the following link into your browser:

www.tinyurl .com/rideofpassage

Story-boarding

When you have watched the video, create a comic strip story-board that shows what happens in the story.

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Page 3

Ride of Passage

Setting Description: Building Ideas

Look at the image of a rainforest below. Your task is to annotate everything you can see in this picture, using arrows and labels. Where possible, try to use high-level vocabulary and figurative language. I’ve done one for you:

Vibrant, cerise orchids, as bright as lightbulbs.

Page 4

Ride of Passage

Setting Description Expanding ideas and detail.Using your notes from the previous page to begin, start to add more detail to your images by filling in the senses web. Try to get at least 5 ideas in each section.

Page 5

Ride of Passage

Setting Description: Hyphenated words and synonyms

Looking at the colour thesaurus below, can you write descriptions of anything you can see, using hyphenated adjectives.

Look at my example below:

• The flowers, that were blowing in the wind, were amethyst-pink.

Page 6

Ride of Passage

Page 7

Setting Description: Hyphenated words and synonyms

Ride of Passage

Setting Description: Relative ClausesRelative Clauses:

Example:

Simple Sentence:The flowers were amethyst-pink.

Improved with a Relative Clause:The flowers, which smelled sweeter than honey, were amethyst-pink.

Improve the sentences:

Simple sentence:

The vines hung from the canopy like streamers.

Improved with a Relative Clause:

The vines, which _______________________________________________________,

hung from the canopy like streamers.

Simple sentence:

A beautiful stream trickled over the forest floor like magic.


A beautiful stream, ______________________________________________________________

____________________, trickled over the forest floor like magic.

Page 8

Ride of Passage

Setting Description Relative Clauses


Simple sentence:

A stunning waterfall crashed to the ground in a crescendo.


Make your own:

Simple Sentence:


Page9

Ride of Passage

Setting Description: Independent Writing

Page 10

Using what we have learned so far, write a setting description to describe a rainforest setting. Use the image below to start your imagination, or scan the QR code and use the video attached as your inspiration. Try to write at least 3 different paragraphs. Each one should be about a different feature of the setting.

Try to refer to the skills checklist at the front of your booklet to ensure you are practicing a range of writing skills.

Page 10

Ride of Passage

Setting Description: Independent Writing

Page 10Page 11

Ride of Passage

Character Description: Idea Building

Page 12

Look at the image of the main character below. Your task is to annotate everything you can see in this picture, using arrows and labels. Where possible, try to use high-level vocabulary and figurative language. I’ve done one for you:

Calloused feet, that are stained with dirt.

Scared Amazed Pleased

Ride of Passage

Character Description: Inference

Page 13

In the table below, can you come up with one idea of how the main character may act that could show the reader how he is feeling, rather than telling them. Think about their body language and movements.I’ve done one example for you.

Disappointed Angry Shocked

The boy’s body slumped and he let out a deep

sigh.


Simple sentence:

The boy’s eyes glistened azure-blue.

Improved with a simile:

The boy’s eyes were as azure-blue as _________________________________.

Simple sentence:

His hair was rough and messy.


His hair was rough and messy like ______________________________________

________________________________________________________.

Simple sentence:

His spear was long and thin.


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Character Description: Similes

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Similes use the words “Like” or “As” (Or in some cases, “More… than…” or “Less… than…”

Look at the different features you have labelled on your image of the boy. Can you write similes to describe the different features?

Example:

Simple Sentence:His hair was brown and shaggy.

Improved with a simile:His hair was as brown and shaggy as a lion’s mane.


Simple sentence:

The boy’s feet ___________________________________________________________________.


Make your own:

Simple sentence:


Simple sentence:


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Character Description: Expanded Noun Phrases.

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Expanded noun phrases are when we describe something using the following pattern:

Adjective , adjective noun with adjective noun

Have a look at my example:

The boy had muddy, grimy feet with chipped toenails.

Have a go at describing the following things using expanded noun phrases:

• The boys clothes.• His hands.• His skin.• His face.• His hair.

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Narrative: Planning

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Now we have looked into writing setting and character description, can you plan the story in more detail? Make sure you tick off at least three areas of the writing wheel for each. Remember, you are just planning so you only need to write notes for each piece:

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Narrative: Independent Writing

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Now it is time to write the story. Try to refer to the skills on Pages 1 and 2 and sprinkle them throughout all of your story.

Try to make this your best writing, and use your best handwriting.

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Other Text Ideas

Below, you will find a checklist for different ideas. Can you write some of the following texts about the “Ride of Passage” video?

The war is won. It’s VE day.A wild excitement fills the air.Grown-ups busy, children playamong the tables, standing therein roads bedecked with myriad flagsand bunting hung across the street.Women dressed in their best ‘rags’pile tables high with things to eat.

Men pull rafters from a bomb site,building a gigantic fire.Hitler, sitting very upright,waiting for his funeral pyre.Ernie plays the old ‘joanna’,favourite tunes that won the war.Any song for just a tanner;money goes to help the poor.

Beer and whisky flow like water,hoarded for this special day.Young men hang round Charlie’s daughter,pretty as the flowers in May.Darkness falls, they light the fire.Flaming fingers reach the top.Adolph, sitting in a tyre,Burns until his head goes ‘Pop’.

Dance and singing follow after.Okey cokey, Conga too.Food and drink and lots of laughter.Oh, it was a perfect do.

So our super day has ended,heads are aching, feet are sore.Still, at least they’ll soon be mended;different from those hurt in war.Let us hope we never have tocelebrate a VE day.

Be as one, just Europeans.

Jack Woods, WW2 People’s War WW2 People’s War is an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC.

The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar

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Do not call me hero,When you see the medals that I wear,

Medals maketh not the hero,They just prove that I was there.

Do not call me hero,Now that I am old and grey,I left a lad, returned a man,

They stole my youth that day.

Do not call me hero,When we ran the wall of hail,

The blood, the fears, the cries, the tearsWe left them where they fell.

Do not call me hero,Each night I stop and pray,

For all the friends I knew and lost,I survived my longest day.

Do not call me hero,In the years that pass,

For all the real true heroes,Have crosses, lined up on the grass.

Rob Aitchinson, WW2 People’s War WW2 People’s War is an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC.


The Longest Day




Forget us not,For we made our pledge for you,Gave Heart, and Mind, and Life,

For peaceful times.

For us not,Our cause for England’s sake,Look to those foreign fields,Upon our endless graves.

Look to the skies,To where the skylark sings in freedom’s flight,

Piercing with song,The tranquil morning light.

Look on, and think not of goodbyes,But with us pledge, that we, with thoughts of you,

Gave body, hope for future years,Man’s path would lead to right.

Forget us not,When thoughts of England flow,

When in the fieldsThe abundant poppies grow.

For life, gave life,As of the scattered seed,And this our sacrifice,

In England’s times of need.

Maxwell Dunlop, WW2 People’s War WW2 People’s War is an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC.


Forget Us Not




Day of joy and of sadness,Day of sorrow and of gladness,

Day of cheering and of drinking,Day of crying and of thinking.

Day of prayer to God above,Day of prayer for those we love,

Day of prayer for those we’ve lost,Day of counting up the cost.

Day when Allies fight is done,Day when victory is won,

Day for peace - so long expected,Day for children - long neglected.

Day with factory wheels at rest,Day with people in their ‘best’,

Day of crowds and shouts and noise,Day of returning girls and boys.

Day of Liberty, day to pray,Day of Victory, Victory Day.

Joe Heard, WW2 People’s War, who lost two of his brothers during the war.

Hubert, Joe’s youngest brother, was in the RNVR and was called up as soon as war was declared. He served on the “Jerivs Bay” and was killed on 5th November 1940.His other brother, Peter, was a skipper of the ‘Rosena’ and a minesweeper. He was killed on 7th January 1943.

WW2 People’s War is an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC.The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar

Victory Day




The radio gave out the news:”War’s Over!”We’ve victory in Europe. peace at last!

The Government announced a National HolidayTo celebrate that war in Europe’s past!

Our students hostel buzzed with great excitement,My fellow students rushed to Leicester Square

Or Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace,Westminster Bridge, Embankment; funtime shared!

I longed to travel home, rejoin my parents,But feared I’d not complete the journey back

Through crowded London Underground, be sharingCongested carriages, each one jam-packed!

Decided to catch up with College studies.Heard dance music from Clapham Common riseUp to my study-bedroom. Dropped all prudenceAnd joined an Army Band on Common espied.

We danced with men in uniform, al fresco,Quickstep, waltz, foxtrot played by military Band.Great War was over. Peace now reigned in Europe.

Enjoyed our VE Holiday unplanned.

Gwen Blott, WW2 People’s War WW2 People’s War is an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC.


VE Day, 1945




The Tell Tale Heart is a story of murder written in 1843. The main character of the tale kills another man because he fears his ‘pale blue eye’ and hides the body beneath the floor boards. The extract below follows on from this point in the story.

There entered three men, who said they were officers of the police. A cry had been heard by a neighbour during the night; suspicion of a crime had been aroused; information had been given at the police office, and the officers had been sent to search the building. I smiled -- for what had I to fear? The cry, I said, was my own in a dream. The old man, I said, was not in the country. I took my visitors all over the house. I told them to search -- search well. I led them, at length, to his room. I brought chairs there, and told them to rest. I placed my own seat upon the very place under which lay the body of the victim. The officers were satisfied. I was completely at ease. They sat, and while I answered happily, they talked of common things. But, after a while, I felt myself getting weak and wished them gone. My head hurt, and I had a ringing in my ears; but still they sat and talked. The ringing became more severe. I talked more freely to do away with the feeling. But it continued until, at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears. I talked more and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased -- and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound like a watch makes when inside a piece of cotton. I had trouble breathing -- and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly -- more loudly; but the noise increased. I stood up and argued about silly things, in a high voice and with violent hand movements. But the noise kept increasing. Why would they not be gone? I walked across the floor with heavy steps, as if excited to anger by the observations of the men -- but the noise increased. What could I do? I swung my chair and moved it upon the floor, but the noise continually increased. It grew louder -- louder -- louder! And still the men talked pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? No, no! They heard! They suspected! They knew! They were making a joke of my horror! This I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this pain! I could bear those smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! And now -- again! Louder! Louder! Louder! "Villains!" I cried, "Pretend no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the floor boards! Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!"

The Raven is a poem by Edgar Allen Poe and is about the haunting of a man by his lost love who was called Lenore. The extract below is the beginning of the poem.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— Only this and nothing more.” Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore. And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating “’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door— Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;— This it is and nothing more.” Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, “Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;— Darkness there and nothing more. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?” This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”— Merely this and nothing more.

The first set of questions are about ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ by Edgar

Allen Poe.

1 Why did the police arrive at the house?

1 mark

2 How did the man explain the ‘cry’ that was heard?

1 mark

3 How many police officers were there?

1 mark

2 marks

Find and copy a group of words which shows that he is unafraid.

4 The man, though guilty, does not fear the police search.

calm

scared

ready

impatient

Tick one.

In this sentence, the word ease is closest in meaning to…

1 mark

5 I was completely at ease.

6 Explain how the writer creates suspense and tension.

2 marks

2 marks

7 Decide which of these statements are true and which are false.

The murderer nearly got away with the crime.

Only the murderer could hear the beating heart. The murderer thought the police were making a joke by pretending not to hear the sound.

The murderer never admitted to the crime.

The second set of questions are about ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen

Poe.

8 How was the main character feeling in the first verse of the poem?

1 mark

9 What was the main character nearly doing when he was disturbed by the knocking in the first verse of the poem?

1 mark

11 Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary…

1 mark

crying

sleeping

thinking

lamenting

Tick one.

In this sentence, the word pondered is closest in meaning to…

2 marks

Give two examples:

How does the setting match the ghost story genre? 10

1 mark

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What is the name of the man’s lost love?

1 mark

13 What made the main character feel “fantastic terrors never felt before”?

3 marks

14 Explain, with examples, how the main character’s feelings change

through the poem.

3 marks

15 Explain, with examples, how both The Raven and The Tell Tale Heart are similar.

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