Year 4 English Home Learning Term 6 week 3

Page 1: Contents

Page 2: Useful links

Page 3: Monday planning

Page 4: Writing template for Monday

Page 5: Tuesday planning

Page 6: Tuesday spelling activity

Page 7-8: General reading questions (Tuesday and Thursday)

Page 9: Wednesday planning

Page 10: El Dorado comprehension - Wednesday

Page 11: Thursday planning

Page 12: Spelling activity for Thursday

Page 13: Friday planning

Thank you all for another super effort with your English work last week; it is consistently lovely to see you using things we have looked at before and awesome to watch the videos you are uploading! This week we will still be continuing with our project in English that will see us using a wide range of the writing skills that we have developed so far this year, though we are now nearing the end of the project! We will be using them in some familiar and unfamiliar contexts and having some fun by filming ourselves reading and performing our work (if you are able to). The videos referred to can all be accessed through the following link - https://litfilmfest.com/home-learning/daily-videos/.

I will also be including some ideas for activities that use the lessons and learning for those that are not strictly following the El Dorado project and story writing.

Useful links for English this week:

https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-are-simple-compound-and-complex-sentences-0 - simple, compound and complex sentences

https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-are-fronted-adverbials - fronted adverbials

The image to the left is taken from the link shown above. In order to access the videos required, scroll down the page until you see this and click on the playlist symbol in the top right corner of the screen. Then, you can select the video that you require. Each video number is referenced whenever you need it in our instructions below.

https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-is-a-relative-clause - relative clauses

Monday

Writing

Starter: Relative clause recap. Write three sentences about your detective agency characters that use descriptive relative clauses. Alternatively, write relative clause sentences using characters from your favourite book. This week helps to plan the structure to finish your adventure as we get towards the last parts of the film. Watch the lesson 26 LitFilmFest video using the link above. Task: In our writing today we will create a ‘flashback’ to reveal the true mystery of the story - this means jumping back into the past (could be earlier in the story, or before it started). You’ll need to think about: - What actually happened in the past of your story? - What’s the main twist? This should explain what happened in your story last week. - How does this affect the structure of your story? Plan your paragraphs using the template shown on page 5 of this document. Alternatively, use the learning and planning structures to plan a flash back that could be added into your favourite book to explain how a part of the plot happened. Maybe there is a twist in the story and your flashback can explain how that came to be. Ideas: The treasure was never real and they use the story to attract tourists... The destination is cursed to protect another, much more dangerous secret… There is an ancient order protecting what your adventurers are searching after and they have been spreading lies and misinformation to stop them finding the truth...

Reading

The focus today is on reading the final chapter, Chapter 5, of our El Dorado story. Read it carefully, either to yourself or aloud to someone else, and enjoy the climax of the story! Once it has sunk in, read the chapter again in order to find and jot down examples of: an expanded noun phrase, 3 fronted adverbials, two types of complex sentence, two powerful verbs and two powerful adjectives or adjectival phrases.

Spelling

We are continuing with the ‘shun’ sound suffix, but this week we will be looking at words that show that sometimes it can be spelled ‘cian’ when the root word ends in a ‘c’ or a ‘cs’. Your list is: Musician, magician, electrician, politician, mathematician, technician, optician, beautician, physician, dietician. Task: Cursive handwriting practise of each of the words.

Writing planning template Monday

Tuesday

Writing

Starter: Pick one of the characters from your detective agency and picture them in your mind (check your previous descriptions if you need to). How could you describe them showing the following emotions, whilst also giving little bits of information about their appearance? What would they do when they feel these emotions? Try to write full, descriptive sentences. Fear. Excitement. Sadness. Joy. Alternatively, complete the above starter activity using the characters from the book you have chosen to write a flash back for. Watch the lesson 27 video using the LitFilmFest link above. Today you are going to write up the notes flashback you planned yesterday. To help, let’s try writing some short sentences to build tension or create impact, e.g.: He packed his bag. He set off. She hid. He turned around. She prayed. Victory was theirs! Tasks: - Write up your ideas from yesterday, adding in your own short sentences to create high impact or tension at this key point in your story. - Also remember you can use 'Position + Place, Subject + Action' sentences. - Have you used SEEING, HEARING, FEELING and THINKING? Alternatively, complete the flash back writing using the plan that was completed for your favourite book during yesterday’s session.

Reading

Spend this session reading your current reading book aloud to an adult at home. They should use the attached reading questions to ask you about what you read to them and you need to take your time to consider your answer as well as the reasoning for your ideas.

Spelling

Task: Using the sheet below (or completing on blank paper), match the given definitions to the correct words from the spelling list and then use a dictionary to complete the remaining definitions.

Spelling: Tuesday activity

General reading questions – Tuesday and Thursday

Wednesday

Writing

Starter: Building on the starter and the work of yesterday, pick a different character from your detective agency. Using the same emotions as yesterday, now describe how they would react when they feel them using position +place, subject + action sentences or ‘With an action, more action’ sentences (we did these last week). Alternatively, complete the above starter activity using a different character from the book you have chosen to write a flash back for. Today we are developing our flashback, focusing on using more ‘With an action, more action’ complex sentence structures. With an action, more action. With a sly smile, Jimenez turns his back on Clegg. With a weary wave, Bioho walks off into the distance. With a huge leap, Solomon pounces on Luis like a wild cat. Have a go at writing a ‘with an action, more action’ sentence to include in each of your narrative paragraphs from yesterday. Paragraph 1 - When does this happen? Who was there? Where were they? Why were they there? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 - What do they discuss? What do they want? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 3 - What is revealed? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Alternatively, complete the above activity to improve the flash back you wrote for your favourite book yesterday.

Reading

Your task for today is to complete the attached reading comprehension based on Chapter 5 of El Dorado. Be sure to answer each question in full sentences and give the reasoning behind your ideas.

Spelling

Tasks: Complete at least two activities of your choice from the spelling pack given out previously, or the recent activities grid.

El Dorado Chapter 5 comprehension questions

1) On page 18, find and copy two sentences that show that Luis was frantically trying to beat Solomon Clegg.

2) Find an example of a simile in the text.

3) Find evidence in the text that Solomon ends up accepting the disappointment of there being no gold.

4) ‘Solomon, for once, was speechless’. What does this description tell us about how Solomon was feeling at the revelation of Lake Guatavita?

5) Do you think that Luis ever got his revenge on Solomon? Why/why not?

Thursday

Writing

Tasks: Turn your work from yesterday into a final draft ready to film tomorrow. 1) Use your 'With an action, more action' sentences in your work. 2) Can you read your work out aloud to make sure it sounds right and decide what needs changing as you go? 3) Can you add in some of the sentence types from past weeks? (e.g 2 -ed sentences), 4) Can you use a range of different fronted adverbial types?

Reading

Spend this session reading your current reading book aloud to an adult at home. They should use the attached reading questions to ask you about what you read to them and you need to take your time to consider your answer as well as the reasoning for your ideas.

Spelling

Task 1: Complete the lesson 4 matching activity, matching the word from the spelling list to the picture that fits its definition. Try not to have your spelling list to hand for this one! Task 2: Using the pictures and spellings from task 1, write at least one sentence that correctly uses each of the spelling words for this week.

Spelling: Thursday activity

Friday

Writing

Todays’ lesson: Today you will be filming your flashback. There are 4 things to film: 1. The introduction to the flashback (what are your characters going to find or see to prompt the flashback to happen?) 2. Paragraph 1 3. Paragraph 2 4. Paragraph 3 You can use freeze frames, images, or any method you like to record this section, but have a go to see if you can add some filters, wibbly wobbly transitions or sound effects to make sure it is clear the scene is from the past. Once you’ve recorded everything, the next step will be putting together all of the shots. You can use a simple video editor to do this such as iMovie, Adobe Spark or Quik. Tasks: - Record each paragraph. - Speak slowly and clearly - do a test first to make sure you can be heard. - Put all the shots together in a video editor.

Reading

Watch the lesson 30 LitFilmFest video at the link given at the start of this document. This lesson with author ELOISE WILLIAMS challenges you to think about story structure. Listen to her advice and then have a bash at the task below. Tasks: Have a go at writing a short scene from a story. It could be El Dorado, or you could pick another book that you know well and enjoy. You are not trying to write something better than the original, just your own version of a small part of it. Here are some ideas to make it pop: 1. Start unexpectedly or resolving the last scene 2. Use description and dialogue 3. Make sure anything someone says, says something more about them 4. Finish on a dramatic point

Spelling

Task 1: Repeat activity 2 from lesson 4, but this time making sure that you try to use the words in different ways and different types of sentences. Task 2: When you are able, have someone test you on the spellings for this week.