Year 6 English Friday 15 January - Front Street Primary
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Year 6 English Friday 15 th January
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Year 6 EnglishFriday 15th January
Genre: Persuasive Writing
Reading Explorers: How I learn to spell
Task: Main Questions
Main Questions
1. Who do you think Mr Taylor is? (a) Jack’s dad? (b) Jack’s teacher? (c) one of Jack’s
friends?
2. Why do you think Mr Taylor helped Jack make his poster?
3. Why do you think Jack doesn’t see dyslexia as being a ‘disability’? Do you agree with
him? Why?
4. Why do think Jack mentions the fable of The Hare and The Tortoise?
5. Highlight the phrase ‘the tortoise has just got himself a new set of wheels’. What do you
think Jack means when he says this?
6. Where do you think Jack keeps his spelling strategies poster? Is it (a) under his bed? (b)
in his desk? (c) in his pocket?
7. Why do you think Jack is now more chilled with the idea of having dyslexia then he as
when he was younger?
Spellings: Suffixes
Task: Special Focus 2
