Use cursive handwriting
Statements, questions, commands and exclamations
2. In cursive handwriting, explain the difference between statements, questions,
commands and exclamations.
Reading – 2c - Summarise main ideas, identifying key details and using
quotations as evidence
Summarise what the children do in Chapter 7 and 8. Write the things they do
and the places they visit in the order they visit/do them.
Writing
Writing
2h challenge
Look at page 42, paragraph beginning:
They poked around the churchyard for a while and visited the toilets
near the Abbey…
How do you think Fliss was feeling about staying the night at the hotel?
How does this compare to how the other people are feeling?
Use evidence to support your answer.
2h challenge
Look at page 42, paragraph beginning: They poked around the churchyard for a while and visited the toilets near
the Abbey…
How do you think Fliss was feeling about staying the night at the hotel?
How does this compare to how the other people are feeling?
Use evidence to support your answer.
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Writing- Create a character profile
Below you have an outline of your character. You are going to create a character profile
of your character at different periods of time on their school trip.
Think about:
What are their actions?
What are their character traits?
What is their appearance like?
What might they sound and speak like? How might they move?
Before going on the
trip/ travelling there. Arriving at Crow’s Nest
Hotel
The first
night Ellie May
goes into
Room 13
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translation
1. Translate the following shapes:
2. Four shapes have been drawn on the grid below.
3. Complete the sentences to describe the translations below.
4. Dora has translated triangle A 2 squares to the right and 7 squares up. Is
Dora’s drawing correct? Explain.
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Task: Your task is to draw your own tree and label the leaves with names of
people who care about you.
Think about all the family and friends you have who care for you and value you
as a person!
See this example to show you what a good one looks like!
Spellings
Words with ei and ei
leisure
mischievous
soldier
variety
sufficient
receive
niece
achieve
relieved
receipt
Write each word out three times using cursive handwriting.
Explain what the rule is for spelling words with ie.
Reading - Summarise main ideas, identifying key details and using quotations as
evidence
Fliss has a lot on her mind in this chapter. Explore the end of Chapter 9 and
write down her thoughts in the thought bubble below.
Think about her reaction when she sees Room 13.
2d/e challenge
Look at pages 51-52.
Describe how Lisa reacts to Fliss’ retelling of her story. Use evidence from the
text to explain how Lisa reacts.
Predict whether you think Fliss has seen Room 13 or whether you think she is
imagining it.
Explain your answer fully using evidence from the text.
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Writing- Plan a diary recount
Like we would use the post- it notes in class to plan a piece of writing. Use the
following boxes to add ideas about what you are going to write about in each
paragraph. Use the structure discussed in the lesson to help you.
Maths
Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following reflection
1. Reflect the shapes below in the mirror line:
3. Draw where the mirror line should go on the diagram below:
4. Here is a square with a design on it.
The square is reflected in the mirror line.
Draw the missing triangle and dots on the reflected square.
Gold Star Challenge
Here is a shaded square on a grid. Shade 3 more squares so that the design is
symmetrical in both mirror lines.
Geography – Coastal erosion research
Your task: Research coastal erosion and create a fact-file on it.
Include:
What coastal erosion is
The process of coastal erosion – what happens first?
Where coastal erosion takes place – are there any areas nearby?
Diagrams
Technical language
Any facts you can find!
Here is a video which you can watch to help you:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z8tyr82
Handwriting
Statements, questions, commands and exclamations
Using cursive handwriting, write two sentences which include:
1. Two statements
2. Two exclamations
3. Two questions
4. Two commands
(2 Marks)
Question 7
Reading 2g/f- Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language,
considering the impact on the reader
1. Underline the similes below in red.
2. Underline the metaphors/personification below in blue.
The sun was a fuzzy ball above the sea. Little white clouds sailed
inland on the breeze, their shadows racing across a rolling
landscape of wheat field and meadow. Strung out in twos and
threes along the track, the children walked and chattered. Gulls
wheeled and soared or floated like scraps of paper on the water
far below. A jet, miles high, drew a thin white line across the
sky.
3. What do you notice about the way the author describes the setting in
this section?
4. How is it different from the way the night time is described?
5. What impact does this have on the reader?
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Writing
WALT: Write a diary recount.
In the space provided, write your diary recount.
Write a diary recount.
Pupil Steps to success Teacher
I have written in first person.
I have written in past tense.
I have organised my recount in clear paragraphs,
writing in detail about the key events.
I have written my recount in chronological order.
I have used rich vocabulary to explain my feelings.
My sentences openers are varied and are used to create
cohesion in my writing.
I have included rhetorical questions in my remount.
I have used a relative clause in my writing.
I have used speech within my recount, using inverted
commas to punctuate it correctly.
I have included a hyphen for a compound adjective.
I have used informal language to create character in my
recount, punctuating contractions correctly.
I have used either brackets or dashes for parenthesis.
I have used a piece of complex punctuation such as a
semi-colon or colon.
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Maths Describe positions on the co-ordinate grid in all four quadrants
1. Write the coordinates of points A to H.
2. a. Write the coordinates for the vertex of each square.
b. What do you notice?
b. What do you notice?
3. Plot the co-ordinates on the grid:
Point E (–3,–2)
Point F (2,–1)
Point G (–1,3)
Point H (–3,0)
4.The sets of co-ordinates below make shapes.
Plot the coordinates on the grid and work out the shapes.
Shape A =
Shape B =
Gold Star Challenge
1. Layla draws a square on this coordinate grid. Three of the vertices are marked.
What are the coordinates of the missing vertex?
2. This diagram shows two identical rectangles in coordinate
axes.
Write the coordinates of point A and B.
Music
WALT: To compare and evaluate music.
Task: You are going to listen to three songs and evaluate them in the space below.
Think about how you would describe the music and the instruments you can hear.
Here are the songs:
1. Demons- Imagine Dragons
2. Thriller – Michael Jackson
3. The Phantom of the Opera
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How would you describe the music?
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What instruments can you hear?
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Do you like the music? Explain your answer.
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How would you describe the music?
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What instruments can you hear?
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Challenge- Which song do you think creates the eeriest mood? Why?
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Challenge- What is similar about the songs?
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Spellings
Words with ei and ei
leisure, mischievous, soldier, variety, sufficient, receive,
niece, achieve, relieved, receipt
Write one sentence using each spelling.
Challenge – can you add speech into some of your sentences?
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Reading 2g/f- Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language,
considering the impact on the reader
1. Why do you think the author has presented Chapter 13 in this way?
2. What impact does this have on the reader?
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2a challenge
Look at Chapter 14:
Find the words/phrases in the chapter that have the same meaning as:
a) become aware (Page 68)
b) quickly (Page 71)
c) speak quietly (Page 70)
d) empty (Page 70)
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Writing
WALT: Write a diary recount.
In the space provided, finish writing your diary recount.
Write a diary recount.
Pupil Steps to success Teacher
I have written in first person.
I have written in past tense.
I have organised my recount in clear paragraphs,
writing in detail about the key events.
I have written my recount in chronological order.
I have used rich vocabulary to explain my feelings.
My sentences openers are varied and are used to create
cohesion in my writing.
I have included rhetorical questions in my remount.
I have used a relative clause in my writing.
I have used speech within my recount, using inverted
commas to punctuate it correctly.
I have included a hyphen for a compound adjective.
I have used informal language to create character in my
recount, punctuating contractions correctly.
I have used either brackets or dashes for parenthesis.
I have used a piece of complex punctuation such as a
semi-colon or colon.
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Maths Draw and translate simple shapes on the coordinate plane (Y6)
1a. Translate the triangle 6 left.
b. Write the coordinates of the new triangle.
2. Which triangles are translation of each other?
Explain why some of them are not translations.
3a. Translate the triangle 9 right and 1 down.
b. Write the co ordinates of the new triangle.
4. Complete the translations on the grid below:
a. Translate the rectangle 4 down and 3 to the right.
b. Translate the irregular hexagon 5 up and 6 to the left.
c. Write the co-ordinates of the shapes which have been translated.
Gold Star Challenge
For each of these points, put a tick to show if it is inside or outside of the square.
Spellings
Words with ei and ei
Place the words in the correct places in the sentences below:
variety, leisure, soldiers, received relieved, sufficient, mischievious,
receipt,
1. The class went swimming every week at the _______________ centre.
2. The puppy’s ___________________ eyes looked up playfully at its
owner.
3. It was difficult to choose an ice cream flavour as the shop has such a
large _______________ to choose from!
4. During WW1 and WW2, many ________________ sacrificed their lives.
5. The blanket would provide _______________________ warmth for the
night.
6. __________________, the boy let out a huge sigh as he found his lost
phone.
7. “Have a lovely day!” the shopkeeper stated as she handed the customer
their ___________________.
8. The student felt proud when she _____________________ her award.
Reading 2g/f- Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language,
considering the impact on the reader
Explore the author’s use of language by answering the following questions.
1)She eased the door open’.
What does the tell us about Fliss’ movement?
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2) Watching the door through eyes that burned.’
Why has the author decided to use the verb ‘burned’ here? What does it
suggest about the action?
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3) Look at the description on Page 75.
Why has the author described the weather in this way? What atmosphere does
this create in the text?
Use examples to explain your point.
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2a challenge
What word on page 75 shows that Lisa is unimpressed?
Find a word that means ‘quietly moaned’ on page 76.
What is another word for laughed on page 84?
Write the words which you have found in your own sentences below.
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Writing
WALT: edit and improve my piece of writing.
Write down 2 things you have done well in your diary recount and 1
thing you think you could improve on.
In the box below, rewrite a chosen section of your diary recount and
improve it. Think about how you can make it more successful than
the original piece of writing.
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Maths Reflect simple shapes in the coordinate plane
1. Object A is reflected in the mirror line to give image B.
a. Complete the table to show the coordinates before and after the
reflection.
2a. Join the points to form a shape. b. Reflect the shape in the mirror line. b.
Label the reflected vertices P,Q,R,S and T. c. Write the coordinates of the
reflected shape.
Before After
W
X
Y
Z
3a. Reflect shape A in the x axis. Label your new shape B.
b. Reflect shape A in the y axis. Label your new shape C.
4a. Reflect shape A in the x axis.
b. Reflect shape B in the x axis.
c. Reflect shape C in the y axis.