Home Learning 18.11.21

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Sorry for the late post, I had parent evening consultations tonight so it will only be two subjects today.

SPAG and Spellings.

Last test I promise! Today we looked at both Spelling and the follow up Punctuation test. Now although this isn’t the test the rest of the class have done, it should help the children at home by exposing them to a similar style of test.

Spellings- Please find the spelling sheet and the spellings the children need to spell below. An adult will need to read the spelling out and then the sentence using that particular spelling.

Spelling test                         For adult – spelling administration and Mark Scheme

Please allow 45 minutes for the PAG (Punctuation and Grammar) test. It is really important that they try this independently and please encourage them to go back through their work and check that they have answered all of the questions and checked the ones they were unsure of.

Paper 1 PaG for kids                                       Paper 1 PaG Mark Scheme

English

Today we used our vocabulary we collected yesterday and turned it into a setting description. As a class, we went through what makes an effective description: effective vocabulary, starting sentences off in lots of different ways, using a range of punctuation, short sentences for tension etc.

Please look at the class example below to help give you a little structure to your setting description. You will include yours in your final write up next week. We went through phrases that we thought were effective and talked about why and we also looked at what punctuation is needed and why.

Life in the trenches example

If you look at the structure of the example, this will help you set yours out.

Roughly:

  1. Troops entering the trenches and noticing how different soldiers look when they leave.
  2. A mission has been given- is it a rescue or to capture someone?
  3. Trench life/going over the top- what can your character see, hear, smell, touch or taste?
  4. Retreat back to the trench

Please don’t go any further then this as we are looking at flashbacks only. Good luck. The children in class have produced some fantastic ones today, I hope yours is the same!