Monday 20th English Task- Writing a Character description.

You are going to pick one of these characters to write a

description of. When you write a character description,

you should not only think about what the character looks

like and describe it, but also how they act and the kind of

person they are.

Marking Criteria

• Noun Phrases – large, green wings. Or short, brown hair.

Paragraphs

• Possessive Apostrophe – George’s hair, Dragon's wings.

George Dragon

Looks

Personality

Start from the top and work down. Describe them in an order. George’s hair/head – remember the hair belongs to George. Describe their hair?What do their eyes look like such as the colour and shape? Facial features- such as lips, nose.

How do they act in situations? Are they brave and what makes them brave? Are they funny and what makes them funny? What is really important to them? Family, friends, helping other people.

Tuesday 21st English Task- Writing a Character description.

You are going to pick one of these characters to write a

description of. When you write a character description,

you should not only think about what the character looks

like and describe it, but also how they act and the kind of

person they are.

Marking Criteria

• Noun Phrases – shiny, silver start on his suit. Or

glistening, glass slippers.

• Paragraphs

• Possessive Apostrophe – Cinderella’s hair, Captain

America’s mask.

Looks

Personality

Start from the top and work down. Describe them in an order. Cinderella’s hair – remember the hair belongs to Cinderella. Describe their hair?What do their eyes look like such as the colour and shape? Facial features- such as lips, nose. Clothes- the colour, material, style.

How do they act in situations? Are they brave and what makes them brave? Are they funny and what makes them funny? What is really important to them? Family, friends, helping other people.

Parent Notes

It may help children to watch a film with their chosen character in. This may also motivate them to write. They could watch half of the

film for ideas and then be allowed to finish watching the film once they have written about the character.

22nd April 2020. English Task- Reading about Africa.

Africa is a continent which is bigger than the United State of America, Canada and India put together. Africa is home to 54 countries and more than one billion people. In Northern Africa you can trek through the Sahara desert; it is the largest and driest hot desert in world. You can also visit Africa on holiday to see its famous Pyramids and you can go on animal safaris. In Africa, you will find some of the largest mammals on the planet. Among them are the elephant, the giraffe and the world’s fastest land mammal, the cheetah.

Questions.1. Number these facts 1 to 3 to show the order they appear in the text.

You can trek through the Sahara desert.

Millions of people visit the famous pyramids.

Africa is home to 54 countries.

2. Find and copy two mammals from the text that you may find in Africa.

3.Why might people come to Africa to look at animals on Safari?

4. ‘You can trek through the Sahara Desert’. In this sentence what does ‘trek’ mean?5. How many countries are in Africa? 6. Which other continents are smaller than Africa?7. Which animals are the largest in Africa?8. Which animal is the fastest in Africa?9. What word was used to mean that Sahara dessert doesn’t have much water?

Once upon a time there lived a brave, kind knight called George. He used to travel across the vast country on his strong white horse. One day he was tired and weary from all of the travelling and decided to stop at a village.

When he stopped at the village he was alarmed to hear from the Villagers that a fierce, fire breathing dragon lived in the lake and he was terrorising their village. The villagers were extremely scared especially the girls as each day the dragon demanded that he got to eat one of the young beautiful girls.

The maidens were chosen by lottery and, that day the King’s kind and caring daughter was picked. The King was extremely upset but he knew there wasn’t anyone strong or brave enough in his village to stop the dragon.

Luckily, brave, kind George said that he was going to try and save the Princess by slaying the dragon. George was worried that he may be eaten by the dragon but he also knew he had been in many ferocious battles and wanted to try and help.

George went to the lake where the dragon lived. The dragon rose out of the water with a mighty roar! George wasn’t scared and he fought the dragon with all his strength and might until it was defeated. The princess was saved and the villagers were overjoyed! From that moment George was known as Saint George.

Reading Questions.1. What was Saint George’s job?

2. What two adjectives describe how George feeling when he arrived at the village?

3. What was terrorizing the village?

4. Where did the creature live?

5. What type of person did the dragon want to eat each day?

6. Which two words describe how the King was feeling when he found out the Dragon wanted to eat his daughter?

7. Who said the would try and kill the dragon?

8. What did George have to use to kill the dragon?

9. How did the villagers feel in the end?

24.04.20 English Task- To write a story about Saint George and the Dragon.

First to use the plan to help you sequence and order the story before you write it. Make sure all of the parts are included in your story.

Who

A brave, kind Knight.

Where

Travelling through the vast, peaked mountains.

Where Next.

A small, quiet village.

Why

Because the Knight is tired and weary.

What goes wrong?A fearsome dragon wants to eat the princess in the village.

Who Helps?

The brave, kind knight.

The ending….

George becomes a Saint.

Marking Criteria. • To include noun phrases- A brave, kind knight.• To ensure capital letters are clearly larger that other

letters. • To include a sentence which includes

because/and/or/but.