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Mr Gibbon’s English Set 1: Guided Reading (Daily for 25 minutes)

This week’s English theme is art. First read the text provided underneath the tasks. I would love to see any work you complete! Email [email protected] with pictures of any work you would like me to see. Make sure you put ‘Mr Gibbon’ in the subject so it is sent to me.

Monday 20th April

Create a dictionary for the following words:

• scrawl

• pulsating

• brandishing

• elusive

• adorning

Tuesday 21st April

Answer these retrieval questions: 1) Find and copy the phrase in the first paragraph which shows the author likes the art work. 2) Where did the author see her first piece of Banksy’s art? 3) Did the author know the meaning of the painting? 4) Which colour is used to show truth? 5) What is Banksy’s most recent piece? 6) Who thinks that the art is ‘nothing special’?

Wednesday 22nd April

Answer these inference questions: 1) What impression does the text give you about the author? (3 marks) 2) Why did Scarlett not like Banksy’s art? 3) Why might Banksy’s artwork be intriguing?

Thursday 23rd April

Comparison Have you been in a disagreement similar situation to the author and Scarlett? How did you react in the situation? Compare your reaction to the reaction of the author at the end of the text. What books have you read which include disagreements. How did they settle them?

Friday 24th April

Research Task Research Banksy to find out what is unique about him – something which makes him different to other artists. Create a miniature fact file containing key information about Banksy.

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Mr Gibbon’s English – Main lessons (Daily for 50 minutes)

Mr Gibbon’s English Set 1 – Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

(Daily for 35 minutes)

This week’s spellings

Star word activity ideas

Monday 20th April

• Today’s star word - poignant

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings.

• Scroll down for today’s activity: independent learning.

Homophones: principal principle profit prophet stationary, stationery steal steel whose who's

Write the meaning of the word. Write some sentences using the word. Use the word when you are speaking and writing. Practise spelling the word by writing it in different ways E.g. bubble writing, rainbow writing etc. Make an acrostic poem using the word. Draw a picture showing the meaning of the word.

Tuesday 21st April

• Today’s star word – quaint


• Scroll down for today’s activity: adverbials.


• Today’s star word – wonderstruck


• Scroll down for today’s activity: pronouns.

Thursday 23rd April

• Today’s star word – unique


• Scroll down for today’s activity: prepositions.

Friday 24th

April • Today’s star word – staggering

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings. Ask somebody at home to test you. ☺

• Scroll down for today’s activity: determiners.

Monday 20th April

What do you think the meaning of this picture is? How does the picture convey the meaning? Is the picture successful in conveying the meaning? How could the artist be more successful in conveying the meaning?

What do you think the meaning of this picture is? How does the picture convey the meaning? Is the picture successful in conveying the meaning? How could the artist be more successful in conveying the meaning?

Tuesday 21st April

Comprehension – Answer the comprehension questions on the text below.


Plan a piece of meaningful art. List 4 meanings you might want your art to show. Then pick one and explain how you are going to show that meaning.

Example

• Positivity

• Nature

• Change

• Family My artwork will convey positivity; I will convey this meaning by using bright colours and drawing a combination of things that bring happiness to people. I will draw a group of friends in a colourful room eating food whilst watching football. Through the window in the room, I will draw a beach scene. After you have done this, plan what materials you will use to create your artwork.

Thursday 23rd April

Create your artwork using your plan from yesterday.

Friday 24th April

Write a full and detailed explanation about the meaning that your artwork conveys. Make sure you write the meaning behind each of your artistic choices. Ensure that you use:

• Subheadings

• Conjunctions

• Complex sentences

• High level punctuation: ; - ()

• Technical vocabulary

Comprehension Activity

This comprehension activity was created by Twinkl. We appreciate Twinkl allowing us to use their fantastic resources at this time.

Mr Gibbon’s English Set 1 – PaG activities

Monday 20th April – independent learning Divide a piece of paper into four. Using what you already know and some research, if needed, create a learning resource to teach others about: main clauses, subordinate clauses, coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions. You may want to lay it out like this:

Main clause Subordinate clause

Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions

Tuesday 21st April – statements, commands, exclamations, questions.

1) Write C for command or S for statement next to each of the sentences below.

Now please listen to the music. My computer is not working. It will be rainy today. Remember to bring your coats with you.

2) Write a question for the answer ‘Yes, please’.

3) Write this question as a command. Remember to punctuation your answer correctly.

Can you open the window?

4) Write a statement to answer this question. Remember to punctuation your answer

correctly.

What will you do tomorrow?

5) Add a question mark or exclamation mark to the sentences below.

How awful

How do you do

What do you think

What a day

6) Change this command to a question. Remember to punctuation your answer

correctly.

Tell me your name.

Wednesday 22nd April – conjunctions

1) Add the most suitable conjunction from the options below.

unless/while/if/where

Tom was playing by the pond _______ Alex was digging in the sand pit.

2) Which word is a conjunction in the sentence below.

The whole family went to the beach although it was a freezing cold day.

3) Write a coordinating conjunction to complete the sentence.

Charlie and I spent a lot of time together _____ we are very good friends.

4) Which sentences contain subordinating conjunctions?

We can play in the garden when we get home.

Can you sing while you are playing the guitar?

Let’s go to the sea and swim.

If you jump in the pool first, I will follow.

5) Add a subordinating conjunction to the sentence below.

The cat would not come down from the tree __________ it was frightened by the

dog.

6) Underline two conjunctions in this sentence.

I have lived here since I was born so I know a lot of people on my street.

7) Add two subordinating conjunctions to the sentence below.

___________________ you are my best friend, sometimes I like to play with Sajad

________________ he likes to climb trees and you don’t.

Thursday 23rd April – clauses

1) Copy the main clause in the sentences below.

Although I enjoy going to the cinema, my favourite activity is going to the museum. My dad came into the room as I was jumping up and down on the sofa.

2) Which sentences contain a subordinate clause?

Freddie can run very well because he practises every day.

Laura likes to play football and she had a match most weekends.

When Oscar goes on holiday, he swims in the sea.

3) Add the correct word to complete the subordinate clause in the sentences below.

although/because/if

Amy goes to school on a bus __________ she lives too far away to walk.

______________ they are not as popular as rabbits and guinea pigs, snakes make

interesting pets.

Could you hang the washing on the line ______________ you have time please?

4) Write the option which correctly introduces the subordinate clause.

furthermore/in addition/ otherwise/ even though

Edward wanted to go to school ____________ he wasn’t feeling very well.

5) Copy the subordinate clause in each sentence below.

While you were playing outside, I finished my book.

We will go for a picnic unless it rains.

Friday 24th April – relative clauses

1) Copy the relative clause in the sentence below My new kittens, who are called Smokey and Smudge, sometimes climb up the curtains.

2) Circle the relative clause in the sentence below.

Mikey won a trophy, which was a large silver cup, at his athletics competition.

3) Add a relative clause to the sentence below. My best friend, __________________________ is great fun to play with.

4) Copy the relative clause in the sentence below. The red bicycle that was left outside the shop belongs to Martin.

Mrs Ireson and Mrs Backhouse’s Set 2 English: Guided Reading (Daily for 25 minutes)

This week’s English theme is sport. For guided reading we will focus on the extract called Length by Length.

Write your answers on paper. Be sure to use the title: Length by Length and write and underline the full date. Monday 20th April

Read the extract. Length by Length

Half-past nine in the morning and the pool was crowded already. That was the down-side to summer holidays, especially hot ones like this, but she knew she

shouldn’t grumble: she’d been here since six thirty, together with the usual hard-core serious swimmers, and she’d managed a leisurely four miles without interruption. But she did grumble; the mere sight of all these people flopping in like lemmings made her want to shout with frustration. As the morning grew on she knew that they would start swarming around her like flies: bugging her with their erratic routes through the pool. She wasn’t ready to stop yet, not by a long way. She had energy left and she wanted to use it. She stuck to her lane, doggedly ploughing length after length, trying to ignore the splash of other swimmers. Sometimes she’d found that if she just forced herself to keep swimming up and down her lane without stopping or swerving, the other users of the pool seemed by some collective telepathy to accept the space as hers, and leave it to her. But that wouldn’t work today: they seemed to be jumping in by the score. Another quarter of an hour and it would be unbearable. She locked into her stroke and drove herself on, her breath beating its practised rhythm in time with the strokes, as even as the chime of a clock. In for a gulp of oxygen, her mouth twisted upwards to snap its life from the air, then face down again and the long exhalation to a slow, steady count, bubbles teasing her lips like tiny fish. She loved this rhythm; she needed it. It kept her thoughts on track when they started to wander. Sometimes, when things were going well and she was feeling secure in herself and had something pleasant to think about, she was happy to let them wander; but if she was tiring or feeling vulnerable or worrying, she focused on that rhythm and it settled her, sometimes even when she wasn’t swimming. But she was always swimming. She needed to swim. To be deprived of swimming would be like a perverse kind of drowning. She loved the sensation of power and speed, the feeling of glistening in a bed of foam, even the strange isolation of mind in this watery cocoon. Distance swimming was as much about will as about technique; and she knew she was strong in both. All she needed now, to set that will alight, was a big swimming challenge; something to test herself against. Something she could one day be proud of. Thinking Task What is your first impression of the main character?

Tuesday 21st April

Focus Questions What annoys the main character? What does the main character think will happen as the day goes on? What is the main character’s goal?


Retrieval Read the first paragraph. List all the things we learn about Jess’ trip to the swimming pool.

Thursday 23rd April

Dictionary Corner Look up the following words and write a dictionary definition for each one.

• vulnerable

• deprived

• cocoon

• perverse

Friday 24th April

True or False? The pool was extremely busy. Swimming early meant you were mixing with dedicated swimmers. She struggled to swim for the first four miles. Jess shouted out in frustration. Jess remained in her lane whilst swimming. Everybody seemed to know the space was hers. Another fifteen minutes and it would have been insufferable. She slowly breaths in and quickly breaths out.

Mrs Ireson and Mrs Backhouse’s Set 2 – Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar


This week’s spellings

Star word activity ideas

Monday 20th April

• Today’s star word - cutlery


• Scroll down for today’s PaG activity: independent learning.

Words ending in -ably

• adorably

• valuably

• believably

• considerably

• tolerably

• changeably

• noticeably

• dependably

• comfortably

• reasonably

Write the meaning of the word. Write some sentences using the word. Use the word when you are speaking and writing. Practise spelling the word by writing it in different ways E.g. bubble writing, rainbow writing etc. Make an acrostic poem using the word. Draw a picture showing the meaning of the word.

Tuesday 21st April

• Today’s star word – speckle


• Scroll down for today’s PaG activity: statements, commands, exclamations, questions.


• Today’s star word - luminous


• Scroll down for today’s PaG activity: conjunctions.

Thursday 23rd April

• Today’s star word – incinerate


• Scroll down for today’s PaG activity: clauses.

Friday 24th April

• Today’s star word - linger

• Spelling practice – continue to practise your weekly spellings. Ask somebody at home to test you. ☺

• Scroll down for today’s PaG activity: relative clauses.

Mrs Ireson and Mrs Backhouse’s Set 2 English – Main lessons

(Daily for 50 minutes) Monday 20th April

Create a promotional poster advertising your favourite sport or one of the following:

• karate

• swimming

• running

• tennis

Tuesday 21st April

Continue the story Length by Length by writing the next paragraph from this point onwards: All she needed now, to set that will alight, was a big swimming challenge; something to test herself against. Something she could one day be proud of.


Look at your work from yesterday and edit and improve your story development. Think about the following:

• Enhancing the words and phrases you have used.

• Make sure there is a range of short, compound and complex sentence.

• See if you can use some of the star words or this week’s spellings to improve your work.

• Add similes, metaphors and personification where possible.

Thursday 23rd April

Complete the reading lesson below: comprehension activity: The Wimbledon Championships. Write your answers on paper.

Friday 24th April

Complete the task by writing a set of instructions explaining how to play your newly designed game. Firstly, be sure to write an introduction to explain what the game is and who it is aimed at. It would be lovely if you could draw and label a picture to further explain your game.

Comprehension Activity: The Wimbledon Championships

This comprehension activity was created by Twinkl. We appreciate Twinkl allowing us to use their fantastic resources at this time.

Mrs Ireson and Mrs Backhouse’s English Set 2 – PaG activities

Monday 20th April – independent learning Divide a piece of paper into four. Using what you already know and some research, if needed, create a learning resource to teach others about: main clauses, subordinate clauses, coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions. You may want to lay it out like this:

Main clause Subordinate clause

Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions

Tuesday 21st April – statements, commands, exclamations, questions.

• Write C for command or S for statement next to each of the sentences below.

o Now please listen to the music. My computer is not working. It will be rainy today. Remember to bring your coats with you.

• Write a question for the answer ‘Yes, please’.

• Write this question as a command. Remember to punctuation your answer correctly.

Can you open the window?

• Write a statement to answer this question. Remember to punctuation your answer

correctly.

What will you do tomorrow?

• Add a question mark or exclamation mark to the sentences below.

How awful

How do you do

What do you think

What a day

• Change this command to a question. Remember to punctuation your answer

correctly.

Tell me your name.

Wednesday 22nd April – conjunctions

• Add the most suitable conjunction from the options below.


o Tom was playing by the pond _______ Alex was digging in the sand pit.

• Which word is a conjunction in the sentence below.

o The whole family went to the beach although it was a freezing cold day.

• Write a coordinating conjunction to complete the sentence.

Charlie and I spent a lot of time together _____ we are very good friends.

• Which sentences contain subordinating conjunctions?

We can play n the garden when we get home.




• Add a subordinating conjunction to the sentence below.

The cat would not come down from the tree __________ it was frightened by the

dog.

• Underline two conjunctions in this sentence.

I have lived here since I was born so I know a lot of people on my street.

• Add two subordinating conjunctions to the sentence below.

___________________ you are my best friend, sometimes I like to play with Sajad

________________ he likes to climb trees and you don’t.

Thursday 23rd April – clauses

• Copy the main clause in the sentences below.

o Although I enjoy going to the cinema, my favourite activity is going to the museum.

o My dad came into the room as I was jumping up and down on the sofa.

• Which sentences contain a subordinate clause?

Freddie can run very well because he practises every day.

Laura likes to play football and she had a match most weekends.

When Oscar goes on holiday, he swims in the sea.

• Add the correct word to complete the subordinate clause in the sentences below.

although/because/if

Amy goes to school on a bus __________ she lives too far away to walk.

______________ they are not as popular as rabbits and guinea pigs, snakes make

interesting pets.

Could you hang the washing on the line ______________ you have time please?

• Write the option which correctly introduces the subordinate clause.

furthermore/in addition/ otherwise/ even though

Edward wanted to go to school ____________ he wasn’t feeling very well.

• Copy the subordinate clause in each sentence below.

While you were playing outside, I finished my book.

We will go for a picnic unless it rains.

Friday 24th April – relative clauses

• Copy the relative clause in the sentence below My new kittens, who are called Smokey and Smudge, sometimes climb up the curtains.

• Circle the relative clause in the sentence below. Mikey won a trophy, which was a large silver cup, at his athletics competition.

• Add a relative clause to the sentence below. My best friend, __________________________ is great fun to play with.

• Copy the relative clause in the sentence below. The red bicycle that was left outside the shop belongs to Martin.

Mr Lond’s Set 3 English: Guided Reading (Daily for 25 minutes)

Monday 20th April

Chapter 9 ANOTHER BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

Questions

1. Why had Walter made a request for peanut butter and jam sandwiches today? 2. Which member of the family didn’t like them? 3. ‘Walter’s heart skipped a beat…’ Why does this happen? 4. What other signs are there that Walter is feeling guilty? 5. Who does Walter blame for the fact they are bound to get into trouble?

Tuesday 21st April

Task Maker a prediction as to what the brother wants. What might they say? How might Walter feel? Does Sixth Sense think there might be something mysterious going on? Describe in your own words what you think will happen. Remember to use evidence from the text to support your answers.

Thursday 23rd April

Task Summarise the chapter in fewer than 100 words. If you count and there are more, try to find ways to reduce it down, eg;

- Could contractions be used instead of two words? - Could commas be used? - Are all adjectives/adverbs necessary here?

Friday 24th April

Great Reading – you have now finished Chapter 9. 😊 Draw a picture of Sixth Sense and place speech bubbles around her with sentences about how she would describe herself, eg; I am clever as I can tell what is going to happen!

Mr Lond’s Set 3 English – Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar


Additional Activities

Mon 20th April

Find out the meaning and word class of today’s 3 words, then put them into sentences of your own. Remember to punctuate your sentences correctly.

• majority

• majesty

• majestic

Can you think of synonyms for each word – use a dictionary to help you if you are unsure. SPAG Now see how many more words that begin with ‘maj-‘ 1-2 words = good 3-4 words = excellent 5+ words = amazing!!

Tues 21st April

Find out the meaning and word class of today’s 3 words, then draw each word (bubble writing) and colour them in.

• magnetic

• magnificent

• magician

Can you find other words using the letters from each of your spellings? Eg; magnetic = net/cage/man/mat… SPAG Add the most suitable conjunction from the

options below.


1) Tom was playing by the pond _______ Alex was digging in the sand pit.

2) Which word is a conjunction in the sentence

below.

The whole family went to the beach although it was a freezing cold day.

3) Write a coordinating conjunction to complete

the sentence.

Charlie and I spent a lot of time together _____

we are very good friends.

4) Which sentences contain subordinating

conjunctions?

We can play in the garden when we get home.




5) Add a subordinating conjunction to the

sentence below.

The cat would not come down from the tree

__________ it was frightened by the dog.

6) Underline two conjunctions in this sentence.

I have lived here since I was born so I know a

lot of people on my street.

Wed 22nd April

Find out the meaning and word class of today’s 3 words, then see if you can find any other words

SPAG 1. Write out the sentence and circle the adjectives

used. My favourite aunt has a new car.

Mr Lond’s Set 3 English – Main lessons

(Daily for 50 minutes) Mon 20th April

Read the biography on Neil Armstrong. Evaluate the article:

• What was the purpose the writing?

• Was it successful in meeting that purpose?

• How was it successful?

• Is there anything you still want to know about Neil Armstrong?

• How could you improve the article?

Tues 21st April

Complete the Moon Landing comprehension activity. (Either print and complete or write the question out and answer on paper.)

Weds 22nd April

Collect information on somebody’s big life event. This could be a family members wedding, a parent getting a new job, Mo Farah winning a gold medal, Steve Jobs creating the iPhone etc. It could be on anything! Make sure you collect all the vital information about the event. This will be used in the following days.

Thurs 16th

Once you have chosen a person and researched information about the event, you need to learn all about that person’s life.

using some of the letters, eg; initial = nail / tail / tin / ant

• matchbox

• material

• mature

2. Write out the sentence and label the nouns and adjectives used. I love cuddly kittens and playful cats.

3. Complete the sentence using the word danger as an adjective. When the river floods, _____________

Thur 23rd April

Find out the meaning and word class of today’s 3 words, then see if you can put all this week’s 12 words in alphabetical order in a list.

• manager

• manners

• manual

SPAG 1. Write out the sentence and underline the verb

used. My baby sister sleeps in the afternoons.

2. Write out the sentence circle the two verbs used. Leaves fall from the trees in the autumn but they grow again in the spring.

3. Write the sentence out and underline the verbs used. Alisha like cakes and she is a good baker. Yesterday, she made lovely buns for us.

Fri 24th April

Find someone to test you on all 12 words! Then make a chart to record your weekly scores!

April If you have chosen a family member, you can just ask them; if you have chosen a celebrity, you will have to conduct research about them. Find information about:

• When and where they were born

• What they did in early childhood

• What did they do after they let school

• What did they do after their big event

Fri 17th April

Create a biography about the person you have been researching this week. Make sure you focus on their big event.

Comprehension Activity This comprehension activity was created by Twinkl. We appreciate Twinkl allowing us to use their fantastic resources at this time.

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