English—Year 3 Week Commencing 11th May 2020

Spellings for week commencing 11th May. Please practise over the week and quiz on Friday. If

you wish to, email your score to your teacher through Purple Mash email.

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English—Year 3 Week Commencing 11th May 2020

English—Year 3 Week Commencing 11th May 2020

Day 1

Our Topic this term is ‘The Age of Iron’. In English we were supposed to be reading a

wonderful book called, ‘The Iron Man’ written by Ted Hughes and illustrated by Chris Mould.

While it is very difficult to share the whole book, we will look at extracts and illustrations.

You might even have a copy of the story at home or even the cartoon film version – The Iron

Giant.

1. English Starter Activity - PDF

2. Open ‘The Iron Man’ PDF and Read the first page of the story. Look carefully at the

illustrations and think carefully about the questions. Talk through your ideas with

someone at home.

3. Take a page of your book and draw a quick sketch of the Iron Man. (Set yourself a

five-minute time limit for drawing.) Around your picture write some your answers to

the questions. What are your first impressions of the Iron Man? Would you like to

meet him? Where is he looking? Fill your page with as many of your thoughts as

possible. A page of sentence starts is included on PDF.

4. Think about your presentation and use the lines to write on. If you draw clouds around

your ideas, write the ideas first and then draw the bubble in pencil

.

Don’t forget your

starter activity – 5

minutes!

English—Year 3 Week Commencing 11th May 2020

Day 2

1. English Starter Activity - PDF

2. Open ‘The Iron Man’ PDF.

3. Think about the Iron Man. If you were to draw him yourself, what would you include?

Re-read the description of him.

How do you know how enormous he is? How does the comparison to a house, its

bedroom and a dustbin help to provide a sense of scale? What else do you know that is

made from iron and metal? His head has been described like a metal dustbin. What

metal objects would you use to depict his ears and his fingers and other parts of his

body? You might find interesting metal items around the house to inspire you.

TASK: Either draw or craft the Iron Man in detail out of household objects and junk.

You could be creative, use real objects to make a picture of the Iron Man and take a

picture. (Do tidy them away after though!) Would you show him on his own or with a

background? You might want to give a sense of size and scale by including features of

the landscape, buildings, boats or people that you would find on the coast. Talk about

your ideas with someone.

4. Once you have finished your Iron Man, write a descriptive paragraph to describe it in

detail. Or write descriptive phrases, strong adjectives and similes to go with your

picture or model.

5. Take a picture and share your learning today. Email the school office or class teacher

through Purple Mash.

Try a Fun-Time Extra

Log on to Purple Mash, under your 2Do is an activity called ‘Robot Meals’. Launch app and

watch video. Create a meal plan for the Iron Man. What do you think he might eat? Try to

include some interesting adjectives to describe your ingredients.

Don’t forget your

starter activity – 5

minutes!

English—Year 3 Week Commencing 11th May 2020

Day 3 – Reading Comprehension

Purple Mash – Serial Mash –Emeralds – Mary Anning and The Time Twister Chapter 4.

In your books answer the multiple-choice questions and ‘My Rise to Fame’. Or log on to Purple

Mash and answer the Multiple Choice Questions. Children can log on and access through

their 2Dos. (Red Icon next to Home Tab)

https://www.purplemash.com/#tab/pm-home/serialmash/serialmash_emeralds

‘My Rise to Fame’ - It is 2030. You have become famous. Write about your rise to fame. This could

be a diary or a newspaper.

Don’t forget your

starter activity – 5

minutes!

English—Year 3 Week Commencing 11th May 2020

Day 4

1. Read a story - Read King Midas and the Golden Touch. How would you describe the

character of King Midas? What would you have asked for as a reward for helping the satyr?

2. Write using direct speech

Imagine the conversation between King Midas and the Satyr at breakfast. How will King

Midas discover who the satyr is? How will he decide what to ask for?

a) Write the conversation in the Speech Bubbles.

b) Now try writing this speech as sentences. Use the Revision Card to remind you how to

punctuate direct speech. Challenge yourself to add some other sentences which say

what both characters are doing.

Try a Fun-Time Extra

Write a new story where King Midas chooses a different power. How will it end differently?

Don’t forget your

starter activity – 5

minutes!

English—Year 3 Week Commencing 11th May 2020

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English—Year 3 Week Commencing 11th May 2020

Day 5 - Grammar

1. Starter activity. This is a short task – 5 mins.

Our focus for today is to understand verbs and to identify them in a sentence.

2. Log onto BBC Bitesize.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfc2mfr

3. Activity 1 - Watch the video clips and complete activities online.

4. Activity 2 - Identify the verb in each sentence below.

5.

A verb is a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence.

Verbs can be used to describe an action (doing something).

For example, the word ‘jumping’ in this sentence:

The rabbit was jumping in the field.

They can also be used to describe a state (being or feeling something).

For example, the word ‘likes’ here:

The monster likes rollercoasters.

Or a verb can be used to describe an occurrence (something happening).

For example, the word ‘became’ in this sentence:

The caterpillar became a butterfly.

When writing, make sure every sentence includes a verb.

English—Year 3 Week Commencing 11th May 2020