Year 2 – Writing week beginning 29.06.20

Welcome to our writing journey…Reinventing the dark!

This week we are going to be innovating the story ‘The Dark’ by

Lemony Snicket. We will be making the story our own by adapting

the main noun and the adjectives to describe the noun.

Like at school, we need to know what we are writing, who we are

writing it for and why. Below is your writing journey explained.

Purpose: You are writing to entertain.

Audience: You will be writing to Lemony Snicket.

Form: You will be writing a narrative.

Effect: Your writing will need to interest and entertain your readers.

Monday 29th June 2020

LO: To explore vocabulary.

If you would like to read the story, please find the attached

YouTube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmL2KFQyyKw

For today’s learning we are going to be exploring the first few pages

of the book. We are going to be exploring the vocabulary that is

used within the text.

What is innovating?

Innovating means to make changes to something that already exists.

What are we innovating?

We will be innovating the story of ‘The Dark’ by making changes to

the main noun and the adjectives that describe it. The main noun in

the story is ‘the dark’.

1st task

For your task today I would like you to highlight words that you

don’t know and find the definition. You could use a dictionary or the

internet to find out the definition. If you can’t research the

definition then write what you think the word means.

If you are finding it tricky, here is something to help…

Word What I think it means

creaky

several

basement

distant

rattles

The first 6 pages of the book

Challenge time: To find synonyms.

For your challenge today I would like you to create synonyms for at

least 5 words from the first 6 pages. Remember synonyms are

different words that share the same definition.

For example: distant remote

Tuesday 30th June 2020

LO: To construct deeper understandings.

For today’s learning we will be starting to innovate the story. We will

first be thinking about the noun that we will be focusing on. For

example in the book the main noun is the dark.

1st task

For your first task I would like you to create your own noun to

replace the dark. This could be anything you would like it to be. For

example you could have a dragon, a unicorn, a hamster, the wind.

My noun is __________________________________________.

2nd task

For today’s second task I would like you to draw a picture of your

noun that you have chosen. Miss Matthews’ has chosen lightning as

her new noun.

3rd task

Now you have your photo of your noun, I would like you to write all

the things you know about it around the outside.

See Miss Matthews’ example below.

Natural event

Releases energy

It’s loud

Normally happens over land

not oceans

Bolts of lightning strike

somewhere on earth every second.

Challenge time: To construct sentences.

Using the two pictures from the story, recreate sentences using

your new noun. You can follow the same pattern but just change the

noun and your name if you like.

See Miss Matthews’ example using the first page of the book: Miss

Matthews was afraid of lightning.

Wednesday 1st July 2020

LO: To use adjectives.

For today’s learning we will be using adjectives to describe our new

noun.

What are adjectives?

Adjectives are describing words for nouns.

1st task

For our first task today we are going to be picking suitable

adjectives to fit in the sentences below. I have given you an

adjective mat to help you.

1. The dark lived in the same house as Laszlo, a

______________ place with a _______________________

roof.

2. Sometimes the dark hid in the _______________________

cupboard.

3. But mostly it spent its time in the _____________________

basement.

4. In Laszlo’s living room was the ________________________

widow in the house.

2nd task

For our second task today I would like you to mind-map adjectives

that you could use to describe your noun. See Miss Matthews’

example.

Distinct

Loud

Majestic

White

Vivid

Fierce

Terrifying

Challenge time: To construct sentences.

For your challenge today I would like you to construct sentences

about your noun using your adjectives. To push yourself further you

could even use an expanded noun phrase to describe your noun.

What is an expanded noun phrase?

An expanded noun phrase is the use of two adjectives separated by

a comma to describe a noun. See Miss Matthews’ example.

The distinct, terrifying thunder echoed as it struck the pavement

outside the house.

Thursday 2nd July 2020

LO: To innovate sentences.

For today’s learning we will be innovating sentences from the story

‘The Dark’ to make our own narrative. You will need your work on

your noun and adjectives to help you.

Supported task

If you would like an easier task as you are finding it tricky then use

your noun and adjectives to fill in the gaps from the parts of the

story that Miss Matthews has written below.

Original sentence: Laszlo was afraid of the dark.

Your sentence: ___________________ was _________________

of the ______________________________.

Original sentence: Sometimes the dark hid in the cupboard.

Your sentence: Sometimes the ____________________________

hid in the ___________________________________.

Original sentence: But mostly it spent its time in the basement.

Your sentence: But mostly it spent its time in the

_______________________________________________.

Original sentence: At night, of course, the dark went out and spread

itself against the windows and doors of Laszlo’s house.

Your sentence: At night, of course, the _____________________

went out and _______________________ itself against the

________________________________________ of

___________________________ house.

Original sentence: But in the morning the dark would be back in the

creepy basement, where it belonged.

Your sentence: But in the morning the ______________________

would be back in the _____________________

_________________, where it belonged.

Challenge task

If you would like a challenge I would like you to use the first 6 pages

of the story book as a guide for you to follow but I would like you to

create your own narrative following a similar pattern. You must

include at least 3 adjectives.

The first 6 pages of the book

Friday 3rd July 2020

LO: To create illustrations.

For today’s learning I would like you to get creative! You have

worked so hard innovating the story that I would like you to create

your own illustrations to go along with your innovated story.

Remember give it a title too!