year 3 totley primary school home learning pack week 12 ...€¦ · noun phrases and fronted...
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Year 3
Totley Primary School
Home Learning Pack
Week 12
Monday
Questions
English - Narrative- Stig of the Dump
Over the next few weeks you are going to be writing your own version of a story based on meeting somebody from the Stone
Age. For inspiration, we are looking at the story ‘Stig of the Dump’. Remember that the story has been uploaded to the website
for you to listen along to.
Monday- Immerse (Draw Stig)
Tuesday- Immerse (Design a den)
Wednesday-Prepositions
Thursday- Ambitious vocabulary choices
Friday- Apostrophes for plural possession
Monday
In today’s lesson you are going to think carefully about character descriptions. Listen to
chapter 1 of ‘Stig of the Dump’ on the Y3 Blog. Now read the following description of Stig:
Something, or Somebody, had a lot of shaggy black hair and two bright black eyes that were looking very
hard at Barney. The Thing sitting in the corner seemed to be interested. It got up and moved towards
Barney into the light. Barney was glad to see it was Somebody after all. Funny way to dress though, he
thought, rabbit- skins round the middle and no shoes or socks. Stig did not seem much bigger than
himself, but he looked very strong and his hands looked cleverer than his face. But how old was he? Ten?
Twenty? A hundred? A thousand?
Draw a picture of what you imagine Stig looks like. Use the description above to help you.
Now add some of your own sentences to describe Stig. Make sure you include expanded
noun phrases and fronted adverbials. Use the WAGOLL to support you.
WAGOLL
The strange person stood in the dim light of the cave. He was rather short, but very
stocky. His legs were as thick as tree trunks. In his wise, old hands, he held a smooth,
sharp piece of flint. His face looked serious but kind and was smeared with dirty, greasy
marks. From the back of the cave, he grinned broadly at Barney.
Over to you-
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Read this together. What words are used in this text that help us build a picture in our minds? What phrases make us feel we could be there?
Underline these key words and phrases that help you do this and then draw a picture of what you imagine the scene to look like.
On safari
The morning sun wakes slowly and stretches its long, glowing arms over the horizon of
the most beautiful and tranquil safari. The many visitors are still asleep in their beds so it
is the animal’s favourite time to explore, wonder and graze. The rough, hard sand covers
the ground as far as the eye can see and sharp, spikey bushes push through the sandy
soil. Around a large, shallow watering hole animals gather for their morning drink. There
are enormous, wrinkled elephants, tall, elegant giraffes and colossal, proud rhino dipping
their heads into cool water. There is not a sound except the call of the exotic birds and
grunt of the animals slowly arising from their deep sleep.
Challenge! Write a short paragraph to completely change the scene you have drawn.
For example, if you had a beautiful sunset at the beach, what would it look like if you
changed it and lightening flashed across the sky?
How will this sentence change your picture? Use a different colour to add this to your
picture.
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Monday: History- The Romans
At the beginning of Year 3 we learnt about the Roman Empire and explored how it became so large and powerful! Can you colour in the map to show just how large the Roman was at its peak? Can you work out which countries were part of the Roman Empire?