year 4 - burlish park
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Year 4H o m e Le a rn ing
E ng l i s h
LESSON 1
LESSON 1 Watch the David Attenborough video about the Impala and the Leopard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhSDxp0oQK8
Read Impala notes, fill in the answers with as much detail as you can.
LESSON 1Now plan a story about a narrow escape. Look at the narrow escape pictures. Which is the predator, and which is the prey in each of these pictures?
Choose your favourite picture and write notes about it on the narrow escape storyboard (on the next slide). Try to answer each of the questions and give extra information as well.
LESSON 1
LESSON 2
LESSON 2Remind yourself about adverbials.
LESSON 2Use Little Mouse Adverbials. Read the sentences, find the verb, find the adverbial and then write to say which question
the adverbial answers
LESSON 2Think about the Narrow Escape Storyboard from Day 1.• Find your storyboard and remind yourself about the story. Tell the storyout loud to someone.• Now write some sentences about your story. Make sure that yoursentences include adverbials – extra information about the verb in your
sentence.
LESSON 3
LESSON 3Find your storyboard from day 1.
Imagine that you are the prey
in the story.
• Where were you at the start?
• What were you doing?
• What did you see when the predator attacked?
• What did you feel when the predator attacked?
• How did you escape?
• How did you feel afterwards?
LESSON 3Read the personal recounts features.
When you tell your story from the
point of view of the prey you are
giving a personal recount.
Can you spot the features of a
recount as you tell your story?
LESSON 3Now write your story. You can use your storyboard to remind you what to write about but do remember to write from the point of view of the prey.
Include adverbials in your writing. Read about the adverbials to help you do this.
LESSON 4
LESSON 4 –R e a d t h e p o e m – A l l C re a t ure s .R e a d i t i n y o u r h e a d a t f i r s t a n d t h e n re a d i t o u t l o u d . Tryt o f i n d t h e rh y t h m o f t h e p o e ma s y o u re a d .
Think about the poem. What do you like about it? Is there anything thatyou dislike?Does it remind you of anything or anyone? What patterns can you find? (Look for rhyme and
alliteration)
LESSON 4 Use the revision cards to remind yourself about noun phrases.
LESSON 4Complete Spotting Noun Phrases.
Highlight the noun phrase and underline the
noun.
LESSON 4 Follow the instructions on the Poem Planner to
plan a poem called ‘All Animals’.
Write your poem out carefully.
LESSON 4
LESSON 5
LESSON 5Read the poem ‘In the Cave’. Read it in your head at
first and then read it out loud.
How much of the poem can you learn off by heart?
Underline the nouns in the poem. These include the
objects that were found in the cave.
LESSON 5Read the revision card for Noun Phrases/Prepositions
LESSON 5
Underline the preposition and highlight the
prepositional phrases.
LESSON 5Plan and write a poem that uses prepositional phrases.
Follow the instructions on the Poem-Planning. You can also use the word bank
to help you to write your poem. Write out your poem carefully.
Word bank
LESSON 5