ENGLISH

Week Commencing 13.04.20

SPaG

Lesson 1

Learning Intention: Describe a characters feelings, personality and appearance.

Listen to the story of ‘The Tin Forest’ by Helen Ward & Wayne Anderson on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j_XPFxy5js

At the beginning of the story, we learn about the old man

who lives in the Tin Forest. What do we think he is like?

How does he feel?

Complete your own role on the wall. Describe his

appearance on the outside of the image and his

personality / feelings on the inside.

could not they have

cannot

he would she would

we are I will

he’d can’t

couldn’t

I’ll they’ve

she’d

we’re

Match the words from their contracted form to their full form.

Lesson 2

Learning Intention: To learn facts about the importance of recycling.

The Tin Forest is full of other people’s rubbish.

Research all about recycling using the internet.

Can you make a poster that shows other people how to recycle

and tells them why it is important to recycle?

Share your posters on the OADV Twitter or complete your poster on Purple Mash!

Discuss what would the forest

be like if it wasn’t full of

all the rubbish?

SPaG

Write the contracted form of these words:

do not

would have

he is

they have

I will

we are

Write these words in their fullest form:

you’ll

can’t

what’s

I’d

don’t

she’s

SPaG

Complete these sentences using the correct punctuation to show if they are statements, questions or exclamations.

1. Do you like cake

2. Look out

3. Dad is mowing the lawn

4. Sam went down the slide

5. Would you like to play with me

6. Well done, Riley

Lesson 3

Learning Intention: To create a fact file.

“He dreamed he lived in a jungle full of wild forest animals and there were colourful birds, tropical trees, exotic flowers,

toucans, tree frogs and tigers.”

Research about toucans and create a fact file in your workbooks.

You could describe what they look like, where they live or what they eat.

Remember to include a picture of a toucan.

Extension

Paint the forest that the old man is dreaming of.

(You can do this in Purple Mash or with any resources you have at home).

SPaG

Change these sentences from questions to statements. Do NOT add any extra words.

Remember to use the correct punctuation.

Is this book yours?

Are there games for children?

Will the train arrive early?

Do you want a drink?

Are you cold?

Are there many flights leaving today?

Lesson 4

Learning Intention: To write a poem.

Listen to the sounds of the jungle using the links below to YouTube and look at pictures of the jungle online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8myYyMg1fFE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE2MdkwYvK0

Write a descriptive poem to describe the sights and sounds.

For example:

I can see the glowing yellow beaks of birds.

I can hear leaves rustle like a whisper in the wind.

I can see a mass of green, light and dark.

I can hear the long-tailed monkeys share stories.