Home schooling literacyVOCABULARY

StarterSolve the anagrams in each category…

Weather

NIAR

LIAH

MOTRSHUNDTER

WONS

NISHEUNS

VEWATHEA

Sport

SENNTI

MORFLAU NOE

GURYB

QHASUS

DROUERNS

MNATISCSGY

Colours

UBLE

LOGD

RUPPEL

LIVERS

OIUSEQRUT

VAYN

Mythical creatures

ONIMRAUT

RYHDA

POSLCCY

RONCINU

RAUTNEC

ROGNOG

Key knowledge

Vocabulary

Always choose the MOST POWERFUL, the MOST INTERESTING and the MOST IMAGINATIVE words for your work…

Can you complete the hangman style clues to complete each list so that the ordinary ADJECTIVE at the top is bettered…?

BIG DARK BUSY SMALL

V _ _ T

I _ _ E N _ _

C _ L _ _ _ A L

G _ _ A _ _ I _

S _ Z _ _ _ _ E

S _ A _ _ _ Y

M _ _ K _

G _ O _ _ Y

U _ L _ _

D _ _

C _ _ W _ _ D

L _ V _ _ Y

F _ _ L

H _ C _ _ C

P _ _ K _ _

M _ _ U _ E

W _ _

P _ T _ _ E

T _ N _

C _ _ P _ C _

Vocabulary continued…

Sort the following groups of word into a clear order from ‘weakest’ to

‘most intense’…draw a suitable picture to display them on

An example has been done for you on the right…

SCORCHING, WARM, TEPID, SIZZLING, SEARING, BOILING, SWEATY, HUMID, BLISTERING, LUKEWARM

(Thermometer design?)

RUN, SPRINT, TROT, RUSH, GALLOP, AMBLE, STRIDE, DASH, TEAR, JOG

(Human shape design?)

PETRIFIED, APREHENSIVE, SCARED, ANXIOUS, TERRIFIED, SHOCKED, NERVY, ALARMED, UNEASY, HORRIFIED

(Monster shape design?)

SUB-ZERO

GLACIAL

ARCTIC

FREEZING

BITTER

FROSTY

ICY

CHILLY

COLD

Word choices…

For each picture, write 5 sentences of description. (Don’t worry about telling a story, just DESCRIBE.) Think about your choice of vocabulary. For each picture there are some TABOO words that

you are banned from using…what can you use instead?

Taboo words

COLD

WHITE

FAST

BLUE

DANGEROUS

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Taboo words

SCARY

DARK

MYSTERIOUS

BIG

HAUNTED

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Taboo words

BLUE

HOT

SEA

PEACEFUL

BEACH

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Taboo words

GREEN

ALIVE

PLANTS

NOISY

WATERFALL

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HOW DID YOU DO?

Challenge and extension tasks

1. Set yourself the challenge to learn ONE NEW WORD per day for the next week. Learn what it means, use it in conversation!

2. Create a WORD WALL with post-it notes or pieces of paper/card. Banish the boring and write up the best words you can think of to describe each day as it happens…

3. Continue with one of the descriptions you did earlier for the four pictures…which one can you turn into a story?

4. Turn some of the vocabulary on these worksheets into posters that capture the essence of the word and its meaning…

For example:

Massive Petite

5. Find a picture of your favourite superhero or someone you look up to. Think of 10 words to describe them without being bland or boring!

6. Go a whole day without using the words: good, nice or okay.

Mission Impossible?!

7. Although these famous book titles are pretty amazing anyway…challenge yourself to change the underlined words but keep the same meaning

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

George’s Marvellous Medicine

The Big Friendly Giant

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Grandpa’s Great Escape

The Secret Garden

Where the Wild Things Are

Shadowy

Answer sheet

Anagrams

Weather: Rain, hail, thunderstorm, snow, sunshine, heatwave

Sport: Tennis, Formula One, rugby, squash, rounders, gymnastics

Colours: Blue, gold, purple, silver, turquoise, navy

Mythical creatures: Minotaur, hydra, cyclops, unicorn, centaur,

gorgon

Key knowledge

Vocabulary

BIG: Vast, immense, colossal, gigantic, sizeable

DARK: Shadowy, murky, gloomy, unlit, dim

BUSY: Crowded, lively, full, hectic, packed

SMALL: Minute, wee, petite, tiny, compact