Year 6 Literacy Home Learning – Week 3 Day 1Theme: Viking Invasion

Task 1: Watch- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNEW4qPacGwTHINK – What would life be like in Viking times? What did people eat? What clothes did they wear? What was life like for children?

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Questions for a

Viking Warrior

Questions for an

Anglo-Saxon King

Map of Viking Homelandsand Settlements

Key

Making a Longhouse Quick QuestionsVikings built houses like ships - up to 100 feet long with oval sides and sloping roofs. The main, boat-like room could house up to fifty people (plus livestock during a freezing winter).

Building a Longhouse1. Dig holes 1 metre deep, every 2 metres around

the perimeter.

2. Set the posts in the holes.

3. Lash pre-cut, rough lumber onto the wooden frame with green twigs.

4. Daub thick mud into the joints between the boards to seal out the weather.

5. Hoist the roof joists above the two widest points of the building.

6. Raise the centre beam between the end joists and attach all three sections together securely.

7. Attach all other roof joists to the centre beam.

8. Weave branches between the joists to support the outer roof layer.

1. Who would live in the longhouse during the winter?

2. Which words means the same as ‘lift’?

3. Why is it important to ‘seal out weather’?

4. How does the layout help you to follow the instructions?

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1. Who would live in the longhouse during the winter? Accept: up to 50 people plus their livestock.

2. Which words means the same as ‘lift’? Accept: ‘hoist’ and ‘raise’.

3. Why is it important to ‘seal out weather’? Accept any explanation linked to keeping warm during the winter.

4. How does the layout help you to follow the instructions? Accept any explanation about the use of numbers to enable the reader to follow the steps in order.

Making a Longhouse AnswersVikings built houses like ships - up to 100 feet long with oval sides and sloping roofs. The main, boat-like room could house up to fifty people (plus livestock during a freezing winter).

Building a Longhouse1. Dig holes 1 metre deep, every 2 metres around

the perimeter.

2. Set the posts in the holes.

3. Lash pre-cut, rough lumber onto the wooden frame with green twigs.

4. Daub thick mud into the joints between the boards to seal out the weather.

5. Hoist the roof joists above the two widest points of the building.

6. Raise the centre beam between the end joists and attach all three sections together securely.

7. Attach all other roof joists to the centre beam.

8. Weave branches between the joists to support the outer roof layer.

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Year 6 Literacy Home Learning – Week 3 Day 2Theme: Viking Invasion

Task 1: Watch- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGLu2FrqwisOptional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kge0c2mNmRQ

Life as a Viking: Trading and Travelling

• Visit this website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztyr9j6/articles/zw3qmp3

• Write down the key facts that show you what life would have beenlike as a Viking invader.

• Remember that we can travel the world quite easily – imagine what it would have been like to travel the world in Viking times.

Rewrite the sentence with a semicolon between the two independent clauses.

The heavy rain lashed against the bedroom window so the man lay

cosily underneath his duvet.

Mr Whoops has made three clumsy spelling mistakes in his diary entry. Can you underline them and correct them? Use a dictionary if you need to.

While I was pollishing my mantelpiece, I accidentally knocked off one of my most pretious trophies. I was so upset as it really is irreplacable.

Write a sentence inside the bubble that contains a modal verb and a fronted adverbial about a creature that Sir David Attenborough might encounter. Underline them.

Read the sentences and underline the root words that could be given an opposite meaning using dis-, mis-, re- or in-. Write the new prefix words.

a) The chef’s undercooked food was edible.

b) The student needed to apply for the university course after failing her exams on the first attempt.

c) The girls were told that their behaviour was not acceptable.

Are the following sentences a statement, a command, a question or an exclamation?

How grown up you look

Place the dish in the oven

Read the sentence below and add in a suitable adverb of possibility.

If we catch the earlier bus, we will make the 4 o’clock showing at the cinema.

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Rewrite the sentence with a semicolon between the two independent clauses.

The heavy rain lashed against the bedroom window; the man lay cosily underneath his duvet.

Mr Whoops has made three clumsy spelling mistakes in his diary entry. Can you underline them and correct them? Use a dictionary if you need to.

While I was polishing my mantelpiece, I accidentally knocked off one of my most precious trophies. I was so upset as it really is irreplaceable.

Accept any accurately-punctuated sentence with an underlined modal verb and fronted adverbial, e.g. e.g. In the undergrowth, a tiny poisonous dart frog can be found.

Read the sentences and underline the root words that could be given an opposite meaning using dis-, mis-, re- or in-. Write the new prefix words.

a) The chef’s undercooked food was edible. inedible

b) The student needed to apply for the university course after failing her exams on the first attempt. reapply

c) The girls were told that their behaviour was not acceptable. misbehaviour

Are the following sentences a statement, a command, a question or an exclamation?

How grown up you look

Place the dish in the oven

Read the sentence below and add in a suitable adverb of possibility.

e.g. perhaps/possibly/certainly/maybe

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Year 6 Literacy Home Learning – Week 3 Day 3Theme: Viking Invasion

Task: Look at the info about Vikings on the next pages. Use these to create a diary entry for life as a Viking child.

Viking Homes• Most Viking houses were made of wood, stone or turf with thatched roofs.

• They all had a hole in the roof to let out smoke from the fire.

• A fire was lit in the middle of the home for light and warmth.

• A ‘smithy’ was a place to mend and make tools from iron.

Photo courtesy of JsonLind(@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

Viking Clothes - Men

Cloak

fastened with a pin or brooch.

Long Woollen

Shirt

tightened with a sash or belt.

Leather shoes

worn with socks.

Long cloth

Trousers

held up with sash or string.

Viking Clothes - Women

Brooches

joined by beads and fastening the tunic.

Woollen

tunic

Long linen

dress

Soft leather shoes

worn with thick socks.

Jewellery

Men and women liked to wear jewellery. These could be rings, bracelets, necklaces and brooches.

Photo courtesy of dad1_ (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

Photo courtesy of Kotomi_ (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

Viking Jobs/Life• There was no employment as such, during Viking times.

• People were mostly farmers, craftsmen and traders.

• Women milked cows to make cheese, spun, wove and sewed clothes.

• Children did not go to school. Everything was learnt through stories.

Viking Gods

Frey

Thor

Odin

Loki

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Viking Societal Ranks

Slaves

Earls

and Chieftains

Freemen

(most people)

TASK: Diary as a Viking• Create a short diary entry of life as a child in Viking times. • You could base this on your own day and think how life would be different

at each time.• You can refer back to the video first watched on Monday for extra help

with this.• Does anyone in your Viking family have a special job?

• farmer, boatbuilder, medic, etc.• You could include illustrations or a map of your Viking village. • You could set it as a Saxon Briton whose village or town has been invaded

• like this 500 words example: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/46C2xZ9n3jFN9JR8MTWkl2H/run

• Would you be a ‘stereotypical’ Viking or maybe one that is slightly different?

The Viking TimesWe Have Arrived!

Quick Questions

After an arduous journey across the North Sea, we have finally reached our destination – England. The feeble, afraid Englishmen tried to cease us but we were too powerful and fought our way, as brutally as was necessary, onto the green and lush land.

We are here to find treasures (and probably steal them) before we return to our homes in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Our first raid was of the monastery at Lindisfarne, which was not very well

protected and contained valuable goods like gold and jewels, imported foods and other useful materials for trade.

England is more pleasant and lucrative than we thought!

1. Which word means ‘stop?

2. Where did the Vikings come from?

3. Find two adjectives which are antonyms of each other.

4. How does the Viking’s view of England change?

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1. Which word means ‘stop? Accept: cease.

2. Where did the Vikings come from? Accept: Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

3. Find two adjectives which are antonyms of each other. Accept ‘powerful’ and ‘feeble’.

4. How does the Viking’s view of England change? Accept reference to the fact that at the beginning, they are just coming to steal before returning home, but by the end they are more positive about England and considering staying.

The Viking TimesWe Have Arrived!

Answers

After an arduous journey across the North Sea, we have finally reached our destination – England. The feeble, afraid Englishmen tried to cease us but we were too powerful and fought our way, as brutally as was necessary, onto the green and lush land.

We are here to find treasures (and probably steal them) before we return to our homes in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Our first raid was of the monastery at Lindisfarne, which was not very well

protected and contained valuable goods like gold and jewels, imported foods and other useful materials for trade.

England is more pleasant and lucrative than we thought!

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Year 6 Literacy Home Learning – Week 3 Day 4Theme: Viking Invasion

Today’s Task: Create a character for use in your POW-WOW tomorrow and plan what you will write.

Success Criteria:• Include historical facts about the Vikings.• An engaging main character described with noun

phrases.• A setting that is realistic: possibly including travel. • Possible reference to the Norse Gods. Remember your

Greek hero story in Year 5, could the Gods offer a gift to your character?

• Use of all Year 6 grammar features ! , . ? ’ () - ” ; :• Varied sentence lengths to build tension. • Use of subordinate clauses and fronted adverbials.

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Character PromptsIs your character male or female? ______________________What can your character see around them? _____________________________________________What time is it? ______________________What time of year is it? ______________________What can the character hear? ________________________________________________________Your character looks into the distance. What do they see? __________________________________What is your character carrying? ______________________________________________________Your character is carrying one precious, important thing, what is it? __________________________What was your character expecting to do? ______________________________________________Does your character have any hopes or worries? _________________________________________When was the last time your character cried? ___________________________________________What secret knowledge does your character have? _______________________________________What is your character’s greatest fear? ________________________________________________Does your character have a special skill? _______________________________________________What is your character’s name? ______________________

The Magic Hammer Quick QuestionsWhen the Vikings first came to Britain they were Pagans, worshipping Norse gods. The king of the gods was Odin, who had a son, Thor, the God of Thunder.

Thor’s magic hammer, which could kill an army or bring peace to the world, was missing; the unintelligent frost giant, Thrym, had stolen it! Loki, the giant and god of Mischief, was sent to find Thrym to retrieve the hammer. However, Thrym laughed and gave Loki an ultimatum: “I will return the hammer if I am given Freya, the Goddess of Love, to be my wife.” Loki had a mischievous plan - rather than send poor Freya, Thor put on a dress and went to reclaim his hammer.

1. Who did the Vikings worship originally?

2. Which two words mean the same as ‘get back’?

3. Why do you think that Thrym stole the magic hammer?

4. Do you think that Thor managed to recover his hammer? Why do you think this?

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1. Who did the Vikings worship originally? Accept: Norse gods.

2. Which two words mean the same as ‘get back’? Accept: ‘retrieve’ and ‘reclaim’.

3. Why do you think that Thrym stole the magic hammer? Accept reference to it being powerful and so he could use it to get what he wanted (Freya).

4. Do you think that Thor managed to recover his hammer? Why do you think this? Accept a reasonable explanation e.g. yes, he did because the frost giant was unintelligent so, with the help of mischievous Loki, he would win; or no, because the frost giant was larger and had the magic hammer which was so powerful that Thor could not beat him.

The Magic Hammer AnswersWhen the Vikings first came to Britain they were Pagans, worshipping Norse gods. The king of the gods was Odin, who had a son, Thor, the God of Thunder.

Thor’s magic hammer, which could kill an army or bring peace to the world, was missing; the unintelligent frost giant, Thrym, had stolen it! Loki, the giant and god of Mischief, was sent to find Thrym to retrieve the hammer. However, Thrym laughed and gave Loki an ultimatum: “I will return the hammer if I am given Freya, the Goddess of Love, to be my wife.” Loki had a mischievous plan - rather than send poor Freya, Thor put on a dress and went to reclaim his hammer.

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Year 6 Literacy Home Learning – Week 3 Day 5Theme: Viking Invasion

What is a POW-WOW?Every week, I will set you a POW-WOW task. This stands for Power of Words, Wonder of Words. It’s basically a piece of writing where you have creative control – you can write whatever genre you like with whatever features you like. But you should be including the Year 6 spelling and punctuation requirements!

Today you could write:• An adventure story set in Viking times. Either as a Viking or a Saxon. • A detective story set in Viking times – perhaps the Gods have asked you to find something out?• An epic poem (a long poem that tells a story). The Vikings had the story of Beowulf set in a

poem. • A ‘voyage and return’ style story.

Get Writing!

Danegeld by Rudyard Kipling Quick QuestionsFierce and brutal Vikings sailed to Britain in longboats,‘Let’s go Viking!’ they yelled so they did,With axes high and a glint in their eyes,Many Britons just ran and hid!

When a new wave of Viking raids started, Poor King Ethelred struggled to cope,So Danegeld he paid to try and stop raids,But Vikings came back in their boats.

The Danegeld tax couldn’t contain them,And Ethelred got called ‘the un-ready’, “It’s not funny, they’re after more money!I’m fleeing abroad instead!”

In the end some Vikings liked Britain,They enjoyed the British way,They sent for their wives and started new lives,Vikings were here to stay!

1. How did Vikings travel to Britain?

2. Which word means the same as ‘leaving a place of danger’?

3. Why do you think ‘many Britons just ran and hid’?

4. How did some of the Vikings change?

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1. How did Vikings travel to Britain? Accept: they came in (long)boats.

2. Which word means the same as ‘leaving a place of danger’? Accept: ‘fleeing’.

3. Why do you think ‘many Britons just ran and hid’? Accept reference to the Vikings being ‘fierce and brutal’ and having ‘axes’, so the Britons feared them.

4. How did some of the Vikings change? Accept an explanation focusing on the change from coming only to ‘go Viking’, look for new land and being brutal, to settling with family because they liked the British way of life.

Danegeld by Rudyard Kipling AnswersFierce and brutal Vikings sailed to Britain in longboats,‘Let’s go Viking!’ they yelled so they did,With axes high and a glint in their eyes,Many Britons just ran and hid!

When a new wave of Viking raids started, Poor King Ethelred struggled to cope,So Danegeld he paid to try and stop raids,But Vikings came back in their boats.

The Danegeld tax couldn’t contain them,And Ethelred got called ‘the un-ready’, “It’s not funny, they’re after more money!I’m fleeing abroad instead!”

In the end some Vikings liked Britain,They enjoyed the British way,They sent for their wives and started new lives,Vikings were here to stay!

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