Week 3 Monday 4th May to Friday 8th MayYear: 3/4 Subject: ENGLISHLesson for: ALL WEEK_________________________________________________We are learning about: You will be using this stimulus to write a simple poem._________________________________________________How will I show my learning?IN YOUR BOOK ON GOOGLE DOCSUPLOAD A PICTURE_________________________________________________How will my work be marked? YOUR TEACHER WILL COMMENTASK AN ADULT TO MARK YOUR WORK_________________________________________________What to do:

1. Read the instructions carefully.2. Use stems (in blue) to help you.3. Use the word bank provided to write a poem.

Summer Term 5_Week 3_Year 3 and 4_ENGLISH

Stimulus: What happens in this magical shed and who is this gentleman?

Day Activity

1 DISCOVERY!

Imagine you discover this 'shed' at the bottom of your garden, What is inside? I can imagine it's magical inside, much bigger than it seems on the outside.

Perhaps it’s lit by candles, strange instruments on the tables, cobwebbed and dusty.

Write a paragraph describing the outside and inside of the shed. Use these sentence starters to help you.

As I looked at this peculiar shed, I could see...The door was... On the outside, there was… When I opened the door...Dangling from the ceiling... Lying on the floor… When I looked up… In front of me was…

Challenge: Make sure you use expanded noun phrases to describe e.g. green delicate leaves hanging gracefully. You could even add an adverb!

2

This is the man that lives there, currently we know nothing about him. Here are some clues.

Can you use these clues to make a prediction about who he is and what he

does in the shed.

Use these stems to help you.

I imagine that… I bet that… The book tells me that… When I see that cloak, it makes me think that… I think… I predict...

3

Behind you the door closes gently and you espy this man sat in emerald green robes, peering at you over his glasses, the candles flicker and die out. It's pitch black and he whispers....

Write what he says in 10 words ONLY. No more, no less! Make it mysterious. This is the opening scene to a story.

Perhaps something like "Come, follow me.. Don't make a sound, she is upstairs!"

Now write an opening paragraph to a story. Where does he take you? What does he show you? Is it something magical? Is he kind or unkind? How are you feeling?

Challenge: Can you place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals [for example, girls’, boys’] and in words with irregular plurals.

4 Here is a wizard spell that he sometimes uses.

What do you notice about it? Do you see any patterns? Why are there apostrophes?

Your task is to evaluate this poem. When evaluating, we discuss what works well and what could be improved.

Write an evaluation paragraph and use these stems to help you.

I like the way the poet… I have noticed that… It’s funny the way…I love how he has used… I would change * for…

It would be better if… I would improve the poem by...

Challenge: Can improve this poem by changing the adjectives to make them even better e.g. small could be changed to tiny.

5 Here is a word bank of words you might find in a wizard’s pocket. Can you now write your own version of the poem and add some exciting adjectives to make it even better?

Copy the same format and start each line with A…

E.g.

The wizard’s spell,Mix it well.

A shark’s dangerous tooth, A bird’s smooth feather, An elephant’s enormous trunk, A giant’s fist.

Challenge: Can you add these adjectives into your poem?

cheerful venomous silky fierce monstrous