Year 3 English - Friendship week Week One

This week has a lot of exciting things going on! The 8th of June is National Best Friend Day! Friends help us through a lot of things and they are there to play with us and help us learn! It can be challenging that we can’t see our friends at the moment but this week we are going to think about all the things they do for us through poetry!

Who are you friends? Is your best friend a family member?

Friends are very important to have in our lives. Friends can be mums and dads, aunties and uncles, cousins or friends from in school or different clubs you may be involved in!

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DAY 1: What adjectives could we use to describe your best friend? What makes a good friend?

DAY 2: What is poetry? What are the different styles of Poems?

DAY 3:Practising rhyme and features of a poem!

DAY 4: Time to write about your friend!

DAY 5: Writing your friendship poem!

Looking for an extra challenge at the end of the project? Post your work on to the Blog to send your poem to your friends!

Here’s our plan for this week:

This week’s theme is FRIENDSHIP!

Monday 8th June is “National Best Friend Day” where we celebrate the friends that are closest to us. At the moment it’s a little bit tricky to see our friends safely, so this week we are going to write poetry about them! We will be looking at all different types of poetry and you can pick one to do as your final piece.

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Activity 1:If you click on the picture you can watch a video about what makes a good friendship. Once you have watched the video I want you to think about what a good friend is to you. What factors make a good friendship. Have a look at Miss Stanworth’s friendship recipe, then create your own! You can find the “friendship recipe” template on the Class Page - or, draw your own!

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1 cup of happiness2 cups of trustOne teaspoon of honestyA sprinkle of laughter3 cups of understanding

Two teaspoons of listeningOne handful of kindnessMix in sprinkles of support

This is one of Miss Stanworth’s best friends? Do you recognise her?

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Your second activity is to create a topic web of your best friend and use adjectives to describe them. You may want to describe what they look like, what their favourite hobbies are, things you do together and why they make you happy. The more adjectives, the better! You can either use the template on the class page, or you can draw your own!

Activity 2:

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Blonde Hair

Black glasses

Funny!

Kind

A very good teacher!

Enjoys walking!

Smart

Loves chocolate!

Beautiful green eyes!

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Today is day 2 of your project. wE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT MAKES A GOOD FRIEND. NOW WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF POETRY!Poetry can be written in many different ways. They can be short or long, fun or sad, real or imagined, structured or unstructured, rhyming or not. There is a lot of freedom when writing poetry and because of this, the writer is able to express their thoughts and feelings in very unique ways.

Activity 1: Can you guess the style of poem from its features?

In my magic box, I would put,Three hundred bars of chocolate.

In my magic box, I would put,The sea so I could swim with dolphins.

In my magic box, I would put,A football pitch so I could play footie with my friends.

Sally had a fright, In the dark of night.

As poor old Sally, Had lost her Daddy!

“Oh, where could he be?”She shouted up into the tree.

The she heard a reply,Coming from the sky.

S uper

C ool

H appy

O n time

O utdoor Play

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Activity 1: Can you guess the style of poem from its features?

In my magic box, I would put,Three hundred bars of chocolate.

In my magic box, I would put,The sea so I could swim with dolphins.

In my magic box, I would put,A football pitch so I could play footie with my friends.

Maddy had a fright, In the dark of night.

As poor old Maddy, Had lost her Daddy!

“Oh, where could he be?”She shouted up into the tree.

The she heard a reply,Coming from the sky.

S uper

C ool

H appy

O n time

O utdoor Play

L earning

Repetitive Poem!

“In my magic box, I would put,” is a repeated line throughout the poem. You did one very similar in school!

Rhyming Poem!

This type of poem contains rhyming couplets. What do you notice about the words that are highlighted?

Acrostic Poem!

This type of poetry uses the letters in the title. This poem is about SCHOOL. You can either use words to sentences that start with those letters to create your acrostic poem!

BUT there’s a few things you need to remember when writing poetry...

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In my magic box, I would put,Three hundred bars of chocolate.

In my magic box, I would put,The sea so I could swim with dolphins.

In my magic box, I would put,A football pitch so I could play footie with my friends.

Maddy had a fright, In the dark of night.

As poor old Maddy, Had lost her Daddy!

“Oh, where could he be?”She shouted up into the tree.

The she heard a reply,Coming from the sky.

WHEN YOU ARE WRITING POEMS, YOU MUST REMEMBER YOUR PUNCTUATION AND VERSES!

What punctuation can you see here? Is the same punctuation used in every verse?

Most poems have VERSES which are small paragraphs which end in a form of punctuation. The magic Box poem only has three verses, but has commas, full stops and capital letters on each line. Make sure to remember this when trying out yours!

RHYME

Rhyme is used a lot in poetry to create a “flow” of writing. Rhyming words sound the same as each other and are often on the end of the sentence!

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Here are some examples for you to have a listen to! You might get some inspiration from these to create your own poems!

Repetitive Poem!

“In my magic box, I would put,” is a repeated line throughout the poem!

Rhyming Poem!

This type of poem contains rhyming couplets. Can you hear the words that rhyme?

Activity 2: Pick a type of Poem and create your own! It can be on any topic. Or, if you want a challenge- Try all three! Will you try acrostic? Rhyme? Repetition? We can’t wait to see them! You can write these using a pencil and paper, just make sure to remember to leave a line between verses.

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Activity 1: Have a look at these Calligrams and Shape poems. Your challenge is to try and create your own to practice! You could do one on any topic.

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A Calligram is a word or piece of text where the design and layout of the letters creates a visual image related to the meaning of the words themselves.

IDEAS

FOOD ANIMALS CLOTHES SCHOOL NATURE ENVIRONMENT THE OCEAN THE WORLD

This one is a SWAN.

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Activity 2: Shape Poems

A shape poem is different to a Calligram. Shape poems use the text to create the shape of what the poem is about! Have a look at the Star Poem and The Whale poem!

Your activity is to now try and complete a shape poem! Make sure your writing is about the shape! You may write a poem about an apple and write it in the shape of an apple. Give it a go! Post on the blog so your friends can see!

Activity 2: Now it’s time to create your own shape poem!

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Well done for making it to Day Three of your poetry project! Today we are going to recap the features of poetry and think about how to use Rhyme!

Activity 1: Warm up!

Your first activity is to figure out what the features of poetry are by filling in the blanks. Then I want you to try and think about what they are, and give an example ….

1. ALL_TER_TIO_

2. RH_ME

3. RE_ET_T_ON

ANSWERS HERE 1. Alliteration - When the first letters of the word is repeated - Sizzling Sausages,

Big Brown Bear

2. Rhyme - Words that sound similar - Fright, Night,Kite Shed, Head, Bed

3. Repetition - Repeating a word or sentence - The fish has scales, the fish has gills , the fish has ...

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I’d almost forgotten it’s friendship week! Now you’ve had the opportunity to look at different types of poetry, it’s your chance to think about your best friend again!

Activity 2: Now we would like you to have a think about how you would describe your best friend. I would like you to write a small paragraph about why you love them and what they are like! Minimum of 10 sentences. Make sure you use lots of adjectives! Use can either use a pencil on paper, or you can print the template on the class page.

Have a look at miss stanworth’s paragraph about miss foley. Then go to the next page to see some cool templates!

Mrs. Foley is a great friend. She is always there for me when I need help and I even see her on weekends! Mrs. Foley often wears pretty floral dresses and her black OLOG fleece. Mrs Foley is lead of RE which means she is very Holy! She also has a lot of links to Ireland so loves the colour green and loves going there to visit her family and friends. Mrs Foley helps me to be a better teacher and always listens.

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Activity 2

Here are some templates you could write your paragraph into. You can print these as the templates are on the class page,, but if you don’t have a printer you could draw your own using a pencil and a ruler. Your paragraph needs lots of adjectives!

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Today is the day you are going to write your poem!!

Make sure you have:

- Your friendship topic web- Your friendship paragraph - An idea of what poem style

you would like to do

THINGS TO REMEMBER

PUNCTUATION

VERSES

ADJECTIVES

CAPITAL LETTERS AND FULL STOPS

tO THINK ABOUT YOUR FRIEND

Activity 1It’s now time to write your friendship poem! Have a look at the next few pages to see examples of different poems about friends!

This way to the examples!

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Here we have Mrs. Foley, who is ever so Holy, She enjoys RE, that’s why she is Lead,So she can make the lessons fun.

Mrs. Foley loves the irish, So her main pass time is, To listen to irish bands, Some of whom I cannot stand,But she enjoys it all the same!

Mrs. Foley is pretty,And also very witty,She makes me laugh all the time,And makes sure I stay in line!That’s why she makes a great teacher.

RHYME EXAMPLE

O nly Olivia makes me laugh

L ifting my spirits when I’m

sad.

I can’t live without her.

V ery helpful in school.

I wish I could see her more.

A very good friend.

ACROSTIC EXAMPLE

Daniel will always, Play football with me and pass the ball.

Daniel will always, Make me happy when I am sad.

Daniel will always, Kick the ball into the goal.

Daniel will always, Run races with me.

Daniel will always, Be my best friend. D

ACROSTIC EXAMPLE

This way to CALLIGRAM AND SHAPE examples

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SHAPE AND CALLIGRAM EXAMPLES

Can you find all the letters that spell “OLIVIa”?

I have written the poem around the shape, you could rub out the shape and let the words form it!

The words are inside the shape this time!

WELL DONE FOR GETTING TO THE END OF THE PROJECT! Try and post your work to the blog!