Year 6-English

Summer Term- Week 10

Home Learning

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Weekly Activities:

• Monday – Modal verbs

• Tuesday - Prepositions

• Wednesday – Reading comprehension

• Thursday – Write an explanation

• Friday – Re-tell a story

Monday 29th June

Today you will learn how to identify and use modal verbs.

Grammar warm up

What are the problems with these sentences?

1. Yesterday, I buy an ice-cream at my local shop.

2. The new puppies is extremely cute.

3. My niece collect anything and everything

related to unicorns.

4. The sun is shining brightly and the sea is shimmer

in its rays.

Grammar warm up

What are the problems with these sentences?

1. Yesterday, I buy an ice-cream at my local shop.

2. The new puppies is extremely cute.

3. My niece collect anything and everything

related to unicorns.

4. The sun is shining brightly and the sea is shimmer

in its rays.

The subjects and verbs do not agree.

Wishing wells

What do you know about wishing wells?

Have you ever seen one?

Have you ever used one for a wish?

What makes them appealing?

Wishing wells

A wishing well is a well in which a person throws a coin and at the

same time makes a wish. There are several traditions going back

over time, one is where visitors would participate in the ritual by

taking a few sips of well water from a glass. And throwing the rest

of the water backwards over their left shoulder while wishing.

Wishing wells

What do you think about the likelihood

or possibility of a wish coming true?

When else do you make wishes? Why?

Wishing wells

Which words in sentences indicate

likelihood or possibility?

Can you remember 10 of them?

Modal verbs

Modal verbs can be used to show how possible

something is, or how likely it is to happen/have

happened.Modal verbs are auxiliary verbs which

cannot usually work alone. They are used

with a main verb

Think of a sentence that

includes a modal verb

in relation to a wish at a

wishing well.

Modal verbs

Some examples…

If I squeeze my eyes tightly as I throw the coin, my wish mightcome true.

If I could wish for anything in the world, I would wish for a pet hippo.

People can make wishes at wishing wells; I’m not sure if they willcome true or not.

Now choose the 1, 2 or 3 star activity.

If you fancy an extra challenge try this!

Design a poster, leaflet or PowerPoint that explains modal verbs.

Tuesday 30th June

Today you will learn how to identify and use prepositions.

Grammar warm up

Write a sentence that includes two adjectives to describe this wishing well.

Circle the adjectives.

Underline the verb in your sentence –remember all sentences have at least one verb.

Grammar warm up

An example…

In the corner of the garden, a

traditional, slightly crooked wishing

well waited for its next expectant

visitor.

The Wishgranter

Click on the picture to watch this film.

The WishgranterWhat happened to the coin that was put into the well by the first man (the money wisher)?

Watch the first 40 seconds again and make some notes about its journey.

The WishgranterLook at your notes. How many prepositions or prepositional phrases have you included?

Prepositions and prepositional phrasesSome examples – there are lots more!

Prepositions Prepositional phrases

down the well

inside the pipe

along the tube

on top of the pile

between his fingers

over the wall

at the bottom

beside the button

towards the water

Prepositional phrasesIdentify the prepositional phrases in these sentences – the first one has been done for you.

Prepositional phrasesIdentify the prepositional phrases in these sentences – the first one has been done for you.

Note that in these examples the prepositional phrase is also an

adverbial phrase because they are telling us ‘where’.

Now choose the 1, 2 or 3 star analysis activity.

Rewatch the video if you need to.

If you fancy an extra challenge try this!

Describe this picture by using

prepositions and prepositional phrases.

Wednesday 1st July 2020

Today you will learn about reading aloud.

Reading aloud

As you get older, most of the reading you do is in your head. Reading aloud requires different skills as you need to think about your volume, pace

and expression.

Have some fun by reading the extract on the next slide aloud in different voices, choose 3 or 4 from the list – share you voices with your family!

Reading aloud

Voices you could try:

The Queen

A monster

A baby

A fast talker

A slow talker

Peppa pig

A whisperer

Darth Vadar

A policeman

You may have ideas

of your own to try.

Now choose the 1, 2 or 3 star reading comprehension activity.

Read the dialogue

aloud in a relevant character voice!

If you fancy an extra challenge try this!

Write a scene for Alice in Wonderland that includes a wishing well.

Thursday 2nd July 2020

Today we will be learning to write an explanation.

Vocabulary warm up

How many synonyms for ‘wish’ can you write down in 30 seconds?

Vocabulary warm up

Synonyms for ‘wish’

How many did you match?

Have you got more?

desire· want · hope for · long for · yearn for · crave · hunger for · thirst for · covet · dream of · aspire to · set your

heart on · have as one's goal/aim · seek · hanker after · have a yen for · itch for

Explanations

Think back to The Wishgranter film. How were wishes granted?

Re-watch the film if you need to.

Explanations

What are the purpose of explanations?

What features do we use to write explanations?

ExplanationsYou will be explaining how wishes are granted. This is a sequential process – it happens in stages.

ExplanationsThis is an example of a sequential explanation writing in a flow-chart style. The paragraphs could also be arranged in a more traditional top to bottom of page format (like we did when we explained the circulatory system).

Explanations Which of these

features can you

see in the example?

How could you

improve the example?

Make brief notes about each stage of ‘How wishes

are granted’ as a class. You can have more or less

stages if you prefer.

Now choose the 1, 2 or 3 star activity.

Research ‘wishes’ and create an information text about the different ways people across the world do this.

If you fancy an extra challenge try this!

Friday 3rd July 2020

Today you will learn about re-telling an event from a character’s perspective.

Vocabulary warm up

Make a list of verbs to describe the actions in this picture.

Re-telling a story

You will be re-telling the story in this week’s video ‘The Wishgranter’

from a character’s point of view.

What is the purpose of this?

Re-telling a story

The purpose of re-telling from one character’s point of view is that it gives a deeper understanding of

that character’s thoughts and feelings. It gives the reader a chance to explore the story in

more detail.

Re-telling a storyYou will be re-telling the story from the point of view of either…

• The Wishgranter

• The Money wisher

• Either of the love wishers

Re-watch the film and imagine you are just one of those characters. Make some notes, as you watch, about what you are thinking and feeling (as the character).

Re-telling a storyYou will be re-telling the story from the point of view of either…

• The Wishgranter

• The Money wisher

• Either of the love wishers

You will not need to re-tell everything. For example, if you are on of the wishers, the key things to re-tell will be…

• Why you decided to make a wish

• What happened as soon as you made the wish and how you felt

• What happened next and you thoughts and feelings about it.

• What happened in the end and you overall feeling about wishing wells.

Re-telling a storyThis is an example of a re-telling of the story from the point of view of the female love wisher.

Day-after-day, I stared at that wishing well and wondered if that’s where my fate could be decided. I knew that was a silly thought; wishing wells can’t make dreams come true. But what had I got to lose? I took the only coin from my tip box and flicked it into the shimmering water. Tightly squeezing my eyes closed, I repeated my wish over and over in my head, ‘I wish for love, I wish for love, I wish for love.’ Of course, nothing happened; I sighed and headed back to the shop, feeling a little foolish, wondering if I would ever fall in love.

Feeling despondent, I locked the shop and walked over to my car, Suddenly an invisible energy seemed to take over my body. This magical force pushed me back over to the imposing wishing well. Crash! I collided right into a man – how embarrassing! Once I’d straightened my glasses, I looked up at him to apologise. Something incredible happened next: he handed me a perfect pink flower and smiled the brightest smile. Maybe I would find love after all. Perhaps wishing wells do make dreams come true!

Now choose the 1, 2 or 3 star activity.

I’m looking forward to reading these on Purple Mash from those of you

working at home.

Have a lovely weekend!

Let me know if you see any wishing wells!