Year 6 Term 2

Homework PackIt is essential that you keep up to date with your English this term- otherwise there will be a chunk of your story missing and it won’t

make sense!

Week 1 and 2 – Art – We draw South American Animals Week 3 – English Task 1 Story Planning Week 4 – Humanities/Geography – choose 1 of the options. Week 5- English – Task 2 – Setting Week 6 – Science – Female Scientists – Research and Poster Week 7 – English – Task 3 – Character introduction Week 8 – Humanities – Choose 1 of the 3 activities Week 9 – English – Task 4 – Story Development Week 10 – English – Task 5 – Final Chapter Week 11 – Task 6 – Edit and Review – Blurb Week 12 – Production – Make your story into a book. Ongoing – Recording 4 new words a week from your reading

books. Use sheets attached – word, write a sentence with it in, part of speech and what it means.

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Amazon Adventure

Week 3

Success criteria:

I can write in the first person (I, me, my) I can write in the past tense. I can use adjectives to describe nouns. I can use relative clauses. I can use adverbs to describe verbs, -ly, -ing, -ed. I can use figurative language to create an effect. I can use the passive to affect the presentation or

information in a sentence. I can use speech marks correctly. I can use semi colons correctly. I can use a hyphen to avoid confusing the reader – eg.

Man eating shark, man-eating shark. I can use commas to separate clauses within complex

sentences.Your personal writing targets:

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Amazon Adventure

Week 3 – English - Story premise

Like jabbering crows the journalists and photographers forced microphones, recording devices and cameras into our faces as we stepped off the plane at Abu Dhabi airport.

“How did it feel flying again?”

“Weren’t you scared?”

“How does it feel to have returned home?”

Question after question were bombarding in our direction and Jay and I stuck closer to each other’s side. Of course it wasn’t every day that two eleven year olds, from BSAK, survive a horrific plane crash and manage to stay alive for three days in the Amazon rain forest. We knew that we must have made the news but we weren’t expecting such a reception from journalists from all over the world. Jay glanced at me with a distinct look of disbelief, yet I knew it would be everyone else who would disbelieve us when we explained our incredible story of how we survived in the Amazon before being rescued.

Your task is to complete the short survival story by the end of Term Every fortnight you will need to complete a task sheet to finish your story. Use the success criteria and your personal targets to help you.

Week 3 – English - Task one story planning

Read the opening to the story carefully and pick out any key information about the story you will be writing.

Now plan your story using a planner of your choice; E.g. story mountain, story journey, story board.

Carefully consider:

1. The plane crash and the setting of where you land.2. Who you are with, who is Jay?3. What do you see, hear, smell and taste in the rainforest?4. How do you and Jay feel about your situation?5. How do you survive three days in the Amazon rainforest?6. How are you rescued?

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Week 4 – Humanities /Geography

1. Choose a country in South America and make an A4 information poster about it. Include human and physical features of the relevant country.

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2. Write a 20 question quiz about a South American country of your choice.

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3. Make a top trumps car for a South American country. Include information about the following:

Landmass, length of longest river, rainfall, population, length of coastline, amount of football world cups.

Name of Country :

Population:

Area (KM²) :

Highest point:

Longest river (KMs) :

Length of coastline (KMs) :

Amount of rainfall per year (CMs) :

Average Temperature per year (°C )

Week 5- English - Task two setting

This week you will write the setting of your story. You will need to briefly describe the plane crash and then your first impressions of the Amazon rainforest.

What did you see, hear, smell?

How did you feel about your new surroundings?

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Week 6

To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science – 11th February we would like you to conduct your own independent research and produce an information poster about a female scientist. Choose carefully – don’t just go for the first few on the list! Include pictures of the person, what they invented/made/discovered/ how this has impacted on the world/biographical data. The more detailed the better! The posters will form a fabulous display in the Year 6 area – so your very best work is required. Here are some websites to get you started but of course you are welcome to use others too.

http://www.iflscience.com/physics/women-scientists-you-need-know/

http://findingada.com/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-historic-female-scientists-you-should-know-84028788/

http://famousfemalescientists.com/

http://www.famousscientists.org/10-famous-women-scientists/

http://discovermagazine.com/2002/nov/feat50

Week 7 – English - Task three character introduction

This week you will describe Jay and how you discovered that he was still alive.

Describe his physical appearance and begin to show the reader what his personality is like. Eg. Did he try to act brave and be courageous or is he easily scared?

Explain what you did together when you first met up in the Amazon rainforest?

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Week 8 Humanities

Plan and write a 5 day travel itinerary for one of the countries in South America, include places of interest to visit etc. You need to persuade people to come and visit your country of choice.

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Find out/research about the history of the national dress of a South American country. Provide the information and a drawing in a fun and creative way.

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Research a national dish/food from one of the South American countries, make a dish to share with the class and be prepared to talk about the recipe and the history of the dish.

Week 9 –English - Task four story development

This week you will write about how you and Jay survived for 3 days together in the rainforest.

Where did you sleep? Did you build a shelter? What did you eat and drink? How did you stay safe? Were there any dangers? Were there any interesting or exciting events?

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Week 10 – English - Task five final chapter

This week you will finish writing your story by writing about how you were rescued.

Did you alert anyone to rescue you? How did they know where you were? How did you feel about being rescued?

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Week 11 English - Task six edit & review

Review and improve your story. Have you achieved your success criteria? What could you do even better?

Check your spelling and punctuation.

Does every sentence make sense?

Once you are happy with your story ask your parent to read it and suggest 2 things you could improve next time.

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Also you need to illustrate the front cover and write a blub on the back cover to interest your readers.

Blurb

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Week 12 English - Produce

Type up your story and make it into a book. Add illustrations or pictures throughout and front cover and a blub. These will be used

for display purposes next term – so make them fantastic!