English – Week beginning 4th May

Please try to complete the following activities over the week. There are only 4 English activities this week because of the special project work that has been set for the Bank Holiday on Friday. 

1.SPaG 

L.I: Identify and use subordinate conjunctions

Have a look at the ‘Subordinate conjunctions recap’ to remind you how to use them. 

Main task - Complete one of the ‘spot the clauses’ challenges. 

These can either be printed out and glued in or you can carefully copy the sentences into your work book. 

1 star = C1 

2 stars = C2 

3 stars = C3 

You can mark your own work with an adult. The answer sheets are included in the PDF. 

Extension activity 

Use the subordinate conjunction word mat to write some of your own complex sentences. 

Remember the top tips above! 

Challenge: try a fronted subordinate but remember the comma! 

2. Reading comprehension and book review 

Activity 1

L.I: Answer questions about a non-fiction text 

Open the ‘Rainforest calling’ reading comprehension and choose your challenge. 

Read the text carefully and complete the questions. 

You do not need to print anything. Question can be written directly into your work books. 

Remember to answer in full sentences please! 

1 star = C1 

2 stars = C2 

3 stars = C3 

Activity 2

LI: Write a book review

We would love to hear about some of the books you have been reading! 

Choose a book which you have read recently (and enjoyed!) 

Fill in the ‘book review’ template below or create your own based on the template given. 

If you are able to, we would love to see a photo of your review on Mr W’s blog! 

3 & 4. Free verse poetry (2 days)

These 3 activities should take you 2 days to complete. 

https://clpe.org.uk/poetryline/poems/forest 

Click on the link and read ‘For forest’ by Grace Nichols. 

You can also watch her reading the poem aloud if you scroll down! She explains how the Amazon rainforest was her inspiration.  

Please supervise children on the internet.

Activity 1 

L.I: Understand poetic devices 

Carefully copy the poem into your workbook. 

Use the poetry toolbox below to annotate (highlight/underline and label or make a key) the poetic devices Grace has used in her poem. 

Poetry toolbox  

• Adjectives: describing words 

• Alliteration: 2 or more words starting with the same letter (slow sloth, leaping leopard) 

• Similes: describes something by comparing it to something else, using like or as (the snake moved like a ripple in the pool) 

• Metaphors: a word or a phrase used to describe something as if it were something else (the alligator's teeth are white daggers) 

• Rhyme: words which make the same sound 

• Repetition: where a line, word or phrase is used more than once 

• Personification: Describing objects as if they are people 

Useful links about poetry writing 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfkk7ty/articles/z9tkxfr 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfkk7ty/articles/zw9p8mn 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjhhvcw/articles/zqjgrdm 

Please supervise children on the internet.

Activity 2 

L.I: Collect ideas for a jungle poem 

Use the sheet below to collect ideas for your own poem about the jungle/rainforest.  

You can either print the sheet or draw a table into your book. 

Collect as many ideas as you can! Remember, they don’t have to be in full sentences.  

Useful links for inspiration 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vijLre760w 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvvmjhv 

https://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/media.ashx/rainforest-action-pack-in-house-print.pdf 

You could also look for images of the rainforests online – always check with an adult before using the internet. 

Activity 3 

L.I Write and illustrate a jungle poem 

You are now going to write and illustrate your own jungle poem!  

We would like you to write a free verse poem. So it doesn’t have to have a set rhyme or rhythm. Have a look at the link which explains what free verse is.  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/z8sf8mn 

Please supervise children on the internet.

You might manage to include a few rhyming words in your poem but don’t focus on it rhyming too much. The main aim is to create some amazing imagery of the rainforest! Have a look at Miss J’s jungle poem below! You could use this as a writing frame and change some of the parts. 

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