A Story Like the Wind

Gill Lewis

Y6 English Home Learning 25.9.20

What would you like to

know?

What can you predict about

this story?

Task 1

LO: I can compare and

contrast two images and

make inferences.

The images on the following pages are from the inside cover. What can you find out about the story setting and background?

What has changed? Why? What do you think happened the thecity on the hill?

Collect powerful words and phrases to describe what

you might see, hear and smell in the two pictures.

How would the city feel?

Use an online thesaurus to collect as many powerful

words as you can.

Use your ideas to complete the poem on the

following page.

You can add artwork to your poem.

The city once sawThe city once heardThe city once smeltThe city once felt

The city now seesThe city now hearsThe city now smellsThe city now feels

There is a WAGOLL on

the following page!

The city once saw golden mosque

glittering in the sunrise

The city once heard the laughter of

children and the sounds of the

bustling market

The city once felt secure and full

joyful hearts

Now the city sees annihilation and

despair

Now the city hears the deafening roar

of bombs

Now the city feels the weight of lost

souls

Lost

Hope

Task TwoReading Time

Is he really

spinning

through

space?

Or is it a

metaphor?

He feels he is a

handful of

Sawdust –

what does this

suggest?

What has he

left behind?

What is in the

long slim

case?

Word

Definition:

Coltish

Synapses

Etched

Focus: To DECODE and RETRIEVE (p5-6)

1. Is he really spinning through space? Or is it a metaphor?

2. The boy feels he is a handful of stardust. What does this image suggest?

3. His mouth “once held a smile”. What does this mean?

4. What has he left behind?

5. What is in the long slim case

Challenge

Find out about this vocabulary using a dictionary and apply to the text.

coltish legs synapse etched

Task 3: Grammar Challenge

LO: To revise the names and purpose of the four main word classes

Spinning, spinning, slowly beneath the stars.

In a small boatWith a small hopeOn a rising sea.

Read this text from the opening of the book.

Do you know what word classes the highlighted

words belong to?

Spinning, spinning, slowly beneath the stars.

In a small boatWith a small hopeOn a rising sea.

verb adverb

noun

adjectives

nouns verbs

adjectives adverbs

Word Classes: Can you write a definition and give some examples for each word class?

Grammar TaskCan you create your own word art page like the one in the book, but replace the highlighted words with your own ideas?

Make sure that the new word is the right word class.