Monday 13th July

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Summary

Chapter 8How Can They Escape?

The group could not escape because the window was too high off the ground.Joe suggests they take the Whizz-Away ointment and rub it on the table and bench and then they could use them to fly away.During the escape, Saucepan throws a kettle at the Enchanter and Wizard WilyThe bench returns to the Faraway Tree because Moon-Face, Silky and Saucepan live there whilst the table with the children returned to their home.

Summary

Chapter 9The Land Of Dreams

Silky, Moon-Face and Saucepan visit the children at their home to check if they got back safely after the escape from the Enchanter.Rick, Moon-Face and Saucepan all get grabbed as they look through the top of the Faraway Tree into the Land of Dreams and this alarms the rest of the group.The Sandman lives in the Land of Dreams and he scatters sand over people which makes them go to sleep.The danger in falling asleep in the Land of Dreams is that you could wake up to find that the land has moved away from the Faraway Tree and you cannot get home again.

Today we are going to review our writing and make improvements to

make it more interesting.

Your first task it to read over your chapter of the Magic Faraway Tree

(read to a friend if possible)

Give each other 2 stars and a wish. What is really good about it?

What could be improved?

Have another look over your chapter

Use the ideas below to check you have included lots of interesting features -

• Capital letters at start of sentence• Capital letters for proper nouns – check name of land• Adjectives• Conjunctions (and, but, so, because, if, when, that, etc.)• Use a question mark for a question• Include an exclamation mark

Add any corrections in a different colour so we can see that you have made alterations.

Tuesday 14th July

Read or listen to Chapter 10

Make a list of all the interesting adjectives

Can you find any interesting verbs?

Adjectives

Have a look at the adjectives on your list. Which adjectives

link to the Magic Faraway Tree?

Can you write those in a separate list?

Think of some more adjectives to describe the tree, add them

to your list.

Adjectives PoemHere is an

adjective poem

It is short and simple.

Can you read it out loud?

Adjectives PoemThe adjectives are in bold writing.

Can you think of an alternative

adjective for each line?

Write your new poem in your book.

Adjectives Poem

Can you share your poem?

Record yourself and post on Seesaw.

Or share in your class bubble.

Wednesday 15th July

Look back at the adjectives poem from yesterday to remind

yourself of your fantastic creation.

Nouns

Look at the image of the

Magic Faraway Tree.

Can you think of any nouns linked

to the tree?

Nouns

We thought of these nouns -

branchleaftwigroottrunk

AdjectivesCan you write down as many

adjectives as you can think of linked

to the Magic Faraway Tree?

Share your most interesting ones with your teacher

on Seesaw.

Adjective poem

Link your adjectives and nouns to create

an adjective poem about the Faraway Tree

Thursday 16th July

Creating your own Faraway land

Over the next 2 sessions you are going to create your own land for the children to visit.

Here are the summaries for the lands the children visited:

The Land of Topsy TurvyThis land is a peculiar place where everybody walks on their hands and everything is upside down. A policeman gets angry at Jo, so he puts a spell on Jo to turn him on his hands too.

The Land of SpellsThere are many witches and wizards with spells in this land and Jo gets put back right side up, by a friendly old witch.

The Land of DreamsHere everything that happens is very dream-like and unreal. The characters get stuck in this land because the Sandman throws sand in the children's eyes to make them sleep.

The Land of Do-As-You-PleaseIn this land, anybody can do what they want and the children have great fun. Jo gets to drive a train, and all of them get to wade in the ocean.

The Land of ToysSaucepan man accidentally thinks of this land to be The Land of Goodies, so he gets imprisoned for stealing candy. Jo and the others rescue him from jail.

The Land of GoodiesThis land is filled with free goodies such as cake and treacle pudding. Rick eats a knocker from one of the resident's houses, getting in trouble.

The Land of the Old WomanDame Washalot's friend, the old woman who lives in a shoe, comes down the faraway tree to live in Moonface's house. The children lure her back to her land, with Rick making up for his mistake in The Land of Goodies and saving his friends.

The Land of Magic MedicinesThe children's mother is ill, so the children visit this land to buy her medicine.

The Land of TempersIn this land everyone has a bad temper and if anyone loses their temper here, they will have to stay in the land forever.

The Land of PresentsA place full of presents. The children go around picking up presents for each other and their parents.

Your favourite land

Which land was your favourite?

Can you explain why it was your favourite?

Spend 10 minutes drawing what you imagine the land to look

like.

Create your own Faraway land

Start by listing some adjectives to describe your new land

Can you give it a name?

Create your own Faraway land

What will happen in your land?

Will there be any special characters in your land?

Create your own Faraway land

On a large sheet of paper create your Faraway land.

Remember to add lots of details.

Add labels and short descriptions to your land to

explain it to others.

Create your own Faraway land

Add a video to Seesaw or talk to someone in your bubble

about your new Faraway land.

Friday 17th July

Writing a description of the new Faraway land

Create your own Faraway land

Think carefully about your new Faraway land.

Write some sentences to describe your new land.

Remember to think about the important things to include (punctuation, conjunctions)

Create your own Faraway land

Do your sentences match your picture of the new land? Have you included all the detail?

Look back over your work and check you have included

everything. Add any further detail in a different colour.