English - Mini projects

Mrs Brown’s English

- Writing – We have been looking at the Romans. Think back to when we learnt about the Roman invasion of Britain. Imagine that you find yourself in Britain during the invasion, write a diary entry as if you are one of the Roman invaders. Write about what is happening and how you are feeling. Remember to use all the features of a diary entry including dates and times, written in first person, past tense for main events, an introduction to set the scene, written in chronological order, include emotions and feelings and time conjunctions.

- Spelling /PAG - Use a different coloured pen/pencil to edit your diary. Remember to look for punctuation and spelling mistakes. You can then check for improving your language with more interesting adjectives/adverbs, powerful verbs and the use of descriptive techniques such as fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases. Complete the ‘a or an’ activity.

- Reading – Read Chapters 4 and 5 of Roman Rescue. Complete 5 of the activity cards using the first three chapters to help you.

Friday 30th November 2012

Dear Diary,

I had the best day EVER today. I woke up this

morning, the sun was shining through the curtains and I could

smell breakfast cooking downstairs. I jumped out of my bed,

threw on my school clothes and skipped down to the kitchen.

A delicious breakfast of pancakes with syrup was waiting

for me on the table and I gobbled it down as quick as a flash. I

grabbed my school bag, shouted “Bye!” to my mum and dashed

out of the door to school.

When I arrived at school, my teacher handed my homework

back to me and a huge grin spread across her face. Guess what?

I got 20 out of 20! I couldn’t believe it! We had my best lessons

in the morning (Literacy and Geography).

Before I knew it, it was lunchtime. The menu today was my

favourite: Spaghetti Bolognaise followed by Chocolate pudding –

yum! The afternoon flew by, and we ended the school day with a

really fun game of Dodgeball, and we all cheered when my team

won (of course).

After school, I came home and was met with the most

amazing surprise; my mum told me that we were going out to the

cinema and to Pizza Hut for dinner. We had a fantastic time!

I’m sitting on my bed writing this, remembering all the fun

things that happened today. I hope tomorrow is just as good!

Ahmed

Roman Invader

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A or AnPart A

Usually, we use the determiner ‘a’ before nouns that start with a consonant and ‘an’ before nouns that start with a vowel.

Game 1: Cut out the two sets of cards, keeping each set separate, then spread them out face-down in two separate piles. Take it in turns to turn over one card from each set. If the determiner and the noun match, e.g. a + rabbit, keep the cards. If they don’t match, e.g. an + parrot, turn the cards back over. The winner is the person with the most cards at the end of the game.

Game 2: Use only the noun cards for this game. Again, spread them out face-down and take it in turns to turn over two cards. If both nouns would have the same determiner, e.g. a rabbit and a parrot, keep the cards. If they would have different determiners, e.g. a rabbit and an insect, turn the cards back over.

an elephant

an song

an cinema

an umbrella

an igloo

an dragon

a year

a island

a orange

a country

a table

a apple

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Part B

Usually, we use the determiner ‘a’ before nouns that start with a consonant and ‘an’ before nouns that start with a vowel.

Can you find and correct the errors in this text?

Yesterday, I went on an trip to my local town. I needed to stock up on many essential food items as there was a amber weather warning in place for later that day. Firstly, I popped into a supermarket. While in the shop, I bought an loaf of bread, several pints of milk and a enormous punnet of strawberries. After that, I bought a emergency kit containing candles, matches and an shovel which I thought I could use if I needed to dig myself out of the snow.

Popping into the library, I picked up some books to keep myself entertained. I selected an new book by my favourite author, a book about an unicorn and a instruction manual on how to keep chickens. Returning to the car, I was surprised to see that I had been less than a hour. I paid my parking fee at an machine and returned to my car.

Can you explain why there are exceptions to the rule such as an hour or a unicorn?

Challenge Task

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A or An AnswersPart A

Part B

Yesterday, I went on an trip to my local town. I needed to stock up on many essential food items as there was a amber weather warning in place for later that day. Firstly, I popped into a supermarket. While in the shop, I bought an loaf of bread, several pints of milk and a enormous punnet of strawberries. After that, I bought a emergency kit containing candles, matches and an shovel which I thought I could use if I needed to dig myself out of the snow.

Popping into the library, I picked up some books to keep myself entertained. I selected an new book by my favourite author, a book about an unicorn and a instruction manual on how to keep chickens. Returning to the car, I was surprised to see that I had been less than a hour. I paid my parking fee at an machine and returned to my car.

Challenge!

Can you explain why there are exceptions to the rule such as ‘an hour’ or ‘a unicorn’?

The ‘h’ sound at the beginning of ‘hour’ is silent. The first sound you hear is the vowel sound ‘ou’, so it follows the rule for vowels. The ‘u’ in ‘unicorn’ makes a ‘y’ sound, which is why it follows the rule for consonants.

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song elephant

cinema umbrella

dragon igloo

country apple

table orange

year island

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Punctuation and Grammar• Complete the A or An Activity Sheet. • Challenge! Can you explain why there are exceptions

to the rule such as an hour or a unicorn?

Comprehension• Complete the Facts Activity Sheet.• Challenge! Write a list of questions you have about

the story that are still unanswered.

Vocabulary• List all the synonyms for ‘said’ from the

two chapters. • Challenge! Use a thesaurus to find more alternatives

for ‘said’ and create a classroom display.

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Teach• Use the details in Chapter 4 to write an instruction

manual about how to dress as a Roman (including what not to do!).

• Challenge! Add suggestions for alternative costume ideas.

Research• Pick a period from history and research what

their coins looked like. Write a blog post for your school blog explaining what you have discovered, including pictures.

• Challenge Find out how people traded before coins and money were invented.

Predict• Write a prediction of what you think will happen

next, explaining your reasons for your prediction using evidence from the text.

• Challenge Write what you think happens next from Charlie’s point of view.

Reading Task• Read Chapters 4 and 5.

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FactsPart A

Read through the two chapters again. Can you make a list of the facts that we find out during these chapters?

Which ‘facts’ do you think have been made up for the story and which are true in real life?

Can you write a list of questions you have that remain unanswered?

Challenge Task

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Facts AnswersPart A

Example answer:

We know that the leather pouches are used to time travel.

We know that the leather pouch from the Normans peg is missing.

We know that the children are uncomfortable wearing their costumes.

We are told that forfeit means to give something up and that in order to use the doors you need to make a forfeit.

In York, there are the remains of a Roman tower and an Emperor’s villa and gardens.

Challenge!

Children’s own responses, such as:

What has happened to Professor Howe?

What has happened to Charlie?

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forging

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conundrum

contempt

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