Homework due Friday, 11th May 2018

TIME CONJUNCTIONS

When, after, before, until, since, while, once, as and as soon as are conjunctions which can be used to connect an action or an event to a point in time. Conjunctions must be followed by an action done by someone, or something. If you take the conjunction out, the sentence would not make sense!

Task

Complete the following sentences by putting a time conjunction into them. Make sure they make sense! Then write five of your own sentences using time conjunctions.

She was a lot smaller  _________      she was young.

We must be quiet    ______   everyone has gone to bed.

Put your pyjamas on     ________________   you go to bed!

I’ll wait with you    ­­­­­­­­­­­___________________ the train comes.

I’ve been very busy   ____________    I started my new job.

No one left the classroom  ______________   the lesson was on.

I’ll call you   ___________________ I arrive.

We always have some popcorn  _______   we get to the cinema.

I saw him   _____________   I came out of the supermarket.

Homework due Friday, 4th May 2018: Persuasive Letter

Our local and global community have a plastic problem. We want you to do something about it! Have a look at the facts below:

1)      10 million metric tonnes of plastic waste end up in our seas and oceans each year. This is the same weight as about 2 million elephants- imagine that!

2)      Plastic takes thousands of years to decompose and rot away!

3)      There is an enormous pile of plastic waste floating in the Pacific Ocean which is now larger than France!

4)      It is predicted that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish.

5)      Some of our sealife is dying due to the fact that these vulnerable creatures are eating the plastic which poisions them.

6)      Hounslow Borough Council do not collect recycling from schools!

Task:  We are asking all children at Chatsworth to work together as a community to write a letter to Hounslow Borough Council to PERSUADE them to start collecting recycling from schools in the borough. Your letter should give at least three reasons why they should collect recycling from schools. You may decide to write a paragraph for each reason. Try to include persuasive sentence starters (Surely you agree that…..Everybody knows that….I strongly believe that….) and rhetorical questions (How would you feel if…? Don’t you know that….?) Please write your letter on PAPER.

You do not need to include any addresses on your letter as we will send a covering letter as a school. You could set out the letter as below:

Date

Dear Councillor,

I am writing because….

…….

…….

Yours sincerely

Your name

Homework due Monday, 30th April 2018

This week we have been looking at biographies and autobiographies. Your homework is to find out as much as you can about the life of someone you admire. It could be a family member or somebody famous that you have heard about. Please make notes about their life on paper and bring it in to school on or before Monday, 30^th April. Try to sort their life into sections.

For example,

1)Date and place of birth/early years/ family life
2) Life at school
3) Early adulthood and first job
4) Marriage? Children?
4) Later jobs/achievements
5) Life now or date and details of death

Remember to include any important and interesting events and achievements.

I'm looking forward to seeing who you have chosen to research and what you have found out.

 

Homework due Monday, 16th April 2018

Homework due Monday, 16^th April 2018

Please write two diary entries over the holidays. You should focus on using adverbial starters and remember to use a comma after your adverbials. Below are some examples of the different ways that you can start your sentences.

Each diary entry should include at least two activities that you completed that day, what you did, who you were with, describing what you could see/ hear/ feel, describing your thoughts and feelings.

Homework due Friday, 23rd March 2018

What is your favourite game?

Remembering what you have learnt this week, please write a set of instructions for your favourite game.

Use the frame below to help you plan your instructions before you begin writing them.

Introduction

What you will need:

What to do:

Final note:

You can also include diagrams to help you explain each step.

Homework due Friday, 16th March 2018

We have been looking at ways to show how a character is feeling by using a range of vocabulary to imply (hint at) their feelings without explicitly saying the adjective.

For example,

The boy was feeling sad.

The boy’s lip trembled as tears dripped down his cheek.

 

How do you think these characters are feeling?

Try to use SHOW not tell sentences to imply how the person is feeling. Think about their facial expression, body language, what they may say and how they may say it.

Can you think of at least 5 different sentences to show how eachcharacter is feeling?

Homework due Friday, 9th March 2018

We have been looking at ways to write direct speech into our stories this week. Can you remember the things we found out? 

Ask a parent's permission to view this clip for some tips: https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zvftsbk

Task :  Rewrite the following sentences so that the speech (and everything else) is written correctly. Can you think of some alternative words for 'said'?


 what time is it asked Sachin.  “What time is it?” asked Sachin
 let’s have chicken for dinner said Monica.
 can I play on the computer Mum asked Kayla.
 i would like an ice cream please said Zara.
 that costs 12 euro said the shop-keeper.
 would you like to read a book asked the teacher.
 where is the cheese asked Kayleigh.
 what’s five times eight asked Miss Byrne.
 hooray shouted the children.

Homework due Friday, 23rd February

We will be celebrating book week after half term. Please read as much as you can over the holidays. Please complete the book review and come back prepared to talk about your favourite book so that we can celebrate our love of reading! Have a great break.

Homework due Thursday, 8th February

In History we have been looking at the Stone Age.

Your task this week is to read the text and answer the questions below. Answer in FULL sentences.

e.g. 1) During the Stone Age people ate……

Homework due Friday 2nd February 2018

POETRY

We have been looking at poetry this week and identifying different poetic features.

1.    Your task this week is to see if you can identify five metaphors and five examples of personification in the poems shown on this page.

2.   Then try and come up with five metaphors of your own to describe the weather, e.g. the wind is a wolf in the night.

Homework due Friday, 26th January

POETRY

Have a look at the following poems. One of them is a shape poem, one is a narrative poem and one is a haiku poem. Can you decide which is which?

TASK: 

Firstly, choose one of the poems and explain whether it is a narrative, shape or haiku poem. Give reasons for your answers. 

Next, describe any poetic techniques you have found in the poem. (Rhyme, repetition, rhythm, descriptive language, simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration).

Then, find another example of a narrative, shape or haiku poem, copy it or print it and bring it to school.

1)

                        

2)   Beaches by Kaitlyn Guenther

Sand scatters the beach

Waves crash on the sandy shore

Blue water shimmers 

3)      The Broken-Legg’d Man by John Mackey Shaw

I saw the other day when I went shopping in the store

A man I hadn't ever, ever seen in there before,

A man whose leg was broken and who leaned upon a crutch-

I asked him very kindly if it hurt him very much.

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

I ran around behind him for I thought that I would see

The broken leg all bandaged up and bent back at the knee;

But I didn't see the leg at all, there wasn't any there,

So I asked him very kindly if he had it hid somewhere.

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

"Then where," I asked him, "is it? Did a tiger bite it off?

Or did you get your foot wet when you had a nasty cough?

Did someone jump down on your leg when it was very new?

Or did you simply cut it off because you wanted to?"

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

"What was it then?" I asked him, and this is what he said:

"I crossed a busy crossing when the traffic light was red;

A big red car came whizzing by and knocked me off my feet."

"Of course you looked both ways," I said, "before you crossed the street."

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

"They rushed me to the hospital right quickly," he went on,

"And when I woke in nice clean sheets I saw my leg was gone;

That's why you see me walking now on nothing but a crutch."

"I'm glad," said I, "you told me, and I thank you very much!"

"Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

Homework due Friday, 19th January

Next week you will be looking at adverts for different products and will identify how companies persuade people to buy.

Your task this week is to create a poster for your own chocolate bar. Imagine you owned a company and had your own chocolate! How would you persuade people to buy it?

Look at the posters below for ideas.

Homework due Friday, 12th January

This week we have been learning about persuasive language. We enjoyed debating some interesting topics in class! Have a look at the statements below:

WATCHING  TELEVISION  IS GOOD  FOR  CHILDREN.

WATCHING TELEVISION IS BAD FOR CHILDREN.

Which statement do you agree with? Please can you write a persuasive paragraph that will convince the reader to agree with you.

Maybe you could include:

-Persuasive sentence starters (Surely you agree that.......Everybody knows that.....)

-Rhetorical questions (How would you feel if......? Don't you think that......?)

- Conjunctions to add points to your argument (In addition, furthermore, also, another reason is....)

- Good reasons to back up your argument