HL 14

Thursday Reading Task:

On a Thursday, your reading task will be to read a chapter from ‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell.

Comprehension Questions:

Sardines:

Vocabulary: coax, hauled, conveniently, mooring, jutted, tendrils, havoc, civilisation, laden, clustered, embers, surge

Use a dictionary to find the definition of the above words.

On Page 91, why doesn’t Fred answer?
Why does Max think that English people eat crumpets and cigars and not fish?
On Page 98, Fred finds the first pineapple. How do you think he felt at this point. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Challenge: If you were an explorer, what would you take exploring? Write a list of the equipment you would pack.

Thursday Writing Task:

This week we will be using ‘OAK ACADEMY’ to look at ‘Newspaper Reports’.

Today’s task about grammar linked to newspaper reports – inverted commas.

Watch the video and complete the activities linked to it.

Make a note of any of the language that you like – you might be able to use it when it comes to writing your own.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/news-report-spag-focus-inverted-commas

If you would like to challenge yourself further, complete the following activities:

activity 1

activity 2

activity 3

Thursday Maths Task:

Wednesday answers:

Thursday Starter:

Main Activity:

This week we are going to continue to be looking at PATTERNS AND SEQUENCES.

In this lesson, you will recap on the names of different types of angles. We will be looking specifically at angles within different shapes. You will be drawing and investigating different shapes containing a variety of angles. Pupils investigate a series of statements about the angles within shapes, justifying whether they are always, sometimes or never true.

Follow the video and complete the activities linked to it.