English Week 1

1. English - Day 1

2. What is a 2a Sentence?
• Explanation:
• A 2A sentence has two adjectives before the first noun,
with another two before the second noun.
• This is very useful to paint a picture in the reader's
head- great for descriptive writing!

3. Examples:
a) He was a tall, awkward man with an old, crumpled jacket.
b) It was an overgrown, messy garden with a lifeless, leafless tree.
adj1 adj2 1stnoun adj3 adj4
2nd noun
adj1 adj2 1stnoun adj3 adj4 2nd noun
2A Sentences

4. Quick Task: Practising 2A Sentences
1) It was a _______, _______ place with a
________, _________ atmosphere.
2) There were _______,_______ soldiers with ________,_______
bodies.

5. Write a 2a
sentence to
accompany each
picture.

6. English - Day 2

8. Direct Speech
• Direct Speech is spoken language written down as if it
were a real overheard conversation.
• Words such as ‘he said’ and ‘she asked’ show who is
speaking to who.

9. For example:
“Why do they have such big nose-holes?” I asked.
“For smelling with,” my grandmother said.

10. The purpose of direct speech
• Direct speech is used a lot in stories. It makes the
characters believable and convincing.
• What the characters say and how they speak tells the
reader a lot about them.

11. Be able to punctuate dialogue
• Direct Speech has its own special kind of punctuation.
“For smelling with,” my grandmother said.
Speech marks only go around the spoken words.

12. A comma is needed to separate the spoken part
from the part telling you who is speaking, unless a
question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!) is used.
“For smelling with,” my grandmother said.
“Why do they have such big nose-holes?” I asked.
“No toes!” I cried.

13. A new paragraph is needed every time a different speaker begins speaking.
“Blue!” I cried. “Not blue! Their spit can’t be blue!”
(Don’t need a new paragraph here because it’s the same person talking.)

14. Speech begins with a capital letter.
“For smelling with,” my grandmother said.
“You will stay here with me,” she said, “and I will look after you.”
(a capital letter isn't needed here because this is a continuation
of the spoken sentence)

15. Copy the following sentences into your books,
adding the correct punctuation.
Their spit is blue.
Blue! I cried. Not blue! Their spit can’t be blue!
Blue as a bilberry she said.
Nobody can have blue spit I said.
Witches can she said.
Is it like ink? I asked.
Exactly she said.

16. “Their spit is blue.”
“Blue!” I cried. “Not blue! Their spit can’t be blue!”
“Blue as a bilberry,” she said.
“Nobody can have blue spit,” I said.
“Witches can,” she said.
“Is it like ink?” I asked.
“Exactly,” she said.

17. Now write your own conversations
featuring characters from your
favourite stories

18. Day 3 – Plan a story

19. Look at this
picture to plan
a story.
Think about
how the story
could start,
what’s it’s
middle might
be and how it
could finish.

20. Drawing a story mountain can be
a useful way to plan a story.
Think about sentence starters
you might use and any language
you might add in to describe
things.

21. Day 4 – Write a story

22. Write the story you planned yesterday

23. Use these to help your writing

24. Day 5 Reading Comprehension

26. What do you get if you add a netball team to a string quartet, a
married couple, new-born triplets and a football team? Your first
thought might be ‘a strange party’, but if you want a mathematical
answer, you need to dig deeper. That’s because they are all
completely different from each other. In order to add them
together, you should first find something they all have in common
– the fact that they are groups of people. Once you know how
many are in each group, you’re away. The same is true when you
add fractions – they all need to share the same common thing,
their denominator.
Week 1 - text

27. 1. Which two teams are mentioned?
a) ____________________________________________
b) ____________________________________________
2. Which words are used to describe the triplets?
______________________________
3. Why might the reader’s first thought have been that it was ‘a strange party’?
______________________________________________
Week 1 - questions

28. What do you get if you add a netball team to a string quartet, a
married couple, new-born triplets and a football team? Your first
thought might be ‘a strange party’, but if you want a mathematical
answer, you need to dig deeper. That’s because they are all
completely different from each other. In order to add them
together, you should first find something they all have in common
– the fact that they are groups of people. Once you know how
many are in each group, you’re away. The same is true when you
add fractions – they all need to share the same common thing,
their denominator.
Week 2 - text

29. 1. … you need to dig deeper …
In this context, which words are closest in meaning to dig deeper? Circle one.
count higher think harder use a spade use a calculator
2. According to the text, what would be the first thing you would need to do to add them together?
______________________________________________
3. What do fractions need to have in common when you add them together?
______________________________________________
Week 2 - questions