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For English each day, I would like you to start the lesson with a starter activity, you can find this below in the red swirl. Once you have completed and checked this, find the answers on the green swirl and see how you got on. Each starter activity is marked out of 15, keep track of how you got on each day to see your progress. Each starter may take between 10 and 20 minutes, don't worry if it takes a little longer, it is better to get it right than rush through :) 

After each starter, there is a link below to your daily task, which will consist of a video and then an independent task. I would love to hear how you got on :) 

If you need any help or are unsure about what to do then please email me.

English Starter Activities

  • Monday 22nd February 2021 In today's lesson, we will be learning all about what it means to persuade someone and will look closely at the features of a persuasive letter.
  • Tuesday 23rd February 2021 In this lesson, we will look closely at the spelling patterns that can help us decide between the two suffixes, -ent and -ant, and we will look at how words are connected by spellings and meaning, using word maps
  • Thursday 25th February 2021 In this lesson, we will begin to prepare to write our persuasive letter by generating points to use in our argument.
  • Friday 26th February 2021 In this lesson, we will introduce new vocabulary, identify word pairs and synonyms and apply the vocabulary in sentences.
  • Monday 1st March 2021 In this lesson, we will begin the process of planning to write a persuasive letter. You will be taught how to use a new planning structure for making persuasive points.
  • Tuesday 2nd March 2021 In this lesson, we will apply and practise the spelling rules and patterns investigated in the last lesson, explore a new spelling practice strategy, and complete a spelling test.
  • Wednesday 3rd March 2021 In preparation for writing our persuasive letter, we will practise using our plans and writing sentences using formal conjunctions.
  • Friday 5th March 2021 In our final lesson of the unit, you will take everything we've learnt so far and use it to write your own persuasive letter. You'll be given ideas for who you could write to and what you might try and persuade them to do.
  • Friday 12th February 2021 In this lesson, we will review all the key skills that we have developed over our unit on Oliver Twist. Following this, we will think about some ideas for writing so that you can set to work and write your own creative narrative, using the characters in Oliver Twist as inspiration.
  • Thursday 11th February 2021 In this lesson, we will edit our writing from Lessons 6 and 8. We will practise the skills of searching for errors and improving vocabulary choices.
  • Wednesday 10th February 2021 In this lesson, we will watch a clip of the boys entering Fagin's house and think carefully about the events unfolding. Following this, we will orally retell this section of narrative and then we will use this to help us with our writing.
  • Tuesday 9th February 2021 In this lesson, we will practise and apply spelling rules and patterns for the suffixes -ent and -ant. We will discover and use a new spelling strategy to practise -ent and -ant words before a spelling test at the end of the lesson.
  • Monday 8th February 2021 In this lesson, we will watch a clip of the boys walking to Fagin's house and think carefully about the events unfolding. Following this, we will orally retell this section of narrative and then we will use this to help us with our writing.
  • Friday 5th February 2021 In this lesson, we will introduce new vocabulary, identify word pairs and synonyms and apply the vocabulary in sentences.
  • Thursday 4th February 2021 In this lesson, we will review the role of verbs and adverbs in adding precision to our writing. In particular, we will think about how the correct choice of verbs and adverbs helps us gain a better understanding of characters. We will be looking closely at the character of Fagin to practise this skill.
  • Wednesday 3rd February 2021 In this lesson, we will explore fronted adverbials. We look at how they can be made up of words or phrases. Then we will explore how they are used to show, 'when', 'where' and 'how'.
  • Tuesday 2nd February 2021 In this lesson, we will investigate the two suffixes -ent and -ant, including noticing some pattern with word class and letter sounds. We will also review some of the spelling rules we have learnt for suffixes in previous lessons.
  • Monday 1st February 2021 In this lesson, we will watch a new section of the film and generate vocabulary to describe the new setting and characters that we encounter.
  • Friday 29th January 2021 In this lesson, we will write the second part of the build-up scene. You will need your plan from Lesson 9 to support you with your ideas for vocabulary and speech.
  • Thursday 28th January 2021 In this lesson, we will plan in key vocabulary and speech sentences to help us with our writing of the second part of the build-up scene.
  • Wednesday 27th January 2021 In this lesson, we will write the first part of the build-up scene. You will need your plan from Lesson 6 to support you with your ideas for writing.
  • Tuesday 26th January 2021 In this lesson, we will apply knowledge of the spelling rules for words with the vowel sound /ee/, spelt with an 'ie' or an 'ei'. Then, we will use a spelling strategy to practise and complete a test at the end of the lesson.
  • Monday 25th January 2021 In this lesson, we will plan in key vocabulary and phrases to help us with our writing of the first part of the build-up scene.
  • Friday 22nd January 2021 In this lesson, we will introduce new vocabulary, identify word pairs and synonyms and apply the vocabulary in sentences.
  • Thursday 21st January 2021 In this lesson, we will review the rules for punctuating speech first and speech second as well as recapping complex sentences. We will then apply this knowledge to help us add more detail to our speech sentences by writing them in complex sentences.
  • Wednesday 20th January 2021 In this lesson, we will investigate words with the vowel sound /ee/, spelt either with an 'ie' or an 'ei'. We will explore a rule that generally applies for the different spellings whilst looking at several patterns within words.
  • Tuesday 19th January 2021 In this lesson, we will watch a new section of Oliver Twist and begin to analyse it carefully by generating vocabulary to describe the setting, characters and action.
  • Monday 18th January 2021 In this lesson we are going to use our planning from Friday's lesson to write the second part of our writing.
  • Friday 15th January 2021 In this lesson we will evaluate our writing from yesterday's lesson and then look to plan the next par of the writing.
  • Thursday 14th January 2021 In this lesson, we will write the first part of the opening scene to the story of Oliver Twist. We will use our plan from Tuesday to help us.
  • Wednesday 13th January 2021 In this spelling lesson, we will practise and apply our knowledge of the suffixes -tion, -ssion, -sion and -cian.
  • Tuesday 12th January 2021 This Oak Academy lesson follows on from the learning you have already done. We look at the beginning of Oliver Twist, plan our writing ready to write the opening in Thursday's lesson.
  • Monday 11th January 2021 Today's grammar lesson is looking at relative pronouns, using these to introduce relative clauses. Relative clauses are something that we have looked at in year 5 already, so this recap lesson should be useful. Relative clauses are a way of adding extra detail to your writing, adding description to some of the nouns you have written about.
  • Friday 8th January 2021 - Grammar Lesson Today's grammar lesson is looking at pronouns. Not repeating nouns over and over again is a great way to make your writing easier to read and you'll also find it easier to write.
  • Thursday 7th January 2021 - Grammar Lesson Today's lesson is a lesson on fronted adverbials, looking at a great way to add detail to your writing and write at a higher level. Use the video, pausing where necessary.
  • Wednesday 6th January 2021 - Grammar Lesson This lesson is a video from the Oak Academy. The lesson starts off with a recap from yesterday and then looks at Expanded Noun Phrases. We looked at Expanded Noun Phrases in the Autumn Term but this video is really helpful when consolidating this knowledge.
  • Tuesday 5th January 2021 - Grammar Lesson Here is a link to the Oak Academy website where I have selected an English Gramnmar lesson where we will both recap and learn about word types. This will help us improve our writing when we return to school. At the end of the video their is an independent activity, have a go at this and send me a picture of how you got on :)

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