Writing

Writing descriptive paragraphs
Today I would like you to turn yesterday’s repeating poem into a narrative (a short story) incorporating your favourite place/noun combinations. Try to describe the setting(s) and how the character reacts to what they see. Remember to keep re-reading your writing to see if it ‘works’ and if it needs a tweak here or there with the spelling or punctuation.

Here’s a short example (your narrative should be longer) to show you what I mean:

The City of Silence
I took a trip to the city of silence where the streets were silent and no-one could utter a word. Cars passed by me without a sound and songless birds flew overhead. My feet didn’t even make a sound on the pavement when I walked: it sounded as if everything was made of cotton wool or had had the volume turned down to zero. I tried to talk to the people but I couldn’t even manage a squeak. An evil lord ruled over the city and had cast a spell on the people making it impossible for them to talk. Who could save them from this terrible fate? And who could save me? 

Arithmetic

Answers to yesterday’s coded mental maths:

From top to bottom in numerals: 14.20, 628, 10.16, 18.55, 2262, 37.40, 8.50, 3.240. You’ll have to convert these answers using the code to check you were corrct I’m afraid (I was unable to upload the the coded answers!)

Maths No problem

Answers to yesterday’s task:

Chapter 14 lesson 6. Have a go at the In Focus task. Read the following tips and hints before reading the Let’s Learn section. The In Focus problem is asking us to complete the table. What information should we use to fill in the table? Is the information available? If not, can we calculate it? Ravi says, “The fraction of the people who chose mushroom is 1/4.”  Is he right? How do you know? Hint: look at the small black square at the centre of the chart. 

What other fractions do we know? 1/3! If we add 1/3 to 1/4 it’s possible to then work out what the other fraction in the chart is (the part represented by the 35 people). Do you remember how to add fractions with different denominators?

Once you know what fraction is represented by the 35 people you can work out how many people are represented by 1/4 and by 1/3. Have a go and then check your answer in the Let’s learn section.

Complete Guided Practice questions 1 and 2.

Hints:

1. Start with 7/8 goals. Once you’ve worked out what one section of the pie chart is worth the problem is much easier.

2: Convert 1/5 into tenths then you can work out how many tenths 45 people represent because 1/5 + 45 people = half the pie chart.