Writing

Let’s continue with our City of Silence theme.

Activity 6: Can you judge my ideas?
Fancy being a teacher for a minute? Have a go at judging some of these ideas. Number these combinations in order from ‘best’ to ‘worst’. Can you say why you have chosen the top one as your favourite? What is it about it that you like?

▪ The city of kindness
▪ The living room of boredom
▪ The factory of creativity
▪ The farm of hunger
▪ The forest of premonitions

Activity 7: Creating a simple list poem
Now let’s have a go at writing a simple poem from your favourite 10 or so ideas. They could be around a theme (e.g. space, happiness, darkness) or just the combinations that really caught your eye. Why not add some illustrations around your list poem ideas? Below is a short example based around a space theme:

Space
The planet of doom
The star of freedom
The black hole of light
The moon of isolation
The galaxy of hope
The universe of infinity
The sun of nightmares
The solar system of confusion

★ Now have a go writing your own simple list poem

Activity 9: Extending our ideas

Now let’s be a bit more adventurous! Go back to your simple list poem and I want you to extend each line by adding in more detail. Here we want to describe more about either the place or the abstract noun and we will do this by adding in well-chosen adjectives.

Example: The city of silence
The city of silence … The forgotten city of silence
The city of silence … The city of frozen silence
The city of silence … The forgotten city of frozen silence

★Top Tip: sometimes using too many adjectives can cause your writing to be overwritten: The huge, gigantic, massive, ugly city of silence. So, add some effective adjectives and make sure that the adjective you choose actually adds something to the writing. “Every word should earn its place.”

Arithmetic

Today’s task: As yesterday, Follow the link below, select ‘division up to 12’ and then the number you will be dividing by. Spend at least another ten minutes in total on a range of different numbers and record your scores. Are they improving?Good! Try and beat your record scores and then work out your mean score today.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Maths No problem

Answers to yesterday’s guided practice:

Today complete workbook pages 159/160. Have a go yourself before using any of the tips and hints below.

Hints and tips (if you need them!) 

1. Work out the total height and divide by the number of boys. Your answer will involve a decimal so divide carefully.

2. Work out the total age of the family. Subtract the adults’ total ages. What should you divide your answer by to get the mean age of the children?

3 (a) Multiply the mean score by the number of tests. Take the test scores you do know away from your total. What should you do with your answer?

3 (b) Use your answer to 3 (a). Both scores must add up to twice that answer. But don’t forget the maximum number is 100.