English

English

 

This week, we will continue using the Oak Academy for our English lessons. On their website, you will watch a video of a lesson taught by a teacher. Then, you be given some activities to have a go at. 

 

These lessons will build up skills throughout the unit and you will produce a final written piece in lesson 5. Use the button in the right hand corner of the screen to navigate between sections of the lesson. You can pause the video and come back to it at any point.  

 

If you have not finished last week's lessons, please finish those off first before starting a new unit. Remember to take a photo of your final piece every Friday to email in. 

 

This week, we will be reading and writing character descriptions. 

 

Don't forget the brilliant e-books on Bug Club.

 https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/ 

 

 

Monday 22nd June

 

To warm up your brain today, have a look at your spellings for this week and complete the activity sheet below. 

 

Make sure you have a sharp pencil and lined paper ready. Don't forget to write with your neat, joined writing. 

 

Then, you are ready to start the lesson by clicking on the link below. Today, we are going to be focusing on fact retrieval. Watch the video and use the buttons on the bottom of the screen to navigate between activities. When you reach the main activity, use the pause and play button to give you time to answer the questions. Record your answers in your book or on lined paper and, when you have finished, play the video again to mark your work. At the end of the lesson, complete the quiz to see how well you have done. 

 

Lesson 1: Character Description: Reading Comprehension- Fact Retrieval 

 

 

Tuesday 23rd June 

 

To warm up today, do some Doodle English. 

 

Then you are ready to start the lesson. Listen carefully to the input in the video. 

 

Lesson 2: Character Description: Reading Comprehension- Language  

 

 

Wednesday 24th June 

 

To warm your brain up this morning, start off by doing some Doodle Spellings or Nessy (if you usually do Nessy at school).

 

Next, listen carefully to the input in the video. During the independent task, write your answers in your book or on paper (don’t worry about the worksheet). It may help you to number your answers. When you have finished, go back to the video to check your answers. 

 

Lesson 3: Character Description: Identifying features of a text 

 

Thursday 25th June

 

To warm up today, watch the video below to improve your vocabulary. 

Then, listen carefully to the input in the video about coordinating (FANBOYS) and subordinating conjunctions. Complete the task in your book or on paper and then check the video for answers.  

 

Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions are really important. You will use these all the time. It would be a good idea to make a poster to put up in your house with a list of the coordinating conjunctions:

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So

 

and some of your favourite subordinating conjunctions (who, that, if, as, while, when, however, because) to help you learn them. 

 

Lesson 4: Character Description: SPaG Focus - Conjunctions

 

Friday 26th June 

 

Today you will be planning and writing a character description based on your own superhero. Pause the video during the tasks and remember to include the key features in your final piece of writing. 

 

Don't forget to write with your best, neatest, joined writing. Make sure you check you use punctuation carefully too. 

 

Challenge - Can you include brackets in your writing to add extra information?

 

Lesson 5: Writing a character description

 

When you have finished, ask your parents to take a photo of your character Description and email it to the Year 3 email address to show Miss Dicks. She can't wait to read your writing!