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 continuing with the theme of character descriptions but, having written about a superhero last week, this week we will be writing about a villain.

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Monday 29th June

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

Week 5 Spellings

Make sure you have a sharp pencil and lined paper or your book 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. During this comprehension lesson, you will be finding the meanings of words in a text. When you reach the main activity, use the pause and play button to give you time to answer the questions. 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 - Word Meaning

Tuesday 30th 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 - Compare

Wednesday 1st July

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

During this lesson, you will look carefully at a WAGOLL of a character description and unpick the key features of the text. Remember to use the pause and play button at the bottom of the screen when completing the independent task.

Lesson 3: Character Description: Identifying the features of a text

Thursday 2nd July

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

Vocabulary - Eye Words

Then, listen carefully to the input in the video about similes. Complete the task in your book or on lined paper.

Lesson 4: Character Description: SPaG Focus - Similes

Friday 3rd July

Today you will be planning and writing a character description based on your own villain. Pause the video during the tasks and remember to include the key features in your final piece of writing. If you get stuck with using any of them, use the examples given to help you.

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

Challenge - Can you include a question in your writing today?

Lesson 5: Character Description: Write 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 about your evil villains!