English Week 9
We can’t believe
that it’s been nine weeks since you started learning from home. We loved your
poems last week, so keep those emails coming in Year 2.
Our last text and our
new text, are both set near the sea.
This week’s
English is going to be all about writing a settings description.
Try your best to
be as descriptive as possible. Use those adjectives.
Towards the end of
‘Dolphin Boy’, Jim goes out to sea with his family and the sun is setting.
Michael Morpurgo
uses some excellent descriptive sentences to paint a clear picture in our minds
of what the setting looks like.
Sunsets are one of
my favourite views to see and describe, so this week we are going to use
adjectives and similes to create our own settings description.
Your setting
doesn’t have to be a sunset. It could be a rough, stormy sea or of a bright
colourful lighthouse.
Can you remember
the setting we described from the Tunnel at the beginning of Year 2? Let’s make
this one even better!
Lesson 1
LO: To understand
new vocabulary
Lots of you
enjoyed the vocabulary challenge so we are going to have another go this week!
Can you include these new words in
your learning this week?
Today’s task is all about making sure
you understand the word/ phrase.
Dusk
Radiant
Splendid
Vast
Mellow
Vivid
Spectacular
Wondrous
Task
1
Can
you use a dictionary or online search engine to find the meaning of the words
that you are unsure of?
Task 2
Can
you put them into your own sentences?
Example
The
radiant sun sank below the vast horizon to create a spectacular view.
Lesson 2
LO: To create a word bank
Time to gather as many adjectives as you
can to describe your setting! Remember to think carefully what type of ‘sea
setting’ you want to describe.
Below are some images that might inspire
your imagination.
Task
Can you list
adjectives and nouns to describe at least four things you can..?
1) See
2) Hear
3) Feel
Example
golden sun
waves gently lapping at the boat
cool breeze against my face
Lesson
3
LO:
To edit and improve sentences
Task
Re-write
these sentences in your book. Can you improve them by adding adjectives and/or
conjunctions?
The waves hit the lighthouse.
The boat was sailing.
The sun was setting.
They could hear the storm outside
Lesson
4
LO:
To write short sentences.
Remember
if you chose a stormy scene or a lighthouse, your sentences will be very
different to mine.
As
we build up our settings description, it’s important that we take our time and
make sure all our sentences make sense.
Task
You
created wonderful word banks yesterday… can you put any of those ideas into
short sentences that make sense?
Remember
to use capital letters, full stops and your best handwriting.
Example
In
the distance, I could see a golden sun.
When
I listened carefully, I could hear the waves gently lapping at the boat.
As
we sailed on, I could feel the cool breeze against my skin.
Lesson
5
LO:
To write a settings description
This
week, you have slowly built up your sentence skills. From adjectives into full
sentences.
How
could we expanded them to write a full settings description?
Yes,
conjunctions!
Task
When
you re-write your sentences this time can you add some conjunctions?
And so
but because as
but
Remember
to check your toolkit as you write
·
Adjectives
·
Expanded
noun phrases
·
Capital
letters
·
Full stops
·
Conjunctions
·
Best presentation
·
Vocabulary
challenge
Good luck!
