Homework due Friday, 8th June

Next term we will be learning all about the Romans. You may choose one of the following projects to complete over half term.

1) Research, design and make a Roman shield. Write instructions to explain how to make it.

2) Research, design and make a Roman villa. Write instructions to explain how to make it.

3) Research the Romans and create a poster to show your findings. Think about things like homes, daily life, jobs, clothes/fashions and entertainment.

Homework due Friday, 25th May 2018

We have been learning about stories of mystery and suspense in Literacy and have thought about what we could include to make them exciting! Use the pictures below or your own imagination to write the introduction to a mystery story, using between 50 and 100 words. Think about setting the scene, describing what you could hear and showing how you felt.

Perhaps you could include:

§     Some short, punchy sentences to build up tension

§     Ellipsis (…) to create the ‘what happens next?’ moment

§     Description of a spooky setting

§     SHOW how the character felt (He shrieked! Sweat poured from her face.)

§     Similes (My heart pounded like a drum)

§     Rhetorical questions (What could it be?)

§     Description mystery noises and sounds.

Homework due Friday, 11th May 2018:

TIME CONJUNCTIONS

When, after, before, until, since, while, once, as and as soon as are conjunctions which can be used to connect an action or an event to a point in time. Conjunctions must be followed by an action done by someone, or something. If you take the conjunction out, the sentence would not make sense!

Task

Complete the following sentences by putting a time conjunction into them. Make sure they make sense! Then write five of your own sentences using time conjunctions.

She was a lot smaller  _________      she was young.

We must be quiet    ______   everyone has gone to bed.

Put your pyjamas on     ________________   you go to bed!

I’ll wait with you    ­­­­­­­­­­­___________________ the train comes.

I’ve been very busy   ____________    I started my new job.

No one left the classroom  ______________   the lesson was on.

I’ll call you   ___________________ I arrive.

We always have some popcorn  _______   we get to the cinema.

I saw him   _____________   I came out of the supermarket.