Thursday 11th February

Below you will find all the learning for today. This includes reading, writing, maths and a foundation subject (Science, Geography, History, R.E, Computing, art or Design Technology). The coloured activities should be completed if your child is in that group in class. All reading texts and worksheets can be found at the bottom of the page, some reading texts will be posted Monday for use all week. 

Reading - Graphic Novel: Macbeth - The last Image. 

Predict - 

How do you think people in William Shakespeare's time (nearly 500 year ago) would have reacted to seeing this performed in a theatre in front of them? Give reasons for your views. 

Clarify -

• rightful heir - 
• rejoiced - 
• noble - 

Question - Use will need to support your ideas with evidence from the reading texts for all of these answers. 

1. How do Marcia Williams' illustrations help tell the story in the graphic novel compared to the text version? (3 marks)
2. Which of the two texts was your favourite version? (3 marks)
3. Would you recommend this book to somebody who has not read it yet? Why? (3 marks)

Summary -

What was your favourite part of the story? What made it the best bi

Writing - Shakespeare - Macbeth

This section of your work will be an extended write and you will have today and tomorrow's writing time to complete it. Throughout the week you have learnt how to write a playscript. I would now like you to chose another section of the play and this time write it as a script including all of the features as you go along. If you need help you can remind yourself with your booklet from Monday's lesson, the key features list at the bottom of the page or the video clip we used earlier in the week.

Green and Yellow - Include complex and compound sentences in your setting descriptions and figurative language - use the check list at the bottom of the page to ensure you include all the key features.

Orange and Red - Include figurative language in your setting description - use the check list at the bottom of the page to ensure you include all the key features.

Blue - Include adjectives and adverbs (quickly, slowly, happily) to describe how things look and move - use the check list at the bottom of the page to ensure 

Maths -Calculating percentages.

This lesson builds on the skills that you learnt yesterday - click here for your lesson.

Green and Yellow - Complete all questions

Orange and Red - Complete the first four questions

Blue - Today you will continue calculating perimeter. You will need to think about your knowledge of the properties of shapes - for example squares have equal sides - so if one side measures 4cm they all will and that the opposite sides of rectangles are equal - so if you know one side you also know the other. Your video is here.

Foundation -  PHSE & Music

PHSE

ZOOM 1:00

Today is an opportunity for us all to get together and share our news, ask questions about our work or the world around us and just chat. I would like to think about positive things and I would like it if you could think of the best thing that has happened in your lives since we last saw each other. 

Our meeting ID is 628 940 6543 and the password remains the same as last time, if you would like a reminder just email me.

Music

Can you feel the rhythm? What is the rhythm? 

It is that beat you find yourself tapping to or moving to when a song plays. Today I want you to watch the lesson here and complete the tasks you are asked to. Email me to tell me how you found it.