Tuesday 10th March
Grammar Warm Up
LC: to identify -ed openers in a complex sentence
Look at the following sentences and circle the -ed openers.
Discuss with your talk partner:
- What word class is this -ed word? (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, determiner)
- Who or what does the -ed opener refer to?
- What do you notice about the punctuation?
Terrified, the boys ran for cover.
Puzzled by the strange noises, the girl turned around.
Confused at the sight of the strange creature, Jack gasped and took a step back.
LC: to use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information
Let's watch the start of the ET movie.
Describe some of the images below using
effective expanded noun phrases.
adjective + adjective + noun
For example
The dark, starry night....
The bright, glowing moon ....
/i/video/E_T__Arrives_On_Earth__Opening_Scene____E_T__The_Extra-Terrestrial___Science_Fiction_Station.mp4
Imagine you were an eye witness
to this strange event!
Think about how you would
describe what you have seen.
Tell your talk partner using the first person.
Begin:
You'll never believe what I've just seen! .....
Use your expanded noun phrases to write a short description of what you have just seen.
Begin:
You'll never believe what I've just seen! I was walking home through the forest ....
Review 8-Percentages
LC: To describe the process of reproduction in plants.
Plant Life Cycles
Every flowering plant starts life as a seed. With the right amount of warmth from sunlight, air and moisture (water), a seed starts to germinate. It grows more leaves and a longer stem or stalk and eventually becomes an adult plant.
The major stages of the flower life cycle are the seed, germination, growth, reproduction, pollination, and seed spreading stages.
Plants are able to reproduce in two different ways - sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction.
Sexual reproduction involves pollen from one flower fertilising the egg of another to produce a seed.
Only one parent is needed in asexual reproduction and the offspring are exact copies.
BBC - How do flowering plants reproduce?
Parts of a flowering plant powerpoint
LC: To know strategies for learning words.
Today, you are going to learn your spellings using a strategy that suits you best!
Here are some of the spelling strategies:
1. PYRAMID
2. DRAW AROUND THE WORD TO SHOW THE SHAPE
3. BIG LETTER SMALL LETTER
NoNsEnSe SpElLiNg WoRdS