Year 5

Generalisers & Adverbial Phrases

For our Information Texts unit we have been learning about how to use generalisers and adverbials to make our sentences more interesting and varied. You should try to include some in your paragraphs about your BISimal. Use the handy posters below to help you remember:



Audible Audio Books - Fun and Free!

Some brilliant news for children of all ages - the website Audible has made a collection of fantastic Audio Books available for free online. 



Listening to Audio Books is a perfect way to practise your listening skills and have fun at the same time. You can listen on your own, or listen with Mums/Dads/Brothers/Sisters or anyone at home!

It's really easy, you don't even need to login! Click on this link to see the books for Junior Primary students. Happy listening!




Flipgrid - A fun new way for us to communicate!



 Welcome back Year 5 EAL students, I hope you had a great holiday!

I have an exciting new tool that we can use for our learning - Flipgrid! This is a fantastic way for us to share videos with each other and practise our communication skills. 

To learn how to use Flipgrid, watch the video below:



 When you are ready to have a go, click the link below:

Say Hello on the EAL Flipgrid!

All EAL students are invited to share a video on the Flipgrid. So what are you waiting for? Let's do it!!

Journey to Jo'burg - Chapter Summaries

Make sure you have finished chapters 14 & 15 (from Thursday 5th March ) before you do the activity below. Fill in the missing words to complete these chapter summaries from the story. How much can you remember?



If you haven't done the activity for Chapters 1-8 yet, you can see it below:


Journey to Jo'burg Characters 

By now, you should have read at least the first chapter of the book (if you haven't, you can find a PDF file on your teacher's Google Classroom). Can you remember the characters in this picture?


Did you notice anything unfamiliar about the characters' names in the story? Have you heard these names before?

The names are all from a language called Tswana. This language is spoken by 5 million people in Southern Africa, including many people in the north of South Africa. Many of the names have interesting meanings in English - for example, Dineo (the baby sister) means "special gift" in Tswana.


Tswana people


When you read the book, look out for any new Tswana words that you can find. Often you will notice a tiny number next to the word, and at the bottom of the page you can learn the meaning in English.

Using the table below, see if you can match the Tswana words to their meanings in English:



Show Don't Tell - Feelings/Emotions

Here is another activity to help you learn some more great examples of the 'Show Don't Tell' technique. You can use these to describe a character's feelings and emotions.

This is a 'Quizizz' (you might have done one before!). Answer the questions by matching the 'Show Don't Tell' description with the correct feeling/emotion. For example, "she breathed heavily" would match with "tired". Good luck! See if you can rise to the top of the leaderboard.

(In case you accidentally quit the Quizizz, the code is "333173".




Apartheid Vocabulary


In our English unit we are learning about the story "Journey to Jo'burg", which is set in South Africa. The story is set in the past, during a time called "Apartheid", which happened between 1948 and 1994.

So, what is Apartheid? (There is a clue in the word - apartheid)













Apartheid was a system which forced black people and white people to live apart (separate) from each other. Black and other non-white people did not have the same rights as white people.












Black people were not allowed to go into certain places, for example there were "whites-only" schools, bathrooms and buses.

Watch this video to learn more about Apartheid:



Quizlet - use the flashcards below to learn some important vocabulary related to Apartheid.



Click "Choose a Study Mode" to choose some different fun ways to practise. How fast can you match? Why not test your knowledge?

Online Learning - 5th to 7th February 2020

Welcome back to all Year 5 students, hope you had a wonderful Tet holiday! While we can't be in school this week, we do have some activities to get started with our new English unit below.

Remember - if you need any help, just email me!

Journey Stories

First, let's do some practice with past tense verbs. How fast can you match these irregular verbs? Who will be top of the leaderboard? (There will be house point prizes if you are in the Top 3 when we come back to school!).



Next, think back to last term (a long time ago!). We learned about something called the "Show, Don't Tell" technique. Can you remember it? Watch the video below to remind yourself:



Now, let's practise! See if you can match the descriptions correctly:


Finally, let's review some work we did last term about settings description. Can you remember the techniques we can use to describe a setting? We practised using powerful adjectives, and a range of figurative language including similes, metaphors and personification.

Choose a setting to describe. There are two choices:

 - A small village in the Vietnamese countryside
 - Ho Chi Minh City, District 1

Now, think of some powerful adjectives to describe your setting. You should write at least 3 good sentences. You can use an online dictionary learnersdictionary.com and the word mats below to help you:



You can write your description in the padlet below. I have written an example to help you (don't copy me though!)

Made with Padlet

Persuasive Speeches

A great persuasive speech will persuade the audience to do or believe something, by asking, arguing and giving reasons. Both the written transcript, and the delivery, are very important. Use the poster below to remember the important features:




Cause & Effect

For our explanation texts unit, Year 5 have been learning about how to use causal conjunctions to explain cause and effect. The cause is the reason why something happened, and the result is what happened.

Use the spinner to choose a causal conjunction, and then make a sentence for one of the pictures below:


























Kensuke's Kingdom

Practise new vocabulary from Chapter 1 to Chapter 8:



Kensuke's Kingdom Chapter Summary for EAL:
**the document will be updated after you've finished reading each chapter in class**


Wonder by R.J Palacio
Read the wonderful story here:

Cohesive Devices

Cohesive devices are words and phrases and link ideas and move the action forward in some for of logical narrative order. It can be used in a story, a description, or a set of instruction.

There are many types of cohesive devices! Have a go at matching the words to its correct heading. Three house points will be rewarded to those who make it in the Top 10! Good luck!


Modal Verbs

We use modal verbs to show if we believe something is certain, probable or possible (or not). We also use modals to do things like talking about ability, asking permission making requests and offers, and so on. certain, probable or possible. ability, permission, requests and advice.


Practise using modal verbs with these online activities:
Modal verbs catapult
Modal verbs snakes and ladders

Semicolons

Practise using semicolons with this fun activity

P.E.E.L. Paragraphs

Use these sentence starters to help write powerful paragraphs for your speech:

Cause and Effect

A video to help you understand Cause and Effect in sentences:


Sometimes, the effect comes before the cause in sentences. The video below explains how:

Sir Lancelot's First Quest - Vocabulary Quiz


For more ways to learn the vocabulary, visit this link: https://quizlet.com/_5klxcy 

 Take a look at how we used a game called Quiz-Quiz-Trade to learn vocabulary. Each person had a quiz card and paired up with a friend. After we "quizzed" each other, we traded cards and found a new partner to quiz!

Sir Lancelot's First Quest



Fronted Adverbials

Fronted adverbials are words or phrases that describe the action; it is found at the beginning of a sentence. Adverbials are used to explain how, where or when something happened; they are like adverbs made up of more than one word.




Cohesive Paragraphs

Create cohesion between your paragraphs by choosing words and phrases from the word mat below.

Types of sentences

We have analysed how to use the three types of sentences and practised writing them. Here is a quick cheat sheet to help you remember how to write them:

Don't forget your co-ordinating and sub-ordinating conjunctions:


Journey to Jo'burg Display

We have been focussing on punctuating speech correctly and using a range of synonyms for the verb ‘said’ to convey emotions in our dialogue. We combined this with our knowledge of the 'show don't tell' technique to re-write a scene from the novel, ‘Journey to Jo’burg’, in our own words. Here is a display of our writing - we hope you like it:


'Show Don't Tell' in Fiction

We've been learning to 'show' emotion in our fiction writing rather than 'tell' to help the reader connect more closely with our characters. Instead of writing, 'The girl felt sad.', try  writing 'The girl looked down at the floor. Her lower lip trembled and she felt tears stinging her eyes.' This paints a much richer picture in the reader's mind. Here are some ideas for showing emotion:

anger
he stamped his foot
she narrowed her eyes
she clenched her fist
she thinned her lips
surprise
her eyes became wide
her mouth fell open
he froze on the spot
she jumped back suddenly
confusion
he tilted his head
she opened then closed her mouth
he breathed in and out slowly
she scratched her head
sadness
he looked at the floor
she felt a lump in her throat
he hugged his knees
her lower lip trembled
relaxation
his whole body became loose
she put her arms across her body
he sighed deeply
she let her mind go blank
joy / happiness
she clasped her hands
she grinned broadly
he hummed a tune
he seemed to do a dance
anxiety
she bit her lip
he frowned
she rubbed her forehead
her palms felt sweaty

Journey Stories


We have been learning how to write journey stories. Our fiction text for this unit is Journey to Jo'burg by Beverley Naidoo. It's the story of a journey taken by two children in South Africa during the time of apartheid. Here is a useful summary of the story for children to review at home. You can learn more about the apartheid era in South Africa here: http://www.historyforkids.net/apartheid.html

Chapter
Chapter Overview
Chapter 1 - Naledi’s Plan
Naledi and Tiro’s baby sister, Dineo, was very sick. Their mother worked very far away in the city of Jo’burg so their aunty and grandmother looked after them. Feeling very worried, Naledi and Tiro decided to travel to Jo’burg to get their mother without telling anyone.
Chapter 2 – The Road
They started walking. They found the road hard-going and the hot road burnt their feet. They talked about the dangers of the police and how people always needed to carry their ID, known as a ‘pass’. The children were scared about getting caught by the police.
Chapter 3 - Oranges!
Naledi and Tiro were hungry. They saw some oranges and tried to take some but got caught by a young boy who worked for the white farm owners. He spoke Tswana (the children’s language) so he took pity on them. He gave them somewhere to sleep and oranges to eat.
Chapter 4 -
Ride on a Lorry
They set off early the next day. A friendly driver offered them a lift to Jo’burg on his fruit lorry. The journey passed quickly and they watched the scenery change. They discussed how their mother worked in Jo’burg to pay for them to go to school.
Chapter 5 -
The City of Gold
They arrived in Jo’burg. They told the driver that their father had worked in a mine and died of coughing sickness. The driver couldn’t take them any further but he gave them some money so that they could get the bus to Parktown, which is where their mother worked.
Chapter 6 -
A new friend
The children tried to get a bus but it was ‘whites only’. They were confused. A lady called Grace showed them where to get the right bus. She was outspoken and angry about apartheid which shocked Naledi. Finally, they reach the house where Mma worked.
Chapter 7 -Mma
The children were reunited with their mother, Joyce. The white lady who owned house talked sharply to Joyce and refused to let her leave until the next day. Naledi and Tiro had something to eat and drink but they weren’t allowed to stay with their mother. Grace said they could stay with her.
Chapter 8 -Police
Grace and the children got on a busy train to Soweto. At one station, they got pushed out of the train by the crowd. They climbed the bridge to look for Grace. The police were checking passes and arrested a boy. Naledi and Tiro tried to help but couldn’t. Grace found them.
Chapter 9 -The Photograph
Naledi and Tiro got to Grace’s house and met her brothers. The children asked about a photo on the wall – in the photograph was Grace’s brother, Dumi. Grace began to tell the story of Dumi.
Chapter 10 -Grace’s Story
Grace told the story of when high school children protested against apartheid. Many were killed by police. She was scared for Dumi but they later got a letter saying he was safe and living in another country. They hadn’t heard from him since but still believed he was OK.
Chapter 11 -Journey Home
The children met Mma at the train station and began the journey home. Naledi discussed the protests with their mother. They discussed what the students were marching for, why Mma had to work so far away and how the protesting students had made their parents feel.
Chapter 12 -The Hospital
Mma paid for a car to take them to their house to collect Dineo and then take them to the hospital. When they arrived, they had to queue for a long time to see a doctor. Dineo seemed to be getting worse. They talked to a young woman whose son was also ill.
Chapter 13 - Life and Death
They continued to wait. The young girl came out of the doctor’s room – her baby had died. Mma and Naledi had to leave Dineo at the hospital and return in three days because she was very sick.
Chapter 14 -Waiting
The days passed slowly and weren’t as joyful as when Mma usually came home. Mma went to the hospital and the children stayed and waited for her to return. Excitedly, they saw Mma returning and carrying Dineo on her back.
Chapter 15 - Hope
The family was worried about paying back the money they had borrowed, as well as making sure that Dineo has enough milk and fruit. Tiro wondered if he was old enough to work and help. Naledi decided she wanted to be a doctor and help people. She thought about how the journey to Jo’burg had saved Dineo’s life and had opened her eyes to so much.

Performance Poetry

Some poems are written to be read silently, and some are written to be performed. This week, we have been doing performance poetry to practise our listening, reading and speaking skills. The skills for being a great performance poet are similar to those for other kind of public speaking. We decided that you need to:

- Show emotion through your voice
- Use great body language
- Show emotion on your face (facial expressions)
- Maintain eye contact with the audience

We really enjoyed watching the British poet, Michael Ronsen, performing his own poetry. He really is the master of performance poetry. See for yourself!

 

Past Tense - The Verb 'Be'

We have been writing recounts of our holidays in EAL. We need to remember that recounts are almost always written in the past tense. The verb 'be' can be tricky to use in the past tense, so click here for two great games from the British Council Learn English Kids website to practise.


Message in a Bottle

We have been learning to write adventure stories, which we have based on our class novel, 'Kensuke's Kingdom' by renowned British children's author, Michael Morpurgo. In the story, the main character writes a message in a bottle. We imagined that we were castaways on a desert island and wrote messages of our own on Google Docs, using our laptops. Here is a message by Sunny. Can you see how Sunny has written complex sentences and how she has used past, present and future tenses?

To whoever find this message,
Hello, my name is Sunny. I am castaway on a massive island about 100km south of South Korea. I got here on July 27th 1950 after my lifeboat capsized in a storm following a plane crash en route from Saigon to Seoul. I ended up on this island with so many coconut trees, and when I face the sea, on my right there is a mountain. On my left, there is a small hill with white sand with dried logs. When I looked around, I found that the island was shaped as a circle. There are lots of orang-utans in the forest, they like me and I am trying to be friendly with them. In this island there are lots of pine trees, so I did build a house with pine trees. I always eat coconuts, fish and some fresh water from the lake. I am writing this letter about 3 months after I g0t cast away. My wish is that you will pass the message on to my family in Korea and get help by the people near the sea.

Yours hopefully,


Sunny

Message in a Bottle on Sand

 Royalty free image from: https://www.pexels.com\

 To learn more about Michael Morpurgo and his work, visit his official website here: https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/

Explanation Texts

We have been learning how to research and write explanation texts, to support what we are learning in class. We have focused on note taking, structure, strong sentence openers and causal connectives. Here is an explanation text about the amazing but endangered pangolin by Siyeon.

Recounts

Our last English topic before Christmas is written and spoken recounts.
Visit this link for some handy tips:  
And here's an example to look at. Can you identify the language features?


Adventure Stories

Do you like adventure stories? That's our Year 5 English topic this half-term. Look below to find out what to include in a good adventure story and then read our example short story from class. Please practise the words and actions at home!

      



Explanation Texts

This week our focus is explanation texts. Can you explain how the heart works? Use this video and information to help you:
http://mocomi.com/how-does-the-heart-work/ 
http://www.coolkidfacts.com/facts-about-the-heart-for-kids/

Suspense Stories

Here are some excellent two-sentence suspense stories that the EAL students created. Warning: don't read them at before you go to bed or you may have nightmares! Well done to all the students.

2 Sentence Suspense Stories by pauline on Scribd


Parts of Speech

Do you know your English parts of speech? Please visit these links at home for lots of  practice activities:
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/English/pandaGame.swf
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/parts-of-speech.html

Suspense Stories

We are looking at scary suspense stories this week. This link has lots of spine-chilling, bloodcurdling, ghoulish adjectives to add impact to your writing. Please take a look:    
www.englishlessonsbrighton.co.uk/halloween-vocabulary-abysmal-adjectives/

English Skills Practice

Welcome to Year 5 EAL - woohoo! To get you started, here's a great website to explore, which covers all 4 English skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) as well as lots of vocabulary, grammar, and fun games. You can use this at home all year to help your English skills. Enjoy! 
 http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/


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