ENGLISH Summary of activities Notes

Year Six This week the children will study formal and We go to Eden Camp War Museum on Friday.
Set Two informal guides

Guides 1

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Monday • • Write the word • Use the root • Children to choose a root word The • List of
Learning Intention: ‘formal’ on the word ‘form’ from form, sign, script and children root
We Are Learning To board. and create port. should words
discuss
understand and spell
words with a common root
• Explain that the
a long as
list as the
• List of
prefixe
base or root possible of meaning
Success Criteria: s
word is ‘form’ words using s of the
I can find words that use
which comes this. The words
a common root
from the Latin children will that were
word ‘forma’ be provided found.
which means with a list of
‘shape’. prefixes.
• Can we think of
any other ‘form
words’?

• List possible
prefixes and
suffixes and
discuss their
meanings (ex –
out of, in –
in/into, ad –
toward)
Tuesday
Learning Intention:
• Show the children the Eden
Camp War Museum
•
• Look at a collection of leaflets and analyse the
The
children
• Eden
Camp
We Are Learning To website. different parts of the leaflet. Which bits are serving should War
identify purpose and • Explain that the website which purpose? share Museu
formality of writing
Success Criteria:
wants to give historical
information about the
• The children should use a table to make notes
some of
the info
m
leaflet
I can describe the use of museum, but it also wants about purpose and formality of the different part that they • Several
different types of writing to make money by making of the leaflet – e.g. name of leaflet, intro, opening found differen
people want to visit it. times, prices, attractions, history out. t
• Go through each part of the leaflets
site and decide on the • Exampl
purpose of each part of it. e of
• Consider the language of table to
each part – the history and be
the practical info is given in used in
an impersonal way and the indepe
advertising tries to ndent
 persuade you so the work
language is more informal
Wednesday Collect • Examine two texts – one • Play the • The children should re-write a piece of persuasive The • Formal
Learning Intention: in which is very formal and punctuation thief text using a formal style. children and
We Are Learning To write homew one which is very informal game should informa
using a formal style ork • What is the purpose of • Discuss the share l texts
Success Criteria: each text? punctuation that their •
I can change a piece of • Can we list features of could be used in biographi
persuasive text to use a persuasive writing? today’s writing. es.
more formal style • Can we list features of
impersonal formal writing?
Thursday
Learning Intention:
• Look again at our list of • Try to order
• The children should re-write a piece of formal text
as a piece of persuasive writing. Use the features
Discuss
the
• Formal
features of formal and various purpose and
We Are Learning To write that we identified in our introduction.
informal writing situations into of the informa
using a persuasive style
the degree of tasks we l texts
Success Criteria:
I can change a piece of formality will
formal text to use required complete
persuasive style (Grammar & at Eden
Punctuation Camp.
Lifesavers)
Friday • Visit to Eden Camp War Museum
Learning Intention:
We Are Learning To
Success Criteria:
I can

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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