English – week beginning 4th May

The Elves and the Shoemaker

This week we are going to continue to learn about the Elves and the Shoemaker. Reread the story or listen to it again on last week’s English blog post.

Lesson 1.

Try and label your costume design using exciting noun phrases e.g. shiny, silver bells or ruby, red ribbons. Email me a photo of your designs using the Year 2 email address in your report and I will share them on here.

Lesson 2

Remember to use your writing targets from your reports in your postcard.

Lesson 3:

Clary, Pepper and Jas have lots of elf friends who like to help people too:
– Jolly and Merry help Father Christmas
– Cupcake and Cookie help Mr & Mrs Pie in their bakery
Can you make up a story about some elves that help people?
A) Decide who you characters are. Who needs help? What are the elves’ names?
B) Where does your story take place?

Watch this video for ideas on how to plan your story:
Make sure you think of your own ideas and characters for your story.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sGC0TLEefhNqhD8j-Ps8JC7zgdmlEOup

This is my finished plan:

Now it’s time to use your plan to write your story. Have a look at my story to give you some ideas:

Now use this checklist to see if you have included the features of good year 2 writing:

 

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