English activities for week commencing 4.05.2020This week our work is based on Naughty BusI have included 3 different activities for you to have a go at – reading, SPAG and a writing activity.

Day 1 - Reading Task.I have attached a power point of the book for you to read together with your children. Alternatively, if you have access to the internet you could use this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3dqsdSbWXE Before reading the book can you get your children to look at the front cover and ask them to predict what they think is going to happen. I predict that … -______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How do you know? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why do they think it is a ‘Naughty Bus’? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What made it naughty? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Can buses be naughty? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What does it mean to be naughty? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Then looking a picture one can the children answer these questions.

Who do you think is giving and receiving the present? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What do you think the present is? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What made you think that? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Read the rest of the book and ask your children to answer these questions…

What did the bus do when he went onto the table? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why did the bus say ‘I don’t think much of the roads around here? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What can the bus see in the pond? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What adventures do you think the bus gets up to at night? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Day 2- Spelling, grammar or phonics TaskWhich is the Odd-One-Out?

Why do you think the writer has chosen to display the writing like this? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Words in sentences do different jobs. Read the paragraph from the text ‘The Naughty Bus’ below.I have underlined some words. All of the words but one do the same job. Which is the word that is the ‘odd one out’.

I’m a London bus. Where I work the buildings are tall and there’s a lot of traffic.People wait at the bus stop. But when I’m full up, I drive straight past them. Hey Mr Bus Driver! Come to the table. I have an important job to do. I must take my passengers where they want to go. And nothing must stand in my way.

Which one word do you think is the odd one out? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What do think is the job of the other underlined words in these sentences? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Adjective Game

We know that Adjectives are used to describe nouns.I have made a list of some of the things (nouns) that the book mentions. For example, it refers to … a bus, passengers, buildings what other nouns can you find? Add your ideas to the table provided. Have a go at thinking of some interesting adjectives to describe the nouns you have written.When thinking about adjectives consider…...

What is the colour? What is the size? What might it feel like? What might it smell like? What might it sound like?

Nouns Adjectives

bus crowded, red, large, noisy, rickety

passengersbuildings

traffic

If you fancy a challenge…

Challenge 1: Use the adjectives you have thought of and have a look in a thesaurus or you could type into a search engine alternative words for ……. to find some similar word. These are known as synonyms.

Adjective Synonymcrowded packed, congested, cramped

Challenge 2: Have a go at putting your noun into a sentence and use 2 adjectives with a comma to describe the nouns – make sure both adjectives work, and that they do not mean the same thing.Example: I am a red, rickety London bus.

Day 3 – Writing TaskOur story ends with the words…

Did I tell you? Sometimes I’m a night bus.

This week’s writing task is to write a sequel (a story that continues on from the story that has already been written) to “Naughty Bus”.

To succeed remember to: Organise your work clearly (a clear beginning, middle

and end). Use capitals, full stops, exclamation marks and

question marks correctly. Your story opening must include a setting using the

time of day and/or time of year, describe what the weather is like, describe what you can see, hear, smell,

Use adventurous language (adjectives, verbs and adverbs).

Use varied sentence openers (fronted adverbials),

Use similes Use dialogue (speech), with correct punctuation Use powerful verbs after speech Write in the correct tense (past, present or future)

I have added some word mats which the children may like to look at below.There are some different tasks to complete at the end.

Task 1:Plan your story. You could use A story map

A storyboard

Boxed up Plan

Task 2:Use your plan to write your story.

If you are only able to get your child to simply plan a story then please do not feel that you have to force the issue any further.