Title Y5 English 5008b VR5007a – 2025 Week 9 Notes.pdf ✅

Year 5 English Term 1 – Week 9 Homework: New • Homework Practice 5008b: all questions. • Verbal Reasoning – VR5007a. Ongoing • Practise spelling words. • Read every night (at least 30 mins). • Continue your personal vocabulary list – use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words from the homework practices and your personal reading. Record the definitions in your English notebook. • Note: Bring Year 6 Vocabulary Skills next lesson • Did you remember to bring your Reading Record to show today? Spelling Test Words in bold have been included in the lesson slides. 1.wound 6. close 2. buffet 7. lead 3. incense 8. deliberate 4. pawn 9. exploit 5. intimate 10. overlook Spelling words for Week 10: (These are the vocabulary words from 5008b, page 2.) 1. appearance 6. foreseeable 2. basically 7. gist 3. conscience 8. humorous 4. disappoint 9. immediately 5. embarrass 10. knowledge Note: Students to be tested on 3‒5 challenging words each week. Students are to write the words in their notebook and check the correct spelling from the whiteboard/slides. (Optional) Warm Up – Language Skills: What four days of the week start with the letter T? Answer: Tuesday, Thursday, today and tomorrow. Homework Review: Online students need to hold up signed copies of their completed homework booklets. • Discuss student questions about previous homework to clarify any areas of difficulty or confusion. • Review a selection of questions/exercises from the homework booklets. • Discuss books read by students. Homework Practice 5008b Part 1 – Vocabulary: • Review the vocabulary list and discuss word meanings. • Challenge: Students to write a sentence using as many words from the list as possible. • Complete several questions as a class and discuss possible synonyms.
Student Reminder: Synonym A word that has the same or similar meaning to another word. Examples: • start/begin • pretty/lovely • quick/fast Antonym A word that has the opposite meaning to another word. Examples: asleep/awake light/dark true/false Part 2 – Reading Comprehension: Due to time constraints, longer text extracts may not be read aloud in their entirety. J.R.R. Tolkien Both texts this week (chapter extract and poem/song) were written by J.R.R. Tolkien: • Born on 3rd of January 1892 and died 2nd September 1973. • English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit and his epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings. • After returning from fighting during WWI he was on staff at the Oxford English Dictionary and taught English literature courses at The University of Leeds and Oxford University. • During his spare time he liked writing elaborate fantasy tales for both children and adults. • He had four children and liked to keep them entertained with his writing. Information from: britannica.com/biography/J-R-R-Tolkien Making connections: What do you know about the fantasy genre? Fantasy Genre: • Fantastical elements have always been a part of storytelling. Fantasy fiction is a genre in which the plot could not happen in real life, due to magical or supernatural elements within the story. • While there are fantasy genres that are set in a modern world, such as Harry Potter and Matilda there are others that are set in different worlds or kingdoms such as Lord of the Rings. Many times, the plots involve mythical creatures, talking animals, witches and sorcerers. • Fantasy stories usually deal with similar themes such as: good vs evil, the heroic quest for power or knowledge, coming of age, love or an epic journey. There are many different sub-genres of fantasy including: • Epic fantasy • Magical realism • Sword and sorcery • Dark fantasy • Fables • Fairy tales • Superhero fiction Passage 1: Novel extract: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (chapter: The Death of Smaug) 1. Students to view comprehension questions before reading the text. 2. Students are selected to take turns reading the text. 3. While the text is read, students are to highlight any unfamiliar vocabulary and note down questions. 4. Complicated words or meanings to be discussed.