Choose a character from the story you are reading. Describe in detail what they are like. Think about :

• appearance
• mannerisms
• personality
• quotations

Remember: point, evidence, explain.

Watch the video ‘Home Sweet Home’ which is about our planet and the impact climate change is having on it.

Task:

1. Write an explanation of what climate change is and what it means. What are the consequences?

2) Then, write about what is being done to reduce the negative impact of climate change on planet Earth.

3) What are you going to do to help prevent climate change?

Watch the report Unicef report on first news.

Who’s looking after child refugees?

Summarise the main points using a combination of direct and reported speech.

Key words & Questions to help you:

• What does Cel Spellman say he hopes will happen in the future? (end of report)
• What do the children at Charles Dickens Primary School say?
• What does Unicef say about the refugee crisis?
• What does the UN convention say?

Don’t forget to use synonyms for said, eg:

• Reports
• Claims
• States
• Insists

Look at the cover, read the blurb and make a prediction on ‘Wild Boy and the Black Terror’. Use these questions to help you:

• What do you know already about this series?
• What do you think will happen in this sequel and why?
• What other possible outcomes are there?
• What clues does the title give you?