As the ball came sailing through the air towards Harry, he knew that what happened over the next few moments could decide the outcome of the game for his team.

With his team-mates all watching him, and a thousand eyes glued to his every move from the sidelines, Harry gulped. His heart pounded inside his chest as he reached his frozen hands into the air to receive the ball…

Answer these questions:

What sport is Harry playing?

How might Harry be feeling at this moment?

What do you think Harry’s team-mates are thinking?

If you were playing in the match, would you rather be Harry or one of his team-mates at this moment? Can you explain why?

Have you ever been under pressure?

How does it make you feel?

What advice would you give someone who is under pressure?

Hi Mimosa bloggers!

Now we have read a few chapters of Wonder, we want you to think about what might happen in the rest of the story.

We have met some key characters and been introduced to the main theme of the story.

What do you think will happen next?

What might be the climax of the story?

How might it end?

Organise your ideas carefully and use clues from the text to help you predict.

Happy blogging!

YOUR TASK: Read the extract below and continue writing the rest of the story.

Use: imaginative adjectives, show not tell sentences, a problem and resolution.

Robin exhaled slowly. As an archer, this final exhalation, almost a ritual, was the calm before the storm; the final moment before releasing the arrow and wreaking havoc on its target.

Like all bowman, Robin was as strong as an ox. Daily training had seen to that. Hours upon hours of drawing back the beautifully curved yew bow had thickened Robin’s muscles like hempen rope, to the point where he could now draw the massive bow with ease.

The thousands of arrows that he had loosed since the age of 6, when he had been given his first bow, made Robin a professional, and like his ancestors, a bowman of his skill didn’t miss. The yew bow was so familiar that it was like an extension of his body; when it was not in his hands he didn’t feel alive.

He was the bow. The bow was him.

He didn’t need to aim; all he had to do was glance at his target and he knew the missile would find its mark.

A rustle from the treeline to his left disturbed Robin’s thoughts…

The mountain of High Hrothgar had stood proudly for thousands of years, casting a solemn shadow for miles around.

Few dared to venture close to its base, let alone scale its heights, fearing what awaited at the summit. For one brave adventurer, the folk lore surrounding the mysteries of High Hrothgar provided an opportunity just too tempting to resist. Some called him courageous, others foolish, but it mattered not to him now.

Bracing himself against the torrent of icy wind that rushed towards him down the narrow pass, the lone figure prepared himself for the challenge ahead. He took a deep breath, feeling the frozen air rush into his lungs, and took a bold step onto the path to High Hrothgar…

Sentence challenge!

Can you use your senses to describe the mountain pass to High Hrothgar?

What can you see/hear/smell/feel/taste?

Think about the following things:

the path wind trees

snow ice cloud

fog the summit voices

stone air fear

danger skin face

Remember to use METAPHORS, SIMILES and PERSONIFICATION.

There has never been a more important time to address issues of refugees, alienation and racism. With feelings running high in many countries of the world – especially the UK – this is an important subject.

Read the Poem Below called Citizens of the World by Dave Calder

when you are very small
maybe not quite born
your parents move
for some reason you may never understand they move
from their own town
from their own land
and you grow up in a place
that is never quite your home

and all over the world, though you feel alone
are millions like you, like a great flock of swallows
soaring or faling exhausted, wings beating the rhythem
of the wind that laughs at fences or frontiers,
whose home is itself, and the whole world it moves over.

Chose and answer 2 of  these questions:

1. What is the poem about?
2. Who are these people?
3. How does this make you feel? Why?
4. Why do people have to leave one country and go to another?
5. What does the word ‘home’ mean to them? Esxplain

Unwanted Visitors

They had arrived out of the blue, catching everyone completely unaware.

Striding through the vast expanse of ocean as if it were nothing more than a shallow puddle, the trolls provided the gathering crowd on the cliff tops with a menacing spectacle. They were enormous! Grotesque!

The whole cliff shook as one of them crunched a meaty, clumsy hand the size of an elephant into the rock face…

Answer the following questions. Be imaginative; use PEE and write in full sentences.

1. Do you think the trolls are friendly or do they pose a threat?
2. How will people feel about seeing the trolls?
3. How will the trolls feel about seeing people?
4. Where do you think the trolls have travelled from?
5. Why do you think they have come here?
6. How would you deal with the trolls if you had to?

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?

As you are all experts on Wild Boy from year 4, I would like to you to use your knowledge and inference skills to PREDICT what this story is about and what might happen.

You must:

use PEE ( Point Evidence Explain)

Write in full sentences e.g I predict that this story will… I think this because…

Read the blurb carefully to find clues

Look closely at the illustrations on the cover to support your predictions

Make a prediction about your new book ‘The Legend of Spud Murphy’

To help you find evidence to support your predictions:

• Read t he title
• Scan for any major heading or key words
• Look at the illustrations
• Read the blurb

Write what you think the story is about and why. Write about the main character/s. The setting of the story. The genre of the story. What is going to happen?

Use full sentences

After being dropped off with his ‘boring, old Grandpa’ one boy’s dismay is turned into a thrilling adventure through the power of a shared imagination, a ‘Radio-Flyer’ and a story telling Grandpa. When Dad returns will the fun be over?

Use your inference skills and note down the different emotions Tony goes through during the film. What emotions is he feeling? Why? How do you know?

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