Good morning, Year 5,
Today’s English focus is: Grammar
Here is your Grammar activity for today (click on the image to enlarge):
Here is a useful video which teaches you about past, present and future tense: BBC VIDEO
This BBC video may help you when changing your verb into past tense.
Please click on the useful links below to remind yourself of the terminology:
What is a fronted adverbial?
What is an adverb?
What are coordinating conjuctions?
What is a verb?
Where to use capital letters, adjectives and conjuctions.
BBC Video: Using nouns and capital letters
You can answer the task in your Home Learning books and then try out the challenge by answering in the blog comments.
Challenge:
Can you write a paragraph or a short story which includes all of the above?
We look forward to reading your responses,
Mrs Avdiu & Ms Robertson
Click here for a printable version of this blog: POG Grammar blog week 3
Good Morning everyone!
In the dead of night, the black cat began to wake.
I walked to the park so I could get some fresh air.
I played with my friend while my mum washed up.
I think suddenly is the adverb.
The island called Zanzibar is in the Indian ocean off the coast of Africa.
I hope you all have a good day!
Thank you Tommaso.
As I have mentioned on the blog, please could everyone answer the task in their Home Learning books? This will give other children a chance to try the task without seeing your answers first. Let’s use the blog comment section for the Challenge: To write a paragraph or a short story which includes all of the above. I look forward to giving you feedback on these. Thank you all 🙂
Hi,
This is a little more of my book.
Hope you enjoy.
Like a shadow, mum disappeared into the air. While this was happening Kari was his usual self, oblivious to people around him. He ranted on in my bedroom while I rushed outside to see what mum was so interested in. I had just opened the door when a rush of pitch-black smoke flew into the hallway and toxifying the only fresh air around. As the air slowly began to clear and my sight with it a voice called out.” Kari! Kari! Come to me!” Steadily, my brute of a brother stomped down the stairs. “What is…?” I tried to ask but a hand covered my mouth and pulled me into the storage cupboard. “NAKRA! I KNOW YOU WENT OUT AND I WILL CONVINE MUM!”Kari boomed”MUM! I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!” I couldn’t see my kidnapper/saviour but with the storage room having one light at the very back I don’t blame me or my companion. I had to break the silence.” Hello? Who are you?” It is now that i gain my true power. It is the time I became one of them.
Honeko- I really hope you will ‘publish’ this book by writing it on paper and keeping it forever because it is FANTASTIC! If you do this, please please bring it into school when we are all back so I can share it with the class. I just love how much you have improved on your commas 🙂 I can’t wait to see what will happen next…
Hi everyone! Hope you all are doing well, here are my sentences for the Grammar?
1) In the dead of the night (,) the black cat began to wake.
2) I walked to the park (so) I can have fresh air.
3) I (was playing )with my friend while my mum (was washing )the dishes.
4) Suddenly, the classroom went (silent).
5) (The) island called (Zanzibar) is in the (Indian) ocean off the coast of Africa.
Hope you have enjoyed reading my work? BYE!!
Hi Angieli, Thank you for your answers. Well done! Please could you read my response to Tommaso above?
Hi Everyone,
1) In the dead of night, the black cat began to wake.
2) I walked to the park so i could get some exercise.
3) I played with my friend whilst my mum washed up.
4) The adverb is ‘suddenly’.
5) ‘T’he island called ‘Z’anzibar is in the ‘I’ndian ‘O’cean off the coast of ‘A’frica.
Challenge:
Like on an ordinary school day, Matt was walking to school with his friends. As Matt’s teacher called him and his class in, he spotted something odd. It was a dead snake. He had no idea about how it got in but he wasn’t scared and didn’t tell anyone. During his English lesson, he kept staring at it every ten minutes but it never moved unless it was sleeping. Suddenly, the class room lights started flashing on and off and everyone was screaming but they screamed even louder when more than 100 snakes came slithering through the door and into the classroom. Surprisingly, the teacher shouted: ”AAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAACCCCCCkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!” and everyone followed her instructions. Everyone knew how to kill a snake so they started trampling over them pulling their necks and strangling. Matt new how to do it really well because he went to Scout courses and he got taught how to kill a snake instantly. Quickly, Matt ran all around the class grabbing snakes and killing until after a few minutes of it, they were all dead.
The head teacher then sent all of the children in the school home so the snakes could be taken away and find more. Matt thought it was quite fun wrestling the snakes.
Marco, I think that would be my worst nightmare- having a snake in the classroom! I really enjoyed reading that, thank you.
Please could you proofread it and think of changing some words such as ‘ran’ to give us more detail about HOW things were done?Using a wider range of vocabulary would really improve your short story.
Dear Mrs Avdiu and Mrs Robertson,
I hope you are having a good day so far! This is my English paragraph.
Morgan ,who is a construction worker, is currently churning a thick layer of cement which is going to go on the ground. Carefully, Max (Morgan’s best friend ) is pouring a large grey bag full of cement onto the dirty floor. They are both working on a hotel called Hotel Crossroad. Max is going to have lunch at the coffee shop with the rest of the building team but Morgan is going to stay behind so she can finish everything off.
Hi Erin, I am having a lovely day smiling as I read all your comments 🙂
Thank you for your paragraph. I like the way you used clauses and brackets in your work. Well done!
Hi everyone, I hope you are all well.
– In the dead of the night, the black cat began to wake.
– I walked to the park so I could pick up some twigs.
– I played with my friend while my mum washed up.
– Suddenly, the classroom went silent. The adverb is suddenly.
– The island called Zanzibar is in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa.
Challenge:
In the dead of the night, Susan crept down the stairs. Slowly, she turned the door handle and moved swiftly outside. The husky moonlight was not shining today and Susan crawled across the long brick wall out of sight.
Bye everyone, have a good day! ?
Thanks Sebastiao. Please have a look at the other comment’s and reply to your friends 🙂
Hi everyone I hope your all well.
In the dead of night, the black cat began to wake.
I walked to the park so I could get some fresh air.
I played with my friend while my mum washed up.
Suddenly, the classroom went silent. The adverb is ‘suddenly.’
The island of Zanzibar is in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa.
Challenge:
Slowly and carefully Bob stacked every single brick on top of each other, Bob was a builder, quite a good builder in fact but he wasn’t payed and he really needed the money to keep his roof standing. Bob has a wife, two kids and a dog. This could all change though. I guess we have to wait and see.
~Iggy
Thanks Iggy. Well done for including fronted adverbials as a sentence starter. Please could you check your commas are in the right place?
hello everyone. I hope you are all well?. These are my answers and paragraph. ??
1) In the dead of the night, the black cat began to wake.
2) I walked to the park so I could exercise.
3) I played with my friend while my mum washed up.
4) Suddenly is circled in the sentence.
5) Capital: The (first one), Zanzibar, Indian Ocean, Coast and Africa.
Paragraph:
Early in the morning, the boy woke up. He quietly ran down the stairs. He had heard something. Trying his best not to wake anyone up, the boy stepped out into the dark and quiet street.?
Hi Ayako. Thanks for your paragraph. Could you try to include some descriptive language so that we know a little more about ‘the boy’ or his setting?
Good Morning!
It was unusually cold that morning, the sky was beginning to form a blanket of darkness, while the soft breeze became sharp and unpredictable. Like a nightmare, Mia constantly woke up, not knowing if she was awake or not, tears were trickling down her face and she was gasping for air. Maid Emma came rushing in. “Was it that same nightmare again?” Mia shrugged. Earlier that month, Mia had had that same awful experience everyday and the weather wasn’t particularly normal either.
Wow! I loved the metaphor ‘blanket’ and the way you have builded up suspense. Please check the comma before ‘tears’. Does it need to be there? Is there a way of joining the two sentences or will you need a new sentence instead of splicing the commas?
Hello everyone this is my paragraph for the challenge:
It was early morning and the sun still hadn’t risen but the prey new it was coming she could sense it through her veins. The time had come she was being watched by his biggest fear of all. ” What to do she thought now everyone she had cared for was in terrible danger including herself but she couldn’t just leave them there, she had to do something but what?”. A big swallow of fear she took in because she knew what she had to do, she had to try and fight the hunter off to save her family but she really tried to believe in herself and that she was doing the right thing. For her little and injured ones, but the hunter knew how to win a battle unfortunately.
Well done Claudia. Can you check your spelling for ‘new’ and identify where the full stop should be in the first ‘sentence’? Also there should be a question mark and a speech mark after ‘What to do’
Please proofread, editing the punctuation and resubmit when you have checked it 🙂
Hi ?, I hope that you are all doing well?! This is my
English for today ✍:?
In the dead of night, the black cat began to wake.
I walked to the park so I could get some fresh air.
I played with my friend while my mum washed up.
SUDDENLY, the classroom went silent.
The island called Zanzibar is in the Indian ocean off the
coast of Africa.
Thanks Gabi. Please see my comment under Tommaso’ s comment.
Hi everyone. Here is the challenge. ?
Challenge:
Earlier today, I went in my garden to have a small run around so I could get some fresh air. While I was doing that it felt quite cold so it made me wonder if I could go on holiday in the Philippines (my mum and dads home country) because my grandmother said they were at the peak of summer and the temperature was 41 degrees! I have never in my life experienced that kind of weather and I’m sure that’s not okay to be in that weather but at least I get to spend some time with the rest of my family. ?
I hope you enjoyed reading my challenge. Stay safe. ?
Aw, Renee – I bet you wish you was there to enjoy such glorious weather! Don’t worry, this will be over soon and you will have a chance to visit your relatives there. I did enjoy reading your work, thank you 🙂
Hello everyone, hope you are well and have had a nice day so far!
Here is the challenge, hope you enjoy:
Early in the morning, I awoke to the sound of thunder splitting the sky in half. The sky was roaring ferociously and the clouds were weeping tears of rain. Knowing that I would not manage to get back to sleep with this weather, I got dressed and went down the winding corridor to the bathroom to wash my face. Shivering from the cold draught around me, the bathroom door creaked open and I tiptoed gently not wanting to wake anyone. And that was when I saw it…
Wow! I love the way you used personification to make it seem like the clouds were ‘weeping’ – fantastic! I also love the way you have used a variety of sentence starters to keep the reader engaged. Super effort! 🙂
Hi Mrs Avdiu and Miss Robertson. This is what I have done today for our English Task.
Suddenly, I woke up in shock thinking someone is in the house, so I ran to my mum and dad’s room and I saw that they were gone. Then I ran to my older brothers and younger brothers room too, but they were also gone. I then went to check on my little sister in her room and it looked like I was home alone. To be continued…..
Well done Dylan. Can you check where the apostrophes would go?
Good morning everyone!
1. In the dead of night, the black cat began to wake.
2. I walked to the park so I could socially distance whilst talking to my friends.
3. I played with my friend while my mum washed up.
4. Suddenly is the adverb.
5. The island called Zanzibar is in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa.
CHALLENGE:
Finally, it had ended. The rules had been lifted and people were free to roam the streets again. Everything was as it should be and to celebrate this day we were going to the park. We walked there extremely quickly as we were very excited and when we got there we had so much that energy we sprinted round the entire park twice. I still remember that fantastic day when the world returned to normal and after 5 months of trying, we had found a vaccine.
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful and hopeful paragraph!
HI EVERYONE,
* In the dead of the night, the black cat began to wake.
* I walked to the park so I could pick up some twigs.
* I played with my friend while my mum washed up.
* Suddenly, the classroom went silent. The adverb is suddenly.
*The island called Zanzibar is in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa.
Carefully crawling towards the shore, the waves brushed over the many sandcastles on the beach. The neon-blue sky was threaded with silver clouds and the seagulls were hovering around the picnic waiting for food.
Hope to see you all soon!
Wow! I’m so impressed with the vocabulary in this. Well done 🙂 Hope to see you all soon too.
Hello everyone,
These are my answers:
1) In the dead of night, the black cat began to walk.
2) I walked to the park, so I could do some sport.
3) I played with my friend while my mum washed up.
4) Suddenly, the classroom went silent. (“suddenly” is circled in the sentence)
5) The island called Zanzibar is in the Indian ocean off the coast of Africa. I wrote capital letters for: “The” (first one),” Zanzibar”, “Indian” and “Africa”.
CHALLENGE:
Like a man-made magic wish, the airplane flew in the dry air of Africa. Inside the old, small airplane was a boy with black hair, he was looking out the window. Behind him, was a girl with gold hair and serious face. She was not looking at the window, but reading a book about America. It was a very long journey, but not yet finished! Suddenly, the airplane crashed from the sky!! The airplane was like a spinning top flying in the air! At that same moment, we heard the noise of the plane “BBAAMM BBIIMMM BBOOMM!!”
I was inspired by the book “The Explorer” that I read recently and which is one my favourite book.
Thanks for sharing Violette. It sounds awesome!
Good Afternoon everyone, I hope that you all are well. I am going to do the grammar task in my book but this is what I got for the challenge:
This morning, I tried to call Mr Lime as we were having a mouse problem in our house. He didn’t pick up so I quickly ran to get the mouse spray to try and get rid of them myself. I didn’t know if it was going to help the situation at all but I still tried. I wanted to know if my neighbours were having this problem so I went next door and asked them if they were having a mouse problem. They said that they weren’t having a mouse problem but they were these huge, giant, pink creatures living in their attic and then the thought of this made me shiver so I left.
Thanks Elsa. Could you rephrase ‘mouse problem’? Also, check the last sentence 🙂
Hello Mrs Avdiu and Ms Robertson, here is my paragraph:
Suddenly, Rosie heard a loud bang. She started to shiver uncontrollably. “What was that noise?” Rosie wondered. As quick as a flash, something dashed across the hallway. She brought up the courage to go and investigate what was going on. She was terribly frightened but she still entered the hallway hoping for the best.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
Maia
Excellent paragraph – I am impressed with your use of speech marks 🙂 I also like the way you are trying to vary your sentence starters, well done.
In the depths of night, Coco woke up. She had a habit of waking up secretly when her parents went to bed to watch the shining, glimmering stars. But today her parents wouldn’t spend the night at home. It was a few minutes before midnight. She knew she shouldn’t go out but an irresistible force was pulling her outside to gaze at her friends. Gingerly, Coco glanced around her; Rosetta was sleeping on her silky pillow, and Alan was snoring loudly. Cautiously, she tiptoed out of bed and opened a door that led to the garden. Coco was about to sit down on the grass when she heard a hissing sound. As she stepped indoors, it stopped. Silence. This happened twice and when Coco finally looked up, the brightest star was gone. Whizz, bang, pop! When Coco looked around, she couldn’t believe her eyes. A star had fallen from the sky; and it was right next to her…
Jeanne, I thought I was reading something out of a bestselling book! You would make an excellent author when you are older. I just love reading your stories. I am so glad you were inspired by our suspense writing in school because I can see lots of elements to what you were doing in class. I am really impressed that you have further developed those skills 🙂 Well done!
Hello everyone, here is the beginning of my story for today’s English task.
RING! RING! The bell that marked the end of the school day rang and one by one the children filed out of the classroom. Tom and Rufus however, were nowhere to be seen.
They had snuck out of school at break time and had been exploring the city’s maze of alleyways. Suddenly, Tom heard a low growl behind him and spun around to face it but the thing that had been there had left as quickly as it had come.“Did you hear that?,” he asked Rufus but Rufus was looking at something else, his eyes wide in fear…
A dog, with fangs as long as fingers was standing in front of them, its teeth bared. Slowly, the boys took a step backwards and broke into a run but the dog was quicker, and leaped forwards grabbing hold of their jumpers in its teeth. They were sure it was the end until the dog put them down and started licking them like they were puppies. With a reassuring look, it beckoned to them as if asking them to follow it.
As I said this is not the whole story, but just the beginning and the dog was inspired by Sirius Black (I am reading the whole Harry Potter series again for the third time).
Wow! What a fantastic beginning to your story. I like the way you are varying your sentence starters (i.e.: With a reassuring look). Please could you check the punctuation? There is a question mark missing…
Hi Everyone!! ??
I hope you are all well and safe ????
For today’s English task I have filled in the gaps and answered the questions
1) At the dead of night, the cat ? began to awake.
2)I walked to the park so I could get some exercise ?
3)I played with my friend while my mum washed up.
4) Suddenly , the classroom went (silent).
5)The island ? called Zanzibar is in the Indiana ocean off the cost of Africa.
CHALLENGE :
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As Coco walked through the mysterious door, she noticed that their standing right in front of was the real Mask of Anubis. She walked right through the door ? so that she could get a better view of the golden and amazing Mask . Suddenly, there was a loud BANG !!!!! Scared with fear, she slowly turned around and right opposite her was The one and only ‘Anubis God’.
I hope you are all safe and I hope you all have an amazing day ❤️???
~Elena ?
Hi Elena. Please could you proof read this? ‘Their’ is spelt incorrectly (do you remember the fun rule we had in class about there, their and they’re?) and a word seems to be missing in that same sentence. I like the way you started a sentence with ‘scared with fear’. 🙂
Hello everyone! I hope that you have had a brilliant day so far!
Today’s English task was really easy for me. These are the answers that I got.
Have a look :
~ In the dead of night, the black cat began to wake.
~ I walked to the park, so that I could see a glimpse of my friends.
~ I played with my friend, while my mum washed the dishes.
~ Suddenly is an adverb in the sentence.
~ The island called Zanzibar is in the Indian Ocean, just off the coast of Africa.
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CHALLENGE ?
It was early in the morning when Riley awoke with a fright. The noises outside were spine-chilling and the hair on her body stood up like English guards guarding Buckingham Palace. ‘It’s here’ Riley muttered ‘It’s here…’ Her skin was pale white and her fingers were madly fidgeting with a rubber she left there. ‘Oh no! It’s here.’ Riley kept saying. She looked out of her window – a silhouette of a person was there. It wore all black and it was very hard to spot it, as the sky was also pitch black. Riley put her slippers on and got out of her bed. She slowly turned the handle of the bedroom door – which made a creak, left the room and walked to the front door of her house. Riley was shivering – not because of the cold, but because her worst nightmare was in front of her house. Once Riley opened the door, the silhouette came sprinting towards her. ‘ AGGGHHHHH!!!’ the girl screamed…
Then there was no more sound coming from her throat….
I hope that you liked my story!
~ Nika ???
Oh my! The phrase ‘it’s here’ sent shivers down my spine!
I am so proud, Nika, that you are writing in a way that has an effect on your reader. Well done 🙂
Thank you Mrs Avdiu!
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That made me really happy!
.In the dead of night, the black cat began to awake.
.I walked to the park ,so quickly, I missed the humongous pear tree.
.I played with my friend while my Mum washed up.
. SUDDENLY, the classroom went silent.
.The island called Zanzibar Iain the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa.
Slowly,she grasped hold of the windy branches, on the tree that was secretly alive. Earlier that day, she had come across the trees talking and she totally lost it. The trees had lazor, tomato eyes that if you stared into them you would slowly get weaker and weaker but then you’d get better and then you’ll die…
Hello Mrs Avdiu, I checked my story and please can you add a question mark after Tom asks ‘did you hear that’ but before the comma.
Thank you.
Hi Zavan, well done for going back and responding to Mrs Avdiu’s feedback. I’ve put in the question mark for you. It was a great story!
Thank you.