Hello Class 4!
Welcome back to online learning (although I hope we are back at school very soon)!
I hope you had a wonderful Half Term break and you share what you got up to on today’s blog.
This week is our last week looking at William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and I have been SO impressed with how well you have all understood and engaged with the text!
Today’s Task…
Click here to visit the Primary Shakespeare Company’s website.
Scroll all the way down and below the last video click ‘Part 6: Resolutions and Farewells’
Watch the final video and answer the quiz questions. This is the last time you will do this, can you get them all correct? If you have forgotten what has happened in the story so far, feel free to explore the Primary Shakespeare Company’s website to re-watch some of the videos.
Then, click below to read a summary of the final part of the story and answer the comprehension questions.
Comprehension Task
Extension…
On the blog, tell us what your favourite part of the story was and why. I wonder if we will all have the same favourite part?
Enjoy!
From Miss Lee 🙂
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1) Everyone will sail to Milan in the morning.
2) Once they were there, Ferdinand and Miranda’s wedding would take place.
3) Prospero promised Alonso “calm seas and auspicious gales”.
4) Beloved.
5) Prospero.
6) Prospero threw his magic staff and book?into the water because they would just cause more trouble.
7) If he didn’t break his staff, he would still have his magic.
8) Prospero wanted to be free from the island.
Well done Vincent! Hope you enjoyed the final part of the story!
Hello Miss Lee. I have finished the questions. My favourite part of the story is when Prospero freed Areil because he deserves to be free after all he has done for prospero.
Hello Holly! Great to hear from you again! Well done for answering the questions and sharing your favourite part of the story! I also like that part too!
we finished the quiz and got them all write
Well done for getting them all right! Brilliant work girls!
They would sail to Naples
A wedding
Prospero will calm the seas
Free
Prospero
I think he broke is staff in two because it’s magic would fade away
His misery
Well done Alfred! Hope you had a lovely half term!
Viewed video, completed quiz and comprehension
Well done Albert!
1. Where will everyone sail to in the morning?
To Milan.
2. What will happen when they get there? Circle one answer
*A Coronation* A Wedding A Funeral A Party
3. How do they know they will have a safe journey back?
Because he personally told him”i’ll deliver all,” he assured King Alonso “and promise you calm seas,
4. “My Ariel” he murmured to his hovering, *beloved* servant, “that is thy charge; then to the
elements be free, and fare thou well!”
Underline the word that shows how much Prospero cares for Ariel
5. Who ‘stood by the sea, a tall and lonely figure’?
Prospero.
6. Why do you think Prospero threw his magic book into the sea?
He didn’t need it anymore.
7. Why do you think Prospero broke his staff in two before throwing it into the sea?
So if somebody found it they wouldn’t be able to use it.
8. ‘Now he, too, like Ariel and Caliban, longed to be free.’ What does Prospero want to be free from?
His power
Great work Rafael! I hope you enjoyed the final part of the story!
Hi Miss Lee!
Here are my answers. Done quiz by the way.
1. Naples, where Ferdinand and Miranda will have there marriage.
2. A Wedding.
3. Because it said, “and promise you calm seas”.
4. Beloved.
5. The one who stood by the sea, a tall and lonely figure was Prospero.
6. I think Prospero thew his magic book into the sea because he wanted no more magic.
7. I think the reason why Prospero broke his staff before throwing it into the sea so that nobody can use it.
8. From doing magic.
I think my favourite part of the story is when they were all forgiven (the ending) because it’s the happy part where everything goes back to normal.
Well done Clare! I also like a happy ending to a story! Thank you for sharing your favourite part!
Questions
1. Everyone will sail to Naples.
2. A party.
3. They will be safe because there’s no one else to attack them.
4. Beloved.
5. Prospero.
6. Because in the text it says ” he wanted to be free like Ariel and Caliban.”
7. He broke his staff so no one could use it.
8. He wants to be free of his his magical powers.
I liked the part when Stephano and Trinculo got chased by the dogs . I like it because they got their comeuppance.
Well done William and thank you for sharing your favourite part of the story! Was this your favourite part when you read it as your Oxford Reading Tree book also?
Hello Miss Lee, here are my answers for the comprehension questions. I hope that they are all correct.
Comprehension:
1. Everyone will sail to Naples.
2. A weeding will take place when they get there.
3. I know that they will have a safe journey back because in the text it says,”and promise you calm seas.”
4. The word that shows that Prospero cares for Ariel is “beloved.”
5. The person that stood next to the sea was Prospero.
6. I think that Prospero threw his magic book into the sea because maybe he wanted to continue his life without magic.
7. I think that Prospero broke his staff in two before throwing it into the sea because otherwise, he would still have his powers .
8. Prospero wants to be free of staying on the island.
My favourite part of the story was when the “dogs” chased Stephano and Trinculo because I could imagine the scene in my head and it looked funny for us but frightening for them. They deserved it!!
Hello Sophie! Great work! I hope you enjoyed the final part of the story! I can tell you thought about it in detail through your answers and your paragraph about your favourite part!
Hello miss
I have already watched the part six it was out weeks ago or something.
1)Naples
2)a party ?
3)because there will be now one to attack them.
4)beloved
5)Prospero
6)in the text it says “he wanted to be free like Ariel and Caliban”
7)because he wanted one one to use it.
8)he wants to be free which magic
Hello Amarissa! Yes I remember you spotting it before half term and when you told me I couldn’t resist watching it early too! Did you watch it again this week or could you remember what happened? (I had to rewatch!)
Great work on the comprehension!
They will sail to Naples.
When they arrive the will do a wedding for there children.
They will have a calm journey back for he promised that the seas would be calm.
The word underlined is beloved.
The tall and lonely figure is Prospero.
So that when returned to Milan, he would not use his magic againts anyone.
So that he cannot use the magic.
Prospero wants to be free from the island.
Hello Stella! Great work well done!
1) Everyone will sail to Milan in the morning.
2) Once they would be there, Ferdinand and Miranda’s wedding would take place.
3) Prospero had promised Alonso “calm seas and auspicious gales”.
4) Beloved.
5) Prospero.
6) Prospero threw his magic staff and book?into the water because they would just cause more trouble.
7) If he didn’t break his staff, he would still have his magic.
8) Prospero wanted to be free from the island.
All done. I did the quiz online and the comprehension in my book.
My favourite part of the story was the end, when there was peace and Prospero was merciful to all. It was my favourite part because it ended in a happy ending.