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Year 6 Literacy Home Learning – Week 11 Day 1 Theme: Flying Machines Year 6 Literacy Home Learning – Week 11 Day 1 Theme: Flying Machines Task 1: Watch- Link This clip is taken from a film, some parts are fictional, but many of those clips are news clips from the early days of flying. Question: What do you think were the biggest challenges for early flying machines? Task: How does a hot air balloon work? Did you know that the first passengers on a flight were a sheep, a duck and a rooster? • In 1783 the Montgolfier brothers made a balloon out of silk and paper that was 10 meters in diameter. • They launched it in Paris, but before humans took flight, they had to test the effects of high altitude. The first flight was successful, the sheep, duck and rooster flew for 8 minutes and upon landing “It was judged that they had not suffered, but they were, to say the least, much astonished.” First human flight: • A few months after the Montgolfier’s flight, Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, a French military officer, made the first free ascent in a hot air balloon. The pair flew from the center of Paris to the suburbs, about 5.5 miles (9 km), in 25 minutes. Benjamin Franklin wrote in his journal about witnessing the balloon take off: • "We observed it lift off in the most majestic manner. When it reached around 250 feet [76 m] in altitude, the intrepid voyagers lowered their hats to salute the spectators. We could not help feeling a certain mixture of awe and admiration." • Mankind had now taken to the skies. Just over 100 years later, the first aircraft would fly and within 200 years, humans would be propelled by rocket to the moon. Task: Create a labelled diagram showing how a hot air balloon works • Using the picture on the next page, or a drawing of your own, can you research and describe how a hot air balloon flies? • What are the technical names for each part of a hot air balloon? • You can use this video to help you: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqhnZz17amw Year 6 Literacy Home Learning – Week 11 Day 2 Theme: Flying Machines Objective: Create a newspaper article about the first flight. Task: Research the Wright brothers • Use the internet to research the Wright brothers: • What were their names? • Where were they from? • What are they famous for? • When did this happen? • You may wish to use these videos to find out more: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHIlZ8p8U8A • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYbUtX2CI2U • Write down your notes as you will need them for tomorrow. Summer Term 5 Rewrite this sentence in the a Insert a verb to complete the b Can you think of a synonym c passive voice. sentences below so that they use ending in -ance or -ence to match the subjunctive form. these words? The girl was jumping on the pogo stick. If I (was/were) to be granted compliance one wish, I would wish for unlimited open-mindedness wishes. I demand that he (remove/removes) his offensive T-shirt d immediately. Mr Whoops has got in a terrible Can you think of a pair of near- f muddle and has lost the second homophones that could fit into part of these hyphenated words. Can these sentences: you help him to find them? Underline the e light- noun phrase The aeroplane began its and circle the high- towards the runway. prepositional phrase Could you use one of the words you in this sentence: have made in a sentence with a relative clause and a modal verb? Not willing to put up with , the referee gave The timid, tiny mouse the player a red card. hid behind the cupboard. Year 6 Summer Term 1 Answers 5 Rewrite this sentence in the a Insert a verb to complete the b Can you think of a synonym c passive voice. sentences below so that they use ending in -ance or -ence to match the subjunctive form. these words? The girl was jumping on the pogo stick. If I was (was/were) to be granted compliance obedience one wish, I would wish for unlimited The pogo stick was being open-mindedness tolerance wishes. jumped on by the girl. I demand that he remove (remove/removes) his offensive T-shirt d immediately. Mr Whoops has got in a terrible Can you think of a pair of near- f muddle and has lost the second homophones that could fit into part of these hyphenated words. Can these sentences: you help him to find them? Underline the e e.g. light-headed/light-hearted and noun phrase The aeroplane began its descent high-energy/high-quality and circle the towards the runway. Could you use one of the words you prepositional phrase have made in a sentence with a in this sentence: relative clause and a modal verb? Not willing to put up with dissent , the referee gave e.g. The department store, which The timid, tiny mouse the player a red card. is on the high street, sells high- hid behind the cupboard. quality goods. Year 6 Literacy Home Learning – Week 11 Day 3 Theme: Flying Machines Task 1: Read the newspaper article on the next page. Can you identify the key features of a newspaper article? BACK TO EARTH WITH A BUMP! Reported by Amanda Kelper, Media Correspondent, London After a six month stay on the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts Tim Peake, Yuri Malenchenko and Timothy Kopra have finally returned home to Earth. Last week, British astronaut Tim Peake returned home from an incredible six month stay aboard the ISS, alongside his crewmates Yuri Malenchenko and Timothy Kopra. He is the first British astronaut to have lived on the ISS. The International Space Station is a large spacecraft that travels around the Earth. It Landing with a bump! Tim Peake lands safely in Kazakhstan. is a home where astronauts can live while was asked how it felt to be home. ‘The smells in Space. The Space Station was built in of Earth are so strong and it’s wonderful to be pieces and many nations were involved in its back in the fresh air’. construction. For example, the first piece was launched in November 1998 by the Russians. Tim later flew from Kazakhstan to the Construction of the space station was finally headquarters of the European Space Agency in completed in 2011. Germany where he is getting used to life back on Earth. Scientists and doctors are carrying The men were launched into space on 15th out tests to see how his body has been affected December 2015. The mission involved by his time in space. Being in space can have conducting experiments, testing out new a serious impact on the human body. When technology and inspiring the next generations astronauts return home, they have to readapt of space travellers. Peake told reporters that to the gravity on Earth as the lack of gravity in the best part of his mission was a spacewalk space can also cause your bones and muscles where he had to make a repair on the to weaken. space station. Peake recently commented on how he’d missed Having circled the planet nearly 3,000 family and friends, and even the rain. Tim said times, the crew returned home to Earth in he was now looking forward to spending some a capsule, which reached speeds of up to quality time with his family. When asked if 28,000 kilometres per hour. The touchdown he’d return to space in the future, he replied, was bumpy due to high winds, however the ‘…in a heartbeat’. astronauts landed safely in Kazakhstan, all returning in good health. Having arrived back Having been recognised by the Queen for his on solid ground, the astronauts were pulled services to science, Tim is now a CMG, or out of the capsule and carried as their leg Companion of the Order of St Michael and muscles were too weak to walk. While sitting St George. He dedicated this award to his in their space suits, the men were checked over entire team. by medical staff. During these checks, Peake Photo courtesy of NASA HQ PHOTO (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution Page 1 of 1 visit twinkl.com Newspapers have a range of features that attract the reader. Can you think of any of these features? A newspaper report must write the name of the include… HEADLINEnewspaper at the top? Newspaperscreate use an the interesting headline to try headline and sub- to grab the readers’ attention.headline? It might even use a pun, rhyme or alliteration. Which one of these catchystart withheadlines an introductory makes you want write in the third person and to paragraphread more? that includes past tense? five Ws? use quotes written as add captions to all direct speech? pictures? “ ” finish with a conclusion include facts about paragraph to explain what the main events? might happen next? LUCKY LOTTERY WINNERS…BACK WIN TOAGAIN! EARTH WITH A BUMP! Introductory Paragraph A newspaper report begins with an introductory paragraph that includes the five Ws. What When did Where did happened? it happen? it happen? Who was Why did involved? it happen? After a six month stay on the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts Tim Peake, Yuri Malenchenko and Timothy Kopra have finally returned home to Earth. Last week, British astronaut Tim Peake returned home from an incredible six month stay aboard the ISS, alongside his crewmates Yuri Malenchenko and Timothy Kopra. He is the first British astronaut to have lived on the ISS.
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