Year 4 Home Learning English Lessons - Week beginning 13th July 2020

• This week for English, we will continue with Norse Mythology! • You will retell the second part of the myth of Frigg and the Goddesses Plow or plough in • Remember to email us at British English. [email protected] to show what you have done or to ask questions to help your understanding. • We would love to hear from you!

Monday Read and understand the second part of the Norse Myth of Frigg and the Goddesses. 15.7.20 Please open the Year 4 ‘English Resources’ PDF, and read carefully the second part of the Norse Myth about Frigg and the Goddesses. Check the meaning of some words below which will help you to understand the story. Fervent: intensely passionate; ardent Move: If something moves you, it has an effect on your emotions and causes you to feel sadness or sympathy for another person. Host: an archaic word for army Apt: likely Make up one’s mind: make a decision; decide. Bind (past tense bound): If you bind something or someone, you tie rope, string, tape, or other material around them so that they are held firmly. Shoal: a stretch of shallow water Inhabitants: The inhabitants of a place are the people who live there. Casement: window Blossoming: to begin to thrive or flourish; develop Tuesday Answer comprehension questions about the Norse Myth of Frigg and the Goddesses. 16.7.20 Read the first three paragraphs or the story about The Langobards: 1. How did the women in Midgard ask for Frigg’s help? Why did Frigg help them? 2. Why was it difficult for Odin to decide which host (army) deserves to win? 3. What did the women pray for? 4. How did the women disguise themselves into warriors? 5. How did Odin keep his promise? Read the last three paragraphs or the story about The Goddess Gefjon: 6. ‘…three goddesses were one and the same.’ According to the myth, who are these three goddesses and why are they one and the same? 7. What was Odin’s favourite island? Finland 8. Why did Gefjon want an island of her own? Sweden 9. How did Gefjon manage to be so high in the king’s favour? 10. What was created when the plow went deep into the land? 11. Look at the map of the Scadinavian countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway). What was the name of Denmark and its capital (Copenhagen) according to the myth? Wednesday Identify expanded noun phrases. 17.7.20 Click on the link below to remember what is an expanded noun phrase: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znpbgwx

1. Read the myth again; identify and make a list of all the: • noun phrases eg. the army or the plow • expanded noun phrases such as four enormously strong sons or a Midgard woman. 2. Retell the myth orally to your parent/carer or sibling.

Extension: Why don’t you choose some of the nouns of the story and make your own expanded noun phrases by using powerful adjectives? For example you can use moonlit to describe the night. Thursday Retell the myth of The Langobards. Remember to: 18.7.20 • Click on the link below to look at how to use fronted 1. Use expanded noun adverbials in your writing: phrases https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7v4kmn 2. Use fronted adverbials • Read the first three paragraphs to remember the story 3. Use paragraphs (indent about the Langobards the first line of each • Open the ‘English Resources’ PDF and check the list of paragraph fronted adverbials, so you can get some inspiration! 4. Proof-read your work Please use only the ones you understand and know the meaning of. • Retell the story by using fronted adverbials and everything that is listed on this table! Example: At her resplendent hall, Frigg would invite all the powerful goddesses weekly to discuss the difficulties that the women at Midgard might have encountered. As a whole, they would decide what course of action they should put in place to assist and support them, especially when the women sent up fervent prayers pleading for help.

Friday Retell the myth of The Goddess Gefjon. Remember to: 19.7.20 1. Use expanded noun phrases 2. Use fronted adverbials • Click on the link below to look at how to use 3. Use subordinating subordinating conjunctions in your writing: conjunctions (if, since, https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6kj2sg as, when, although, • Read the last three paragraphs to remember the story while, after) about the goddess Gefjon 4. Use paragraphs (indent • Retell the story by using subordinating conjuctions and the first line of each everything that is listed on this table! paragraph 5. Proof-read your work Example: When Frigg was engrossed in her various duties, two identical goddesses who resembled her greatly, were taking turns to accompany Odin to his adventurous travels. On a sunny morning, …