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Monday LO- to Annotate the Text It Was My First Time in a Car Showroom Monday LO- to annotate the text It was my first time in a car showroom. I’d never seen a car on a carpet before. It was like being in the living room of the Posh Car Family. The cars looked smaller and glossier than they usually do. “Mr. Digby,” he said, “you deserve this car. If I could, I’d give it you.” So I turned the key in the ignition. The car made a sound like a cat purring. The man stepped aside and pointed to the hood. “Engineering perfection.” He smiled. It is at the moment, I thought. But in five minutes’ time it might well be a load of scrap metal. The thing about Level Two of course is that it has new and unexpected dangers. So you stand a much better chance of being killed. I looked down at the pedals. I knew one of them was the accelerator. I just wasn’t quite sure which one. One lesson that World of Warcraft teaches you is that if you Looking Lo- To annotate the text What did Step 6 – LO- To answer questions about the text Florida and Liam get It was my first time in a car showroom. I’d never into? seen a car on a carpet before. It was like being in the living room of the Posh Car Family. The cars looked smaller and glossier than they usually do. “Mr. Digby,” he said, “you deserve this car. If I Clue could, I’d give it you.” Would Liam So I turned the key in the ignition. The car made a really have sound like a cat purring. The man stepped aside and done it? pointed to the hood. “Engineering perfection.” He smiled. It is at the moment, I thought. But in five minutes’ Thinking time it might well be a load of scrap metal. The thing Have you ever about Level Two of course is that it has new and been caught unexpected dangers. So you stand a much better doing chance of being killed. something wrong? How I looked down at the pedals. I knew one of them was would he feel the accelerator. I just wasn’t quite sure which one. being caught? One lesson that World of Warcraft teaches you is that if you want to succeed on the next level, you need to Reading test • Read the question • Look for the evidence in the text and answer the questions • When you are finished- check every answer! Arithmetic test •Take your time and work your way through the questions. •When you’re finished- check all your answers Tuesday What type of friend is Florida? What type of friend is Florida? • Florida Kirby was already a fully paid-up Little Star. Lisa gave her the part of the giant’s little friend, Sophie. • “The Sophie in the play,” Florida said, “was named after Sophie Dahl, the supermodel. So when I play Sophie, I’m playing a young supermodel.” Florida always has to be a celebrity. When Lisa made us do a role play in which we had to act like we’d seen a ghost, Florida saw the ghost of Britney Spears. When we had to pretend to be a dog, she was Madonna’s dog. • As we walked home through the Strand the first day Florida kept practicing her lines on me. The lines were mostly things like “You’re huge!” “Goodness, you’re tall!” or “You’re proper gigantic!” and she said them all in her best Little Stars loud-and-clear voice. We even went into Newz and Booze, which is “Strickly no unaccompanied children under eny sercumstance’s.” Florida loved it in there because she could browse through all the celebrity magazines while LO- To identify character traits Step 6 - LOI can identify main traits of a character What type of friend is Florida? What does she like? Dislike? Where do they meet? What does she do? Does she encourage Liam to do the right thing? Grammar test • Read the question • Go at the same pace as Mrs Watson • When you are finished- check every answer! Maths reasoning test •Take your time and work your way through the questions. •When you’re finished- check all your answers Wednesday Wednesday- Clue detectives Step 6 LO-I can find key words/phrases when responding to a question Was Liam going to drive the car? Back up your answer with quotes from the text. Newspaper report On the newspaper template write out your full Hull Fair newspaper report Start with your headline Wednesday 7x7 8x7 9x7 Smile Multiplication 70x70 700x70 80x70 80x70 90x70 900x700 Multiplication 362X4= 214X3= 145X5= Multiplication 1582X4= 2421X3= 2562X7= LO- To use a formal method for multiplication 1. 532X5= 2. 415X3= 9. 9383X9 3. 221X4= 10. 4592X8= 4. 452X3= 5. 3465X7= 6. 4532X6= 7. 5193X3= 8. 8324X4= Thursday Thursday Reading Assessment Looking Clue Thinking What did Would Liam Have you ever Florida and really have been caught Liam get into? done it? doing something wrong? How would he feel being caught? Thursday 7x7 8x7 9x7 Smile Multiplication 70x7 70x70 8x70 800x70 90x7 90x700 Multiplication 1562X8= 1148X7= 1456X6= Multiplication 1582X12= 2421X13= 3562X14= Multiplication 2124X23= 1421X32= LO- To use a formal method for multiplication 1. 7123X5= 8. 2365X15= 2. 2235X6= 9. 5214X22= 3. 2896X7= 10. 3265X27= 4. 1253X8= 5. 4751X6= 6. 4543X13= 7. 2351X11= Friday LO- To understand characters thought and feelings What was Liam thinking when he got into the Porsche? Draw the table in your books Positive Negative Step 2 investigation ( lesson 4 ) ‘What is important when you are marrying someone?’ Marriage A Sikh wedding is held in the Gurdwara and a passage from the Guru Granth Sahib (holy book) is read. Some Sikh weddings in India are arranged marriages. What does this mean? Are Sikhs sacrificing anything if they agree to marry the person their parents have selected for them? What are the advantages of arranged marriage? Even if they did not love each other when they married, could this love grow as they share their lives together? Most Sikhs in the UK choose their own partners. www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z36sb9q The ceremony TASKS •Usually takes place in the morning •Must be held in front of a copy of the holy book – Guru 1. Describe in your own words Granth Sahib the main features of the •Traditional colour for the bride is red – she wears a Anand Karaj – wedding Chunni – head scarf ceremony. •The groom wears a coloured turban, scarf and carries a 2. In what ways might a Sikh Kirpan couple find that a religious •Before the service the two families meat to exchange gifts, ceremony helps them when eat a meal. This ceremony is called the Milna. they meet problems in their •The wedding begins with the morning hymn married life? •Any Sikh can conduct the wedding ceremony 3. Explain why some people •The couple both bow to the Holy Book which show that may think arranged they accept the teachings and they want to spend the rest of marriages are a good idea their lives together supporting each other in all ways while others may not. especially spiritually. 4. Design a wedding order of •The brides father places flower garlands on the couple, service card stating the then ties one end of the grooms scarf and ties it to the end times for each part of the of the brides head scarf to show that she is leaving the ceremony, who is involved family home to be joined to her husband. and what it means. •The Lavan – wedding hymn is sung and the couple walk Illustrate. around the Holy Book in a clockwise direction, bowing in front of it each time. The Lavan reminds them of their relationship with each other and also with God. •Everyone eats a simple meal in the Langar after the ceremony and the couple go on to their new home. Friday Multiplication 1562X5= 3148X7= 5456X16=.
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