Lower KS2

Crazy Inventions: Wallace and Gromit

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The Crazy Inventions of Wallace and Gromit Source: BBC Bitesize; www.filmeducation.org; wallaceandgromit.com Wallace and Gromit are famous for their crazy inventions. Wallace is an intuitive inventor which means that he has an idea and starts to build without much planning! Gromit on the other hand is a thoughtful inventor. He likes to plan how the invention will look and how it will work before he begins to build. Over the years Wallace and Gromit have created a vast range of inventions to do all sorts of jobs. Unfortunately only a few inventions have actually done the job that they were supposed to! A Grand Day Out Wallace and Gromit blast off in a homemade rocket to see if the moon is made of cheese.

The Wrong Trousers A mysterious penguin moves in with Wallace and Gromit, embroiling them in a heist.

A Close Shave While Wallace is distracted by a romance, Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling.

A Matter of Loaf and Death Wallace and Gromit's business faces danger when a killer starts targeting local bakers.

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The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wallace and Gromit's pest control business is called into action against a giant rabbit.

Wonderful Words 1

Write the word invent in the middle of your page. The root word of invention is invent. How many other words can you think of/find that have invent as the root word? Write them around the word.

invention

invent

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Wonderful Words 2

Here are the meanings of some of the words (in bold) in the text. In your workbooks, copy the meaning and write the word it matches. Try and work it out using the meaning in the sentence. If you have a dictionary or can get online, you could check out the meaning.

Getting someone Attention or focus or something Large in size or Aiming at a taken away by involved in a amount certain audience something else situation

Doing something To be made to A robbery or based on feeling take the blame Stealing of cattle burglary. Often rather than for something not or live-stock from a bank or planning your fault museum

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Wonderful Word Pairs/Match

Cut out the words and place them in a grid face down.

Take it in turns to turn over two and read the words. If they match, explain the meaning and then keep them. If they don't, turn back and try and again. When you get a pair, put the word in a sentence before you keep it.

vast vast distracted distracted

heist heist framed framed

targeting targeting pest pest embroiling embroiling intuitive intuitive

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Question Time!

These questions can be done in any order. The green questions are easier to get your brain warmed up. The yellow questions are a bit harder and the purple questions are the challenge. See how many you can do.

In which adventure did A Matter of Loaf and What are Wallace and Death is a pun (word Wallace fall in love? Gromit best known for? joke) based on which How do you know? well-known saying?

Which adventure What is the main In your opinion, which might have got them problem with most of of these adventures into trouble with the their inventions? held the most danger police and why? for Wallace and Gromit and why?

Which stories featured Where do you think the Which invention was other animals and writers got their idea supposed to help them what were they? for the title go into space? The Curse of the Were Rabbit?

If you have seen or read these stories, which is your favourite and why? If you have not seen or read these stories, which would you like to see or read and why?

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Character Investigation

On two separate pages, draw a picture of Wallace and Gromit in the middle of the page. On one side, make a list of all the facts you know about the character. On the other side, make a list of the things you have worked out (inferred) about them with your evidence. Here's an example:

Facts Inference Wallace is a man Wallace would like He lives with a girlfriend Gromit because in two of

the adventures mentioned, he is distracted by falling in love

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Touch the Sky When the cold wind is a-calling And the sky is clear and bright Misty mountains sing and beckon Lead me out into the light I will ride, I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky Where dark woods hide secret And mountains are fierce and bold Deep waters hold reflections Of times lost long ago I will hear their every story Take hold of my own dream Be as strong as the seas are stormy And proud as an eagle's scream I will ride, I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky I will fly Chase the wind and touch the sky And touch the sky Chase the wind Chase the wind Touch the sky Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Mark Andrews / Alexander L Mandel

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