Comprehension: Monday 1st June Hogwarts Housing System. Having a sense of belonging to a group is important to all of us. Every pupil at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry belongs to a group: a schoolhouse. Students are grouped into four houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. Each of these houses represents one of the four elements: fire (Gryffindor); air (Ravenclaw); earth (Hufflepuff) and water (Slytherin). When the students arrive at Hogwarts on September 1 of their first year, they are met by McGonagall, who will provide them with a brief outline of the house system. Characteristics of Each House: Each house has specific characteristics relating to them. Gryffindor associates with daring, nerve, chivalry and being brave at heart. The symbol for this house is the lion and its colours are scarlet and gold. Ravenclaw encourages the importance of having a ready mind, wit and learning. Its symbol is the eagle and its colours are blue and bronze. Hufflepuff values loyalty and dedication. Their attributes also include being just, true and unafraid of toil (work). Its symbol is the badger and yellow and black are its colours. Slytherin highlights the qualities of being ambitious and cunning. Having the ability to be determined and use any means to achieve your goal is important. The symbol of this house is the serpent and its colours are emerald green and silver. Sorting Ceremony: In the early days of Hogwarts, the four founders handpicked students for their houses. When the founders worried about how students would be selected after their deaths, Gryffindor took his hat off and each founder” put some brains in it”, creating the Sorting Hat to choose future students for each house. At the beginning of the school year, at 'The start-of-term banquet', new students are taken to the Great Hall, where they are sorted into their houses. Each house has its own noble history, and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. The students are sorted by placing the Sorting Hat onto their heads, whereupon it decides which house they should belong to. The Sorting Hat will then announce which house the student will belong to. Before beginning the Sorting Ceremony, it sings a short song about the founding of the school and the four houses. The Sorting Hat sings different songs each year. Being in a House: The Sorting is a very important ceremony because the students house will be something like a family at Hogwarts. The four houses are quite separate. The students will have classes and share lessons with the rest of the house, sleep in a house dormitory, and spend much time in the house common room. This is where they will spend their free time. They will have their own table in the Great Hall. Students do their studying and spend their free time in their common room when they aren't in the library. The common rooms have comfortable chairs and assorted tables for students. Each house has a Head, a staff member who is responsible for the students in that house. There are also several prefects from the houses. Each house also has a resident ghost. House Points: The four houses compete for House Points throughout the year. They can earn and lose points due to behaviour. Whichever house gets the most points over the course of the year wins the House Cup. These points are tracked by means of four huge hourglasses. Each house has a Quidditch team. These teams compete through the year as well, and the victor of the Quidditch contests wins the coveted Quidditch Cup. Now answer the questions in FULL sentences: 1) What is the author’s purpose in writing this text? 2) Why do you think a sense of belonging to a group is important to us? 3) What do each of the houses at Hogwarts represent? 4) How does the layout of this text help you? 5) What does the word “chivalry” mean? 6) Explain in your own words how students are sorted for houses at Hogwarts. 7) What text type is this? List two (2) features of this text type. 8) How are the house points tracked? 9) Look at the sentence “the four founders handpicked students”. Find and write a synonym for the word “founder”. 10) Read the following statements. If the statement is true, write T. If it is false, write F. The symbol for Ravenclaw is a lion. _________ The Sorting Hat sings different songs each year. __________ Slytherin colours are yellow and black. _________ Students can choose which house they belong to. __________ The students house is like a family at Hogwarts. __________ ONLY LOOK AT THE ANSWERS WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE COMPREHENSION. DO NOT PEEK!! Answers: 1) The author’s purpose for writing this text is to explain how the house system at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry works. 2) A sense of belonging is a human need. All human beings are very social and enjoy belonging to a particular group. It improves your motivation, health and happiness. 3) Each of the houses represents one of the four elements: water, fire, air and earth. 4) The heading states what will be explained. The sub-headings help the reader to find specific information. Pictures help to understand what the text is about. 5) “Chivalry” is a word from Old French in medieval times when it meant the use of a horse, thus cavalry and knighthood. Later, it meant the qualities of honour and love. Today, the terms chivalry and chivalrous are used to describe courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women. 6) At the beginning of the school year a banquet is held. The students are taken to the Great Hall. The Sorting Hat is placed on their heads, and this decides which house they will be in. 7) This is an explanation text. The features of this text type are: heading and sub- headings; introduction; written in the present tense; time (then, next) and causal (because, so) conjunctions; pictures / diagrams; subject specific vocabulary. (any two) 8) House points are tracked by using four huge hourglasses. 9) A synonym for founder is: originator, creator, initiator, institutor, organiser, instigator. 10) True or false as below: The symbol for Ravenclaw is a lion. False The Sorting Hat sings different songs each year. True Slytherin colours are yellow and black. False Students can choose which house they belong to. False The students house is like a family at Hogwarts. True Grammar Tuesday 2nd June Expanded noun phrases An expanded noun phrase gives the reader more information about an object, place, or person (a noun). If more than one adjective is used to describe the noun, they are usually separated by a comma. For example: The loud, greedy boy with the dark brown mop of curly hair. An expanded noun phrase might include a determiner, one or more adjectives, other nouns, and/or prepositional phrases. Task 1: Rewrite each sentence. Fill in the blanks to create an expanded noun phrase. 1) The _____, _______ girl stood waiting patiently for the bus. 2) The graceful horse trotted around the ________, ________ field. 3) Which ____, ______ puppy would you like to adopt? 4) A(n) _____, ______ kitten leaped into the air to try and catch the butterfly. 5) The ____, ______ toy lay hidden under the bed. Task 2: Expand the noun phrases in the sentences below. 1) Alex watched TV. 2) Aeryn wore a dress. 3) The bed is comfy. Task 3: Add an expanded noun phrase to complete these sentences. 1) Yannis ran up the hill towards _____________. 2) Lily enjoyed playing outside in the ___________. 3) I am having a sleepover at ____________. 4) Tyler caught the train for __________. 5) The news reporter recorded the ____________. Spelling: Revision of words ending in -able/-ably and -ible/-ibly Word endings are known as suffixes. The -able/-ably word endings are far more common than the -ible/-ibly. The – able ending is used if there is a related word ending in – ation. Task 1: Add the suffix -able or -ible to each word. 1) forget________ 2) terr______ 3) respons_______ 4) poss______ 5) incred______ 6) excit______ 7) predict______ 8) comfort_______ 9) ador_______ 10) consider_______ Task 2: Write a definition for these -able and -ible words. The first one has been done for you. Flexible – something that can bend easily. Horrible – Incredible – Suitable – Noticeable – Task 3: Add the correct word that is missing in each sentence. 1) We will _____________ go to the zoo tomorrow morning. 2) The new baby bunny was fluffy and _________ cute. 3) The little boy was _______ upset when he saw that his favourite toy was broken. 4) The alarm did not go off this morning, so we were ___________ late for school. 5) My mum went away on holiday and I missed her __________. terribly visibly possibly adorably noticeably Short Write: Wednesday 3rd June DescriptiveDescriptive Writing You will write a description of Diagon Alley. Imagine how you would feel if you were a new witch or wizard wandering along Diagon Alley. Look at the pictures of Diagon Alley. What words could youHere use are to somedescribe pictures this of setting? Diagon Alley. You can also look at: Remember that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zin descriptive writing, you need to-WEzhyc3DY think about your five senses. What can you see? What can you hear? What can you smell? Use your senses. For example: Tall and crooked buildings bursting with colour. A rainbow of wonky, disjointed shops. Here are some pictures of Diagon Alley.