HOW TO DO THE #247 CHALLENGE:
Here is Marcel’s story
Sarah’s
One day, my reflection moved by itself. I showed my friend and I was sucked in. I found the mirror king and luckily escaped.
If you click on the link below, it will take you to a PDF which has our ‘Say Something Nice’ inspired poems, as well as images of Owls’ Charlie Mackesy inspired artwork. Happy viewing – as ever, please leave your feedback in the comments box. Thanks.
So, we are extremely lucky, because Madame Sharkey knows Shaheen Kahn, who plays Grandma Zainab in Apple Tree House. She has very kindly recorded AF Harold’s Say something nice to inspire you in your poetry. Click on the link below to listen.
Toby has written a lovely poem to say thank you to the NHS for all they are doing at the moment to support us. Thank you for sending this in Toby, I think you have managed to convey how we all feel towards the NHS, and indeed all our key workers.
Aurora has sent in a copy of her Good News Project, which includes what looks like a delicious but really simple recipe for homemade tagliatelle. If you would like to have a go making some at home, I’m sure that Aurora would love to know how you get on, so please leave a comment below.
If you would like to write your own newspaper article, the template can be found on Pelham’s Easter home-earning activities page).
Aurora, you have earned yourself two house points – well done!
Another piece of Good News reporting has landed on my desk since I posted this. Thank you Mia, it sounds as if you marked Anzac Day in a very poignant manner. As usual, please remember to comment and give constructive feedback on both the content and presentation of this piece of work.
Good morning everybody! Thank you to everyone who has sent in copies/pictures of their home-learning, I’m really enjoying looking at what you have been doing. Please continue to send your work in, to the address below, marking sure that you mark it for my attention.
homelearning@pelham.merton.sch.uk
Suyeon, congratulations, you are the first person to receive house points this week.
More Skellig front covers have come in since I posted this. As usual, please remember to comment and give constructive feedback.
Mina’s Oliver’s
Aurora’s Sarah’s
And here’s another one, from Olive.
Here’s the last cover from Sofia. Please remember to comment and give constructive feedback.
Today sees the launch of this book (completely free), which is a collection of short stories, poems, essays and pictures that has contributions from more than 110 children’s writers and illustrators, including Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon, Jacqueline Wilson – and Katherine herself.
According to the National Literacy Trust, ‘The Book of Hopes aims to comfort, inspire and encourage children during lockdown through delight, new ideas, ridiculous jokes and heroic tales. There are true accounts of cats and hares and plastic-devouring caterpillars; there are doodles and flowers; revolting poems and beautiful poems; and there are stories of space travel and new shoes and dragons’.
I have just had a quick flick through the book, and particularly like Hope-o-potamus. Let me know which poem is your favourite.
This project comes courtesy of Sam and Ethan (who typed up these instructions) – thank you SO much boys. It is something that you could do with people in your house, as well as family and friends who you are not able to visit at the moment.
Note – a disc a is song played on a piece of plastic 🙂
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What you need:
Optional – you can record your interview on a smart phone and look back on it. Nice.
How it works:
It’s simple – the person being interviewed is invited to choose eight songs, a book and a luxury to take with them as they’re castaway on a mythical desert island. They’re given the complete works of Shakespeare and a religious book (Koran or bible etc.). Desert Island discs is played on BBC radio 4 most weeks and has been going for about 100 years!!
Questions the interviewer could ask, but you can ask any! This challenge tests your interview and answering skills:
Some examples of previous interviews:
Daniel Radcliffe (AKA Harry Potter) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gc48 Jamie Oliver (famous chef) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009489f
Tom Hanks (famous actor) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079m78n
I am re-posting this directly from Ospreys’ blog (with permission).
Use the above image to write a beautiful setting description.
What literary features do you think I would like to see in your piece?
I think the passage below, written by Ewen, is absolutely enchanting and I wondered how his writing might inspire you to write a beautiful setting description using this image.
The swaying willow trees cast shadows across the forest. The beautiful blooming bluebells coated the grassy fields like a intricate tapestry woven by nature. Shards of sunlight glinted off the morning dew, which had clung to the bright green grass. A calming breeze drifted peacefully through the trees, as a sparrow’s melodious voice pierced the silence of the calm summer day. Nearby, a muddy path snaked through the grass and further on, a stream meandered through the hills on the other side of the forest. The calming sounds of the water reached the ears of every creature around it. Overhead, the bright sun burnt down on the forest creatures. This was a land nobody had been able to reach before. It was paradise.
I look forward to reading your versions…
Using the image above, write a story about the old lady on the lonely road. Where has she come from? Where is she heading? What problems could she have encountered along the way? Remember, try to impress me by selecting your choice of vocabulary and literary devices with care.