100 Word Challenge (Week 11)

Most of this week's entries can be found on the Quadblog - http://kidblog.org/FalconsGirls - but Katie couldn't get on, so this can be read below:

The sea was too hard to please – rocks crushed fine, golden and warm sand, yet it washed the sand away. Sun planted healthy, brown and green spiky-leaved palm trees on its bay, yet the sea, again, flooded the shore when the tide came in, it’s beautiful sapphire waves thrashing the unwanted nature. The sea seemed so angry, even when it was given popularity as tourist visitors flashed their cameras and swam until their worries were washed away. Then, again, the sea would drown them in three, powerful gulps like an annoyed lion, trying to get rid of a useless cub.

Molly'a entry is here:

I was worried - incredibly worried!

I have always wanted to look my best, as I was bullied once; I was bullied about looking horrible in our school photo. They said it was because I'm ugly and that my tightly pulled back greasy brown hair did not help my hard face. After that, I went up to my teacher to try and get some reassurance, but all he said - disinterestdly - was that I looked beautiful. Then he walked away. Since that day, I have always been camera shy.

Please leave praise and constructive criticism in the comments!

Thank You for Commenting on Our Blogs, Quad 91

Thank you for commenting, Quad 91! Our commenting focus now turns to Byron Primary!

Homework

1. Visit http://byronbloggers.primaryblogger.co.uk/ and leave some positive comments, using the 'Two Stars and a Wish' method. You may also ask questions.

Remember, don't write anything you wouldn't say in class!

2. Please complete the description homework.

Year Five: Describe the home left behind by an evacuee; focus on your use of colour.

Year Six:
a. Plan a longer description of a ghostly mansion.
b. Write the first two paragraphs. Use varied sentence openers.

Redrafting using the Mitford Method

Year Six
Please redraft - rewrite - your 11+ mock story. Write a complete second draft. Aim to improve in all four ideas we've discussed:
* Plotting
* Prose Style (use of punctuation and different sentence types)
* Use of description techniques
* Use of characterisation techniques
* Presentation

Due: Tuesday

Year Five
Please complete the 'Evacuee' comprehension

Due: Friday

Flipped Classroom & The 100 Word Challenge

Well done, Year Six, for your super work in the mock examination.

A special double challenge this weekend:

Complete the 100 Word challenge for this week: http://www.theheadsoffice.co.uk/
; this week I want you to post it to your Quadblogging page: http://kidblog.org/FalconsGirls/wp-login.php?loggedout=true

Let's see if we can get someone in next week's showcase!

P.S. Next week we're going to be commenting on the blog of Bryron Primary in Croydon: http://byronbloggers.primaryblogger.co.uk/

Year Six
Year Six are going to be learning all about 'longer descriptions' next week. I want you to complete the following 'flipped classroom' work:

a. Watch the following Bald Worm video mini-guide on how to write a longer description



b. Listen to the Bald Worm podcast on writing a longer description(Why not download this and stick it on your iPod?)


c. Watch this video on figurative language (Why not learn the words, too?)


d. Complete the 'Flipped Classroom' pack:

Questions about Similes and Metaphors in Comprehensions

Please complete the 'questions about similes and metaphor' pack.

Due: Friday.

Apostrophe Song and St. Paul's Past Paper

1. Learn the words to Tom Lehrer's 'N'-Apostrophe-'T' song by heart. Test on Friday!

2. Please complete the second section of the St. Paul's paper; try writing under timed conditions.

Due: Friday.

Zahra's 100 Word Challenge Entry

Enjoy Zahra's Week 10 Entry:

...as I turned around it changed shape...

I looked again, and there I saw it - a black haired, green-eyed creature staring at me with anger. He came forward and forward until...

“AAAAAAHHHHHHH!”

I ran and ran, but he grabbed and pulled.

“AAAAHHH! Please don’t hurt me!” I ran free.

I hurried and hurried.

Suddenly, I heard a fall. It was the creature who almost killed me...and I knew that this street was haunted.