Year Five Spelling & Year Six Fiction Revision

Year Five
1. Please learn the 'root words' spellings for our test next Tuesday.
2. Please complete the example sentences.

You can revise online at Spelling City.

Due: Tuesday.

Year Six
1. Please complete the first draft of your plan.

2. Write the first 8-10 lines of the story. Focus on your use of punctuation.


Revise the 'Punctuation Pyramid' by listening to this podcast:

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Write 1 1/2 sides of A4

Due: Wednesday

Year Six Weekend Homework: Gothic Story using Suspense and Action

Please write a gothic story based on this task. Want a free copy? Just click on download:


Write 1 1/2 sides of A4. This is the last story of term, so do a great job!

Due: Monday

Year Six Homework: Suspense into Action or Sherlock Holmes versus Count Dracula

Please write a second draft of 'Sherlock versus Dracula'. Write 3/4 - 1 side of A4, paying particular attention to my 'Next Time...' target.

Revise by listening to these Bald Worm podcasts on suspense and action techniques:

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(Image from forbiddenplanet.com and the excellent Victorian Zombies series (not for children! Gory!)


Due: Friday

Year Six Gothic Fiction: Powerful Verbs are the key to Exciting Action Scenes!

We have been learning all about action scenes.

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Task: Please write 8-10 lines for a fight between Frankenstein and the Wolfman.

Year 6: Revising Action Techniques

L.O. To revise action techniques

Write a full action scene based on the plan you created in class (don't write a whole story - just the action scene). Try to include all of Bald Worm's action techniques. Write 10 lines; remember to include plenty of shown feelings. Annotate your 'finished' work, showing me where you used the different skills.

Due: Friday

Year 6 - Latymer-Style Comprehension: Count Dracula

Please complete the Latymer Upper-style Count Dracula paper under timed conditions - give yourself 5 minutes reading time, and 40 minutes for answering the questions. Don't forget you can get loads of advice on this style of paper at Bald Worm's comprehension blog, http://bit.ly/comprehension

Download another copy of this comprehension from my box at box.net

Due: Thursday

Year 6 - Bracketing Commas

L.O. To understand that a subordinate clause can come at the beginning of a sentence

Despite the cold, Mr Paw would occasionally brave the garden for a quick stroll In the previous sentence the subordinate clause is at the beginning of the sentence. It is marked off by a single bracketing comma.

We are beginning our Gothic fiction work.

Create your own Frankenstein monster (by cutting out 'body parts' from a magazine/newspaper and sticking them down in your book), and describe it - using Bald Worm's character description techniques - but make sure you include a subordinate clause at the beginning of some of the sentences.

Write 10 lines; annotate your finished work, showing me the subordinate clauses.

Remember, an elegant prose style can make a big difference at 11+, and beyond!

Due: Wednesday