English Peter Spier’s CIRCUS!
Tuesday 2 nd June Task: Imagine you are peeping through the fence watching the set up of the circus. What can you hear, see, smell, taste and feel? Write a descriptive piece of writing using your senses to describe. Warm: Complete senses sheet with at least three Hot/Spicy: Descriptive writing sentences in each box. Example I crept quietly towards the metal fencing that surrounded the circus. As I got closer, I began to see flashes of colour that were lighting up the night sky and I could hear the hustle and bustle of many people. I crouched down amongst the long, green grass so nobody would see me peering through the fence. The first thing that caught my eye was the huge, yellow tents that looked as if they went on for miles. They had red flags on top and sparkly, twinkling lights. How pretty it looked! I could hear people shouting instructions…
Wednesday 3 rd June – Continue reading the story and sequence
Task: Read the sentences from the story. Can you unjumble them? Warm: Cut them out in strips and order them. Stick them in your book. Hot/Spicy: Number them in order and write them in your book.
Thursday 4 th June – Sentence types Words can be grouped together to form sentences. Sentences can be statements, commands, questions or exclamations .
Task 1: Read the below sentences and write down whether they are an statement, command, question or exclamation. Can you explain why?
Task 2: Divide your page into four. Create four sub-headings with each sentence type. Use the picture below to create your own sentences. How busy it looks! What type of circus is this? Don’t touch the animals . The circus is very colourful.
Friday 5 th June What is this? How do you know?
What did the children do when they’re at the circus? Looking around Circus school Play Eat their meals Perform! Practise their act Visit and play with animals Task: Write a diary entry as if you were a travelling circus performer and describe the day you have had. Remember to include: non negotiables, past tense, conjunctions, and sentence types.
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