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Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Guidance for English Slides • Refer to year group planning for the sequence of lessons and resources required for each lesson. • Try to follow lessons in order. • Follow the lesson slides in order, reading each one carefully. If there are questions or tasks, try to answer these before reading answers on following pages. Complete Education City activity x1 1

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Starter The yellow-spotted lizard has sharp claws. Add a simile to enhance this sentence. Bronze Challenge: Complete Gold Add a metaphor to enhance this sentence. Silver then add another sentence Gold including a ; for Add a metaphor to enhance this sentence and include an 2 independent embedded subordinate clause. clauses. 2

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 The Big Picture This is a non-fiction unit of work based on a text called 'Holes', by Louis Sachar You will write: a diary entry about Holes An information text about the Yellow Spotted Lizard 3

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Recap... Read through model text to understand what a high quality information text looks like 4

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 If you find including a feature challenging, Date: include this in your success criteria triangle. LO: I can write an information text Refer to both the grid and the triangle as you write and tick off once you have included each feature. 5

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Date: LO: I can write an information text. Bronze Look through slides and ensure that you have written up all of the information included on your mind-map and have included every feature from your success criteria triangle. Silver Complete Bronze and ensure you have included all features on the year 5 assessment grid. Complete silver. Then, aim to include Gold a semi colon and a colon. Complete gold. Ensure you include influences of what you read in your writing and an idiom. Consider the effect of your writing on the reader. 6

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Leave room on your report to draw a picture of your lizard at the end 7

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 With eleven yellow spots, Surviving Approach the ... with care, Inhabiting Dangerous to its victims, In nature Normally growing up to .. In addition On average, Furthermore, With its red skin around its eyes, Unlike ... With camouflage yellow eyes, Usually Due to.. If you act carelessly, What sentences starters These cold-blooded creatures, could we use for our Lethal to their prey information text? Here are Surrounding its ... some ideas Beady, yellow eyes peer 8

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Paragraph 1: Physical Appearance - teacher shared example How can we turn our mind map into sentences? Unlike any other reptile, this creature's viridescent-green body is covered in eerie-yellow spots, which warn predators that they are deadly; this is how the critter's get their name. In contrast to the bright-green scales, the two intense yellow eyes, are surrounded by crimson coloured flesh, which allow the lizard to have night-vision. They have obsidian-like teeth and a milky-white tongue. In addition, the yellow-spotted lizard has short legs, although they are powerful enough to jump out of a 5ft hole to catch their prey. Word bank: possesses luminous Skin covered in Each lizard Spots are hard yellow spots has 11 to identify fulfill camouflage Eyes are red Physical continuous Appearance Skin around the prey eyes is red too small but deadly 9

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Write paragraph 1: Physical Appearance 10

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Paragraph 2: Habitat and Diet- teacher example How can we turn our mind-map into sentences? Preferring to live in hotter climates, the yellow-spotted lizard will often be found in dry, arid locations such as the desert in Texas, USA. With regards to their diet, they eat small insects, such as: caterpillars, spiders and centipedes. Often looking to find shade to stay cool, they can usually be located within one of the many holes at Camp Green Lake. Did you know that up to 20 can live in a single hole? Despite its volatile nature, they are prey to a number of predators: eagles and snakes; their predators are always significantly larger than them. Finally, these strange reptiles are cold-blooded, therefore they rely Word bank: climate on the sun's heat to keep their bodies warm. arid Lives in hot, Texas, USA dry climates omnivore nature Habitat and partial Diet quantities 11

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Write paragraph 2: Habitat and Diet 12

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Self-assessment What have you included in your writing so far? Tick it off on your success criteria and assessment grid. 13

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Paragraph 3: Attack and Defense Strategies - teacher shared example How can we turn our mind-map into sentences? Rarely leaving their holes, ensures that sightings of the yellow-spotted are few and far between. In fact, scarcely any humans, who have witnessed the creature, have lived to tell the tale; frequently the Word bank: yellow-spotted lizard's venomous bite is fatal. prey defense Springs out of holes Powerful legs strategies upon its prey habitat environment Habitat and Diet territory terrain 14

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Write paragraph 3: Attack and Defense Strategies 15

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Self-assessment What have you included in your writing so far? Tick it off on your success criteria and assessment grid. 16

Lesson 11 ­ Writing chn.notebook May 27, 2020 Once you have finished, draw a picture of your lizard! 17