English - Tuesday
Chapter 23 audio
Reading
Chapter 23 – Crowning Glory, p. 274- 287
Vocab check: majestically, barbaric, chided, armoured, decoys, distinguished, simultaneously, instinctively, penetrating, momentum, relegated
Are immortal punishments barbaric?
Why do you think Aphrodite is chosen to create a distraction?
How does Hypnos ‘even the teams’?
What hides the Olympians from view?
Why does Hermes stop being able to fight?
Writing
L.O. I can use personification
Lockdown Park
Before
Christchurch Park watches and waits
Suddenly, squealing children enter, laughing.
The rope swing giggles.
The slide smiles
The rope bridge tense.
Another child skids down the slide, grinding to a sudden halt.
The gentle thump, thump, thump of children jumping on the rope bridge
provides a steady heartbeat.
Steel chains squeak in rhythm, providing a welcome tune.
Christchurch Park sighs and smiles.
Read through yesterday's poem again. In the poem, objects have been brought to life by giving them human emotions and actions. This is called personification. For example,
The slide smiles
The slide is not really smiling. The writer has made the slide seem like it is alive by making it do what the people do – people smile!
Let’s make two lists. Try and add at least 5 more examples.
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List things you find in a playground or park (nouns) |
List things you do (verb) Tip: try words for 'look' or 'said' |
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Swing
slide
rope bridge
grass
bench
see-saw
climbing frame
? |
Laugh
Giggle
Dance
Sing
Moan
Scream
Whisper
Chant
Stare ? |
Now choose one word from each list and put them together to make a sentence that brings the park to life!
For example,
The swings giggled
The rope bridge chanted a bouncy tune
The grass whispered secrets.
Try and make your poem ten lines long.