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Spirited Away Film Reviews

Walcott Class 3

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Class 3’s Literacy Activity

For today’s Literacy lesson, you will be writing a review of Spirited Away for other children who visit this blog. Spirited Away isn’t a very well known film, so it would be great for people to be able to read your reviews of this film.

Parrots – Steps to success:

  • Include a paragraph about: the storyline, your favourite part, your favourite character and a recommendation with score.
  • Make your review interesting and lively for the reader.
  • It may be written in a chatty style and include some humour.
  • Include figurative language for the descriptions of exciting parts in the film. (Metaphors, similes and personification)
  • Include complex sentences. (however, although, despite)
  • Write in paragraphs.

Snow Leopards & Rabbits – Steps to success:

  • Include a paragraph about the storyline and your favourite part.
  • Include information about your favourite character and who you would recommend it for.  You could include a score for the film too!
  • Make your review interesting for the reader.
  • Include exciting descriptions of the parts that you enjoyed. (Use adjectives and similes)
  • Include some compound sentences (You could include one complex sentences using the word however, although or despite).
  • Write in paragraphs.

Golden Eagles & Dogs- Steps to success:

  • Include a paragraph about: the storyline, your favourite part, your favourite character and a recommendation with score.
  • Make your review interesting for the reader
  • Use capital letters and full stops.
  • Use connectives to link your ideas.
  • Try to group your writing into paragraphs.

Tengami… Friday Blogging with Class 3 at Walcott & Martin

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Friday 28th March
For today’s task, we will be writing a description of an incredible place called ‘Tengami’  on the iPad. The children in Class 3 at Walcott and Class 3 at Martin will be writing their descriptions onto the blog. We hope you enjoy reading them.

We’d love to know what you think of them. Please post comments and tell us your thoughts.

From Mr McCann 😀 and Mrs Grooby 🙂

Steps to Success for each group:

Extended writing target – To use adverbs and adverbial phrases

Click here to find out about what adverbs and adverbial phrases are.

Group 1

  • Describe the hero’s journey through the land.
  • Use powerful verbs.
  • Use adverbs.

Group 2

  • Describe the hero’s journey through the land.
  • Describe their emotions.
  • Use powerful verbs.
  • Use adverbs.
  • Include at least two adverbial phrases.

Group 3

  • Use similes, metaphors and personification
  • Describe the hero’s journey through the land.
  • Describe their emotions.
  • Use powerful verbs.
  • Use adverbs and adverbial phrases.
  • Write in paragraphs.
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Writing the Dilemma to our fantasy stories…

Walcott Class 3

Class 3 at Walcott have been writing their own fantasy stories. Have a read of their first drafts for their dilemma. In the dilemma, the main character enters the fantasy world. Afterwards, the main character meets a guide to the fantasy world (who warns them of an evil character). Finally,  the main character finds out about the horrible things the evil character is doing in the fantasy world.
Parrots – Steps to success:

  • Use good openers.
  • Try to excite the reader.
  • Include powerful verbs and adverbs.
  • Use similes, metaphors and personification to describe the fantasy world.
  • Use interesting descriptions for the characters.
  • Include speech and speech marks.
  • Use short sentences for dramatic effect!
  • Include a complex sentence.
  • Write in paragraphs.

 

Snow Leopards & Rabbits – Steps to success:

  • Use good openers.
  • Try to excite the reader.
  • Include powerful verbs and adverbs.
  • Use similes and personification to describe the fantasy world.
  • Use interesting descriptions for the characters.
  • Include speech for the characters.
  • Use short sentences for dramatic effect!
  • Include a compound sentences (try a complex sentence).
  • Write in paragraphs.

 

Golden Eagles & Dogs- Steps to success:

  • Describe the moment the main character finds the gateway.
  • Include powerful verbs and adverbs.
  • Use a simile to describe the fantasy world.
  • Use short sentences for dramatic effect!
  • Use capital letters and full stops.
  • Use connectives to link your ideas.
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Walcott Class 3 -Tengami Homework

Walcott Class 3

Walcott Class 3 – Literacy Homework
As part of our visual literacy, Class 3 at Walcott have been exploring a virtual world on the iPads. Recently, we came across a mysterious house surrounded by woods. Can you write a description of this house, as part of the fantasy story? Try to remember what people told you to improve, from your last piece of writing. You may post your new writing on the blog or write it below.

Steps to success:

  • Use similes, metaphors and personification.
  • Write in the 3rd person.
  • Write in the past tense.