In English this week the children have written their own character descriptions based on the character they created for Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. The children were asked to create flawed personalities and fun names that give the reader a clue about their character’s habits and behaviours. I was so impressed with their use of similes!
Read MoreIn English this week we have continued to look at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The children are now in the ‘Capture, Sift and Sort’ phase of their learning journey where they learn about the important grammar and punctuation features needed for a character description.
Read MoreIn English this week the children have been looking closely at the character descriptions in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Then they were tasked with the job of creating their own character with a flawed personality! They discussed the meaning behind the names that used Roald Dahl and used this as inspiration for their own. The children then watched the interviews with each of the characters who won the Golden Ticket and planned how their own character would react during a news reporter interview. In pairs, they planned and role played the scenarios! At the end of the week, the children wrote a ‘Site of Application’ diary entry as Charlie when he won the golden ticket. This is to check that they remembered the skills they were taught at the start of Year 4 when they were taught all about the features of a diary.
Read MoreIn English this week the children have been exploring the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We are in the ‘Stimulate and Generate’ phase of our learning journey where the children are encouraged to discuss how the text makes them feel as a reader and complete activities in response to the text. This week, we have looked at the character descriptions of Augustus Gloop and Veruca Salt and completed ‘Inference Icebergs’ where the children have had to read between the lines and make inferences about the character’s personalities. We then moved on to creating our own characters with flawed personalities in the style of Roald Dahl. This has been lots of fun!
Read MoreThis week the children have continued to rise to the expectations of Year 4 and demonstrated fantastic attitudes towards their learning.
Read MoreWe have been so proud of how the children have started their first week in Year 4. They have coped well with the new level of challenge and shown great enthusiasm for learning.
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