Category Archives: Hot Literacy

Book Club – Reading – Hot – The Ickabog – Chapter 7,8 and 9

Good morning everyone and welcome back to Methlick’s Book Club!

I hope that you have enjoyed your second week of Social Studies fortnight. This week, I have read chapter 7, 8 and 9 of J.K. Rowling’s new book , ‘The Ickabog’. Have you managed to read all three chapters?

Our activities this week:

Chapter 7 – Create a character profile for one of the characters that we have met.

Chapter 8 – Imagine that you live in Cornucopia – What issue would you bring to the king on the Day of Petition?

Chapter 9 – In no more than a paragraph, can you summarise the events of chapter 9?

In the comments below, can you share your response for any of the three tasks?

The Scottish Book Trust competition – Story Writing

You may have seen on the Literacy learning grid that the Scottish Book Trust is holding a story-writing competition.

It is open to all ages, and there are 4 different categories – Adult,  5-11, 12-18 and Gaelic.  Prizes will be awarded for the winning entries in each category, and they will also be published on the website.

You can find more details here:  Entry Details and Entry Form

Click on the Sway to learn more, and also for some story-writing tips.

Remember – the subject must be ‘Fog’, the maximum word limit is 50 words and the competition closes on 30th June.

Good luck to everyone taking part!

Book Club – Reading – Hot – The Ickabog

Good morning everyone and welcome back to Methlick’s Book Club!

Let’s carry on reading J.K. Rowling’s new story – The Ickabog.

We are currently on Chapter 4 of the story. Feel free to read on if you wish but please do not reveal any story details on the blog. The activities provided will be a deep dive into each chapter. Read the story so far – https://bit.ly/3eoPBIY 

Click on the Sway below to see our new activities for this week.

Book Club – Reading – Hot – The Ickabog – Chapter 4,5 and 6

Good morning everyone and welcome back to Methlick’s Book Club!

I hope that you have enjoyed your first week of Social Studies fortnight. This week, I have read chapter 4, 5 and 6 of J.K. Rowling’s new book , ‘The Ickabog’. Have you managed to read all three chapters?

Our activities this week:

This week we focused on answering a set of Comprehension questions. You were asked to complete the questions in your Home Learning Journal and share your answers with your class teacher.

In the comments, can you share one of your answers to the questions that were provided?

Anagrams #3 – Scottish Cities, Towns and Villages

In keeping with our ‘Scotland’ theme, here are some more anagrams for you to  unscramble.

This time, the answers are all names of cities, towns and villages around Scotland.  The majority are located in the North-East, though there are a couple from farther away.

Let me know how you get on!

Book Club – Reading – Hot – The Ickabog

Good morning everyone and welcome back to Methlick’s Book Club!

Let’s carry on reading J.K. Rowling’s new story – The Ickabog.

We are currently on Chapter 4 of the story. Feel free to read on if you wish but please do not reveal any story details on the blog. The activities provided will be a deep dive into each chapter. Read the story so far – https://bit.ly/3eoPBIY 

Click on the Sway below to see our new activities for this week.

Book Club – Reading – Hot – The Ickabog – Chapter 2 + 3

Good morning everyone and welcome back to Methlick’s Book Club!

I hope that you have enjoyed your second week of Expressive Arts fortnight. This week, I have read chapter 2 and 3 of J.K. Rowling’s new book , ‘The Ickabog’. Have you managed to read both chapters?

Our activities this week:

Chapter 2 – Design and draw your version of what you think the Ickabog might look like. Click on the Sway below to see  the illustrations that were sent in.

In Chapter 3, we learned that Fred’s seamstress sadly passes away. Fred appeared to feel guilty for overworking his servant, however his friends, Spittleworth and Flapoon reassured him that he couldn’t be a nicer king. The chapter ended with Fred getting into bed.

In the comments, let’s discuss how Fred might be feeling about the tragic event as he lies in his bed.

Graffiti: A Form of Art ?

Hi Everyone,

I thought I would cover an area of art that creates mystery, excitement but also plays a role in our culture and society in positive ways but also unfortunately sometimes in negative ways.

This Sway will go through the history of Graffiti and some tasks along the way including some Critical Questioning and Thinking and a chance to create your own graffiti style art piece.