Category: Literacy and English

Suffixes – ‘tion’ Vs ‘sion’ Vs ‘ssion’

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to alter its meaning or to ensure it fits grammatically into a sentence.

The ‘tion’ ending is so widespread because it is the more straightforward. In most cases, ‘ion’ simply attaches to words ending in ‘t’ or ‘te’ (in which case it replaces the silent final ’e’), so ‘tion’ is just the natural product of forming the noun.

However, some words also end in ‘sion’ and ‘ssion’.  The prefix ‘sion’ is much less common.

A full explanation can found on this PowerPoint.

tion-sion-and-ssion Suffix PP

Sometimes you might see the prefix ‘cian’.  This would normally refer to a person (eg. magician, electrician).

Task:

Write out the words below and add the correct suffixes to the words, using ‘tion’, ‘sion’ or ‘ssion’ and use 5 of these new words in a sentence.  The first one has been done for you:

• tense –  tension
• admit
• impress
• prevent
• concentrate
• disperse
• divert
• locate
• rotate
• obsess

You can check your knowledge with this online quiz:

https://primaryleap.co.uk/activity/suffixes—–tion—–sion—–ssion—–cian

Aesop’s Fables

A fable is a story that features animals, plants or forces of nature which are anthropomorphised.

Task One 

Use a dictionary or research online to find the definition of anthropomorphised.

Task Two

Pick one of these fables to read. Remember to ask someone at home for help if you need it.

http://read.gov/aesop/index.html

Task ThreeMake a storyboard for the fable you chose like the one below.

1. 💚🍳🍳🥓
   
2. 🐷🐷🐷🐺
   
3. 🦋🦁
4. 🤫🌳🌲🌹🌺🌺
5. 🐛🍎🍐🍊🍓🧀🍭🍒🍉🍃🦋
6. 🐭🍔
7. 👧🏼🐻🐻🐻🏠🥣🛋🛏
8. 👦🏼🍫🏭
9. 🐱⤵️🎩
10. 🐷❤️👦🏼
11. 🐯🐻🐒🐍🦏🐘🐅👦🏽📖
12. 👦🏼⤵️👗
13. 👧🏻⤵️🎩❤️👑🐰🐛⏳⏱♥️♠️
14. 🌺👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻
15. 🦁🧙🏻‍♀️🚪

Task One : Time for a chat

With a partner have a chat about the following points?

Discussion points

• What do you think of this setting?
• What happens if the ball goes off the pitch!
• Is this a good place to play football? Why/why not?
• Who cuts the grass?!
• Which half/side do you think has the advantage?
• If you were playing here, how would you adapt to this pitch?
• Why do you think this pitch was built here?

Task Two : Writing time

You are a journalist for the Glencoats Times. You have heard about this strange football pitch from an anonymous source. Write a newspaper article about the football pitch.

Remember to :

• write a short introduction
• create a title for your piece (extra points for humor!)
• send it to your teacher when you are finished

Good morning!

This morning we are going to be focus on literacy.

Instructions :

1. Click the following link to the Literacy Shed.   https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
2. Click the film trailer tab.
3. Watch the trailer for Pixar’s Brave

Discuss the following questions with an adult or sibling.

1. Why do you think they hide Merida’s face until the end ?
2. Sometimes movie trailers use a strategy called foreshadowing where they give hints about what is going to happen . Did you spot any characters or scenes that will turn out to be important ?

Task

Your challenge this morning is to write a new narrative for the trailer. It must be the same length as the video and describe what is happening without giving away the whole story.

When you are finished you can perform your new trailer to an adult at home. Make sure the play the video without the sound! 

For literacy this morning its time for you to choose!

We are going to work on some spelling words called homophones. These are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

1. there
2. they’re
3. their
4. to
5. too
6. two
7. pair
8. pear
9. here
10. hare

Tasks

1. Write each word 3 times.
2. Write a sentence for each word.
3. Find the meaning of each word.
4. From the grid below select two Spelling activities.