GPS P6 and P5 Home Learning

What to do today

1. Make up some noun-phrases about a favourite place

• Think of a place that you love to be. It can be indoors or outdoors. Write it in the middle of a sheet of paper.
• Try to think of six or more things that this place is for you. Why is it special? Look at Bedroom Example for ideas.
• Write each of your images as a descriptive expanded noun phrase.2. Make notes about playing with words

• Watch a video of Joseph Coelho explaining about playing with words.
• Make notes about some of his ideas. They will be useful to you when you are writing your poem.https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-ks2-poetry- playing-with-words/zmxf8xs3. Now for some writing

• Follow the stages on Developing a Poem.
• When you have a poem, write it out carefully.Try these Fun-Time Extras

• Can you send your poem to somebody else?
• Can you interview people in your house to find out about their favourite place? Can they tell you six reasons that they like it?
• Find ‘Watch and Listen’ on Joseph Coelho’s website and watch him perform some of his poems.

My Bedroom

Short multiplication

1. If possible, watch the PowerPoint presentation with a teacher or another grown-up.OR start by carefully reading through the Learning Reminders.
2. Tackle the questions on the Practice Sheet. There might be a choice of either Mild (easier) or Hot (harder)!
   Check the answers.
3. Finding it tricky? That’s OK… have a go with a grown- up at A Bit Stuck?
4. Have I mastered the topic? A few questions to Check your understanding.
   Fold the page to hide the answers!

What to do today

1. Read the poem ‘Golden Time’

• ‘Golden Time’ is another poem by Joseph Coelho. Read it in your head first and then read it out loud.
• Use the Reflection Prompts to help you think about the poem. Read the questions and think about your answers to each one.

  2. Revise Noun Phrases

• Use the Revision Card to remind you about Noun Phrases.
• Read the poem, ‘Red Ruby Rings’.
• Complete Expanded Noun Phrases, spotting and writing how

  nouns in the poem have been expanded.

  When you have finished show what you have found to a grown-up. Show them where in the poem you found the expanded noun phrases and show them the head noun in each one.

  3. Prepare a performance of one of the poems.

• Read Preparing to Perform. If you didn’t watch it yesterday, watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-ks2- understanding-poetry/zdwxbdm Itisreallyamazing!
• Choose either of the poems and practise a performance of it. Can you learn any lines off-by-heart?

  Try these Fun-Time Extras

• Share your performance with somebody else.
• Make illustrations for your five, favourite noun-phrases from

  the poems.

Golden Time

Joseph Coelho

Golden time – jewelled minutes
and silvered seconds?

Golden time
a diamond clock with ruby numbers?

Golden time –
a free hour
doing what I please?

Golden time –
hands clasped on mouth
catching laughter with a new friend.

Golden time –
the inhale of breath as the idea chimes.

Golden time
a room of beaming faces, every heart in sync.

p. 47 Werewolf Club Rules by Joseph Coelho

Multiples and factors

1. Start by reading through the Learning Reminders.
2. Tackle the questions on the Practice Sheet. There might be a choice of either Mild (easier) or Hot (harder)!
   Check the answers.
3. Finding it tricky? That’s OK… have a go with a grown-up at A Bit Stuck?
4. Have I mastered the topic? A few questions to Check your understanding.
   Fold the page to hide the answers!
5. Think you’ve cracked it? Whizzed through the Practice Sheets? Have a go at the Investigation…

Multiples and Factors

What to do today

1. Read the poem: I am a writer

• Read the poem, ‘I am a writer’. Read it in your head first and then try reading it out loud. What rhythms and patterns can you hear when you read it aloud?
• Choose your favourite three images from the poem. Why do you like these images in particular?

  2. Reflect on the poem

• Read the Reflection Prompts and think about your answers for each.
• Write a reflection on the poem, by writing some of your answers as

  sentences.

  I am a writer

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  3. Prepare a performance

• Watch the poet Joseph Coelho talk about how to perform a poem. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-ks2-understanding- poetry/zdwxbdm This is really brilliant–you may want to watch it more than once!
• Make notes about Joseph Coelho’s tips.
• Practise a performance of ‘I am a writer’

  Try these Fun-Time Extras

• Share your performance with someone else. Could they film it and send it somebody?
• Watch Joseph Coelho perform the poem. What do you notice in particular about the way that he performs it?

  https://vimeo.com/129644553

I am a writer

Joseph Coelho

I am the clash and collide of the stars because I create worlds.

I am the awareness of the trees because I hear the wind.

I am the sweat of a rainbow because I refract all the colours.

I am the blood in a pen because I ink arteries.

I am the blade in a sharpener because I make nibs vanish.

I am the edge of a rubber,
rounded, worn and softened by mistakes.

I am the conversation of notes, discussing melodies.

I am the holes in a flute, knower of unknown tunes.

I am the skin of a drum. Every hit, beat and bang bouncing off me,
forming music from nothing.

p. 54 Werewolf Club Rules by Joseph Coelho