{"id":9153,"date":"2021-01-15T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/pinewoodschoolblog\/?p=9153"},"modified":"2021-01-10T20:56:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T20:56:44","slug":"language-skills-secondary-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/pinewoodschoolblog\/2021\/01\/15\/language-skills-secondary-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Skills (Secondary)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning everyone,<\/p>\n<p>Below are some activity choices for this week:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 1 (daily activity) \u2013 Early Level<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Practice activity<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Choose an activity from this week that you feel you could practise more and have another go.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, practice makes better!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 2 (week long activity) \u2013 First Level and beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Diary<\/u><\/p>\n<p>You are going to create your own diary. First, research some famous dairies, e.g. <em>The Diary of a Young Girl <\/em>by Anne Frank &#8211; google an excerpt to look at the format (how it is laid out).<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s your turn!<\/p>\n<p>Create your own personal diary and design the front cover which should reflect your personality.<\/p>\n<p>Every day make a diary entry that explains the events and experiences of your day.<\/p>\n<p>The key features of a diary are explained below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>describes the places where events happened<\/li>\n<li>is written in the past tense<\/li>\n<li>talks about the most important events<\/li>\n<li>uses some personal pronouns: I, we, my, me<\/li>\n<li>talks about feelings<\/li>\n<li>uses time conjunctions (e.g. before, next, after) to show when things happened.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Try to think about your choice of words to make your writing more interesting by using adverbs and adjectives.<\/p>\n<p>An adverb &#8211; a word that describes a verb (an action or doing word). E.g. I <strong>ate (verb) <\/strong>my breakfast <strong>slowly <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">(<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">adverb<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An adjective \u2013 a word that describes a noun (the name of a thing or place). E.g. I played a <strong>fun<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">(<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">adjective) g<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">ame <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">(<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">noun<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 3 (browse the web)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Explore one or more of the following websites to find something of interest and benefit to you:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crickweb.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.crickweb.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationcity.com\">https:\/\/www.educationcity.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpkidzlearn.com\">https:\/\/www.helpkidzlearn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org\/short-stories\">https:\/\/learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org\/short-stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.literactive.com\/Home\/index.asp\">http:\/\/www.literactive.com\/Home\/index.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordowl.co.uk\">https:\/\/www.oxfordowl.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonicsplay.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.phonicsplay.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poissonrouge.com\">https:\/\/www.poissonrouge.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\">https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.audible.com\/\">https:\/\/stories.audible.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storylineonline.net\/\">https:\/\/www.storylineonline.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolreadinglist.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/schoolreadinglist.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Good luck and have a lovely weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Laura (Language Teacher)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning everyone, Below are some activity choices for this week: Option 1 (daily activity) \u2013 Early Level Practice activity Choose an activity from this week that you feel you could practise more and have another go. 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