Wednesday 6th May – Year 5
Good morning Year 5 – ready to learn?
English
- Reading
a) Tell us what you have been reading for the last week. We need to see:
• The days that you have read
• What you have read (book, pages etc.)
• A brief description or comment about your reading
• Anything that you have learnt
• Any other comments, questions or queries that you may have.b) Write a book review for a book that you have recently read. This should include:
• Title, author and whether it is fiction/non-fiction
• Star rating (out of 10) and reasons why
• A description of the book – describe characters, plot, settings
• What you liked/didn’t like
• Who you would recommend this book to. Who would it be suitable for? Age/interests
• An illustration from the book. If it is fiction, use your imagination and the description in the text to create your own illustration of any scene. This can go into your home learning pack.
• Examples of literary effects – similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia
• The story could be better if……. - Read the following text and answer the questions:
Who were the main actors? Why do you think this was?
How would an actor show a different emotion or character?
Which word means the same as shaped?
Maths
Most of you obviously aren’t in school a the moment but the following task can still be done from home. It’s perhaps easier to look at the recipes below, but if you use your own, tell us what the recipe was and still use the prices below.
History
We have read a little bit about Greek theatre today. Can you find out some more information. Share five facts with the class.
Any questions, let us know via the blog or e mail, as usual.
We are really missing you all.
Take care,
Mrs Millard, Mrs Leeming and Mrs Munro XXX
Good morning mrs millard my book I have been reading is more of milly-molly-mandy ,I have been doing it every monday wesnesday Friday I read 1 chapter every time i read i love this book because my mum used to read this and she said it was really good I really like this because it’s very interesting and theres pictures ,diagrams I reccomend it it’s very old though my book c
My book review
The name is very nice it’s a non-fiction book I would give it a solid 8/10 I gave it a 8 because it’s one of those books what you can read more then once and you want to make the author write another book . The age you would read it is 8-14 also the name is an alliteration and a very happy story x
I’m glad that you enjoyed it!
Mrs Millard XX
Thanks for this Evie.
It’s great that you love a book that Mum loves too!
Check your work to make sure that you have used capital letter accurately.
Mrs Millard XX
1. The main characters are the Greek performers because they talk alot about them
2.I think they would think of something to make them feel the emotion because it’s really hard to act in emotion
3.The words that mean the same of shape is large ,moulded x
Were the main characters men or women?
Masks helped them to show different emotions.
Thanks,
Mrs Millard XX
History ancient greek was popular for the theatre in 550BC and 220BC
Thanks Evie,
Did you find 5 facts?
Mrs Millard XX
Good bye see you tomorrow xx
Goodbye. I’ll be checking in but Mrs Leeming will respond tomorrow. I’m back on Monday.
Have a great weekend and take care.
Mrs Millard XX
I have been reading diary of a wimpy kid books I have been reading them every Monday Wednesday Friday.I have learnt that the books I am reading are quite fun and goofy those are my types of books 📕📗📘📙.
It’s great when you find your type of book!
Thanks Aamirat.
Mrs Millard XX
A book that I have recently recently read is Diary of a wimpy kid The Meltdown the author is Jeff Kinney and this book is a fiction book meaning not real.I would rate my book a solid 10/10 because that in my opinion this is a really goofy book and it just makes me laugh.The characters of this book are: Greg,Rodrick,Manny,Rowley ,Mum,Dad the plot of this Diary of a wimpy kid book is that its winter and you know how winter is meant to be cold but its hot so everyone is calling it ‘wacky weather’.What i liked about this book is everything the book is just to awesome i don’t dislike anything about this book
I’m glad that you enjoyed it.
Take care with punctuation – you didn’t end with a full stop, missed apostrophes and the word ‘I’ is always a capital – you know that!
Mrs Millard XX
I am reading Tom gates epic adventure by Liz Pichon. I love the book it’s a non- fiction book and I would give it a 10/10 because there’s free collecting cards inside. All her books are really funny. In the story there’s a boy called Tom Gates he has a sister who is really rude.His grandma and his grandpa ( aka the fossils) went on holiday all around the world and when they got back Tom thought that how could they be so bendy.
It’s always good to get free colleting cards!
Good use of brackets.
Is this your favourite book of the authors?
Mrs Millard XX
Yes I like all the Tom Gates books
I have been reading my diary of a wimpy kid books and school books
I think the main characters are the woman and the old man
They would have different masks for different emotions
I cant really find the last one if you could reply it would help
Were the actors men or women?
Hint – the word is in the last sentence.
Mrs Millard XX
I dont get the maths
What don’t you understand Aamirat? Where would you start?
the 1st question will need 1 pound each
2nd will be 50 p each slice
1)Men were the leading actors .
2) They would were masks to represent a emotion or character.
3) Moulded
Very well answered.
Mrs Millard XX
Thank you Mrs Millard
the greek theatre began in the 6th century bce in Athens with the performance of tradegy plays at religious festival. these in turn inspired the genre greek comedy plays the two types of greek drama would be hugely popular and performances spread around the Mediterranean and influence Hellenistic and roman theatre.
English
I’ve been reading Invisible fiends. I love this book because it has horror and happy times. the main character name is Kyle . I’m on page 68 chapter 5. 1 chapter is 14 pages. I give this book a 10/10 because it is a present from my mum. The author of this book is Barry Hutchison.
Thanks Alex,
I’m glad that you are enjoying this book. Don’t forget to begin all sentences with a capital letter.
Mrs Millard XX
Brownie 60
15+15+15+15
Cup cake 50
10+10+10+10+10
Coffee 50
Tea50
Coffee £2.80+75p=£3.50
Tea80p+75p= £1.50
Brownies£1.20+£160+90p+40p+75p+75p=£5.60
Cupcake £1.20
Total £11.80
I would charge 25p for cake and drink earn 70p extra
Hi Logan – it’s great to hear from you.
You’re the first person to attempt the Maths today – very well done.
Great problem solving – I miss being able to discuss puzzles like this with you as you solve them – hopefully we’ll be able to do this again soon!
I hope you and your family are well and look forward to hearing from you again soon.
Mrs Millard XX
Thank you mrs Millard I like doing my maths work
English 2
The main actors were the men, because they played often.
The actor show a different emotion or character wearing different masks.
To shaped – To create
Well answered Alex.
The word for shaped was ‘moulded’.
Mrs Millard XX
I’ve been reading a Minecraft bible which has story’s from the bible but Minecrafty .
In the Minecraft bible I have read about the Tower of babel .The Tower of babel is a
Tower which people made to try and reach heaven (I know it sounds a bit stupid since heaven higher then Everest .) God had stop them bye giving them different languages so they wouldn’t understand each other and that is also how everyone on this planet is speaking other languages .
Hi Dan,
Like a modern twist to the Bible?
Story’s or stories? Bye or by?
Good use of brackets.
Mrs Millard XX
History
The theatre began at 6th century BCE in Athens.
The last show in the theatre was exodos .
The Greek theatre history began with festivals honoring their gods.
The Greeks enjoyed singing and dancing .
The oldest theatre is that of Dionysos Eleuthereus on south.
Hi Alex,
Well done for finding these facts – this will really help with your writing next week.
Mrs Millard XX
We need 50 cupcakes and 50 tea cups to satisfy the customers.
For 50 cupcakes its a cost of £12.55 and for 50 cups of tea it cost £2.45.
So for 1 cupcake I will sell it for 35p and for a cup of tea I will sell it for 3p.
Hi Dhanshri,
I’m glad that you found a solution. When we are back in school I’d love to see your workings and how you reached this answer.
Mrs Millard XX
I want tobe back in school and be working very hard
History
1) The prisoners were released from jail just to watch the play’s.
2) Euripides was the first one to write a play.
3) Euripides wrote 90 plays.
4) The theatres were built on hillsides in every city.
5) The theatre was a religious activity.
Hi Dhanshri,
Great facts – they’ll really help you with your writing next week.
No apostrophe needed in plays.
Mrs Millard XX
Oh ok
The book that i’m reading is boy in the dress.I read it everyday before i go to sleep. I would give this book a 9/10 because it is a fun book to read .I would recommend this book for ages 9 and over .The main character of this book is a boy called Denis.The ather of the book is david walliams .
Good Afternoon Mrs Millard,
Here is my English,
I have been reading the script of the lord of the flies. I read on a Tuesday, Thursday and a Sunday. I read the whole script that I have so far. We are getting new parts every week. I’m really enjoying the script so far and I cant wait to read more. I have learnt that I enjoy reading scripts instead of stories and books.
This is my book review..
The title of the script is The Lord of The Flies. William Golding is the author. It’s a fiction text, I rate it a 9.9/10 because I’m really really enjoying it! Jack is a bossy character that is sometimes selfish but most of the time he does what’s best for the group. They are all stranded on an island, yesterdays English reminded me of this. I like all of it so far, its interesting and exiting. I would rate it age 12 to 12+ because a lot of the language is hard to understand.
I haven’t done much work today because I had silhouette this morning, I was doing Musical Theatre and I have been doing homework for my mid summer nights dream session later.
Hi Lydia,
I very good, lengthy piece today – well done.
I’m glad that you enjoy reading scripts – it’s the budding actor in you!
I know that you are busy so don’t worry. You have blogged regularly since being off school and I know how hard you are working. I hope you are enjoying yourself and glad you are able to return to Silhouette.
Mrs Millard XX
The book i’m reading is the boy in the dress.the chapter i am on is chapter 9 .I read it everyday before i go to sleep.The book is a fiction book . I would give it a 9/10 because it is a really fun book to read.The author is David Walliams. I really like the book because it shows that anyone can wear anything that they want to. I would recommend this book to ages nine and over.
1. men were the only people who acted so they were the lead actors
2 .They wore masks.
3.The word molded is the same as shaped.
I don’t get the maths
Plays were either spoken or sung in rhyme.
The theaters were open air and built in a semi-circular shape with rows of tiered stone seating around it.
The theaters were built on hillsides in the open air and could often hold more than 18,000 spectators.
In the centre of the theatre was a circular dancing floor (orchestra)
Actors in comedies wore bright colours. Actors in tragedies wore dark colours.
English 1.
I’ve been reading Pirate Poems book.
I’ve read the first 3 poems, I wish I was a Pirate, Pirate Chief, Pirates.
It is very hard to understand the rhythm of the poems for me. But I tried my best.
Hi Zain,
Are you enjoying the poems even if they are a bit tricky?
Mrs Millard XX
Yes. It is tricky but I like trying new books
English 2 :
All of the actors were men. They were all men because women weren’t aloud to do what they want to do.
An actor would wear different masks.
Shaped is like moulded
Well answered!
Mrs Millard XX
Maths 1:
a. & b.
For a total 50 people.
Tea & Coffee: 1 teabag box = 80 teabags. 2x1L milk, 200g coffee, sugar = £1+2x £0.75+ £2.80+ £0.70= £6
10 vanilla cupcakes = (250g butter,100g caster sugar,2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla extract)
15 chocolate brownies = (180g butter, 250g caster sugar, 3 eggs, 80g plain flour, 180g dark chocolate, 50g white chocolate)
50 cupcakes + 60 brownies
Butter ~2kg= 8x £1.20= £9.60
Caster sugar ~1.5kg= 2x £1.60= £3.20
Eggs ~22= 4x £0.90 = £3.60
Plain flour ~320g=1x£0.40=£0.40
Dark Choc ~720g=4x£0.75=£3
White Choc ~200g=2x£0.75=£1.50 (there is no price for white chocolate but my Dad said it will be £0.75 same as the other chocolates)
Total cost of items: £6+£9.60+£3.20+£0.40+£3+£1.50=£23.70
Maths 2.
1 cup of tea = £1
1 cupcake or brownie = £1
If 50 people all have a cup of tea and a cake, I’d make £100. £23.70 were my costs, so I would have made a profit of £76.30 for the Red Cross.
History:
5 Facts about greek theatre
1. Some theatres could seat nearly 10,000 people.
2. Music was a big part of theatre.
3. The word theatre came from the greek word theatron which means seeing place.
4. The first actor was a man called Thespis.
5. Sometimes actors are called thespians.
Hello Mrs Leeming,
This is my history from yesterday.
Theatre
Women were not allowed to perform at all, even if it was singing, dancing or even acting. If they were acting and only had a small role, they would usually have 2 and they would not change costumes they would change masks. The Ancient Greek actors would wear wigs and funny masks. All the Greek theatres were outside.
Great work Lydia. I’m glad I’m not an ancient Greek!