Tuesday 26th January 2021
Morning Year 6
We are looking forward to seeing you all on Zoom at 9:05.
Warm up activity (15 minutes)
As we had a drama session yesterday, I have put your retrieval quiz on for today.
Reading (30 minutes)
Read the following text which is a summary of everything that has happened in the play so far.
The play opens with Theseus and Hippolyta talking about their wedding, which is about to take place. Theseus is eager for the wedding day to come but Hippolyta reassures him that ‘Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights’. They are interrupted by Egeus who says he is ‘full of vexation’ because his daughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius, the suitor he has chosen for her. Instead, she wants to marry Lysander who has wooed her without Egeus’ permission. Egeus tells Theseus he wants to ‘beg the ancient privilege of Athens’. This is an old law which states that if she doesn’t marry his choice of suitor she can be put to death. After hearing from Hermia, Demetrius and Lysander, Theseus tells Hermia she has until the next new moon to choose and ‘Upon that day either prepare to die / For disobedience to your father’s will, / Or else to wed Demetrius’.
When they are left alone, Lysander and Hermia devise a plan to run away to his Aunt’s house, outside Athens. They are interrupted by Helena, Hermia’s best friend, who is in love with Demetrius. The friends talk about Demetrius and Helena tells her friend ‘the more I love, the more he hateth me.’ To make Helena feel better, Hermia tells her about the plan she has to leave with Lysander. When Helena is left alone she decides to go to Demetrius and ‘tell him of fair Helena’s flight’.
Puck, a loyal servant to Oberon the King of the fairies, meets with another fairy who serves Titania, the Queen. Puck warns the fairy that Oberon is angry with the Queen and they should ‘take heed the Queen come not within his sight’.
Oberon and Titania then arrive. Oberon calls her ‘proud Titania’ and Titania calls him ‘jealous Oberon’. She accuses him of loving other women and of following her around and disturbing her fun ‘with thy brawls’. She claims that their arguments are starting to affect nature and that ‘the ploughman lost his sweat, and the green corn hath rotted’ but Oberon refuses to put a stop to their arguments until she gives him ‘a little changeling boy’ to be his ‘henchman’. Titania explains she promised the boy’s mother she would look after him and will not give him up, so she leaves, telling him ‘not for thy fairy kingdom’ will she give up the boy.
Oberon then calls his servant Puck back and asks him to remember a very specific flower called “love-in-idleness” that has very specific magical properties. He send him to find it and Puck vows he will ‘put a girdle around the earth in forty minutes’ and bring it back.
Oberon tells the audience he plans to use the flower and ‘drop the liquor of it in her eyes’ so that when she wakes up and opens her eyes again she will fall in love with the first thing she sees. He thinks this will make Titania ‘render up her page’, the changeling boy.
While he is waiting for Puck, Oberon sees Demetrius and Helena in the woods. He makes himself invisible so he can overhear them, and watches as Demetrius tells Helena to leave him alone, saying ‘I love thee not, therefore pursue me not’ and ‘I am sick when I do look on thee.’ When Puck returns, Oberon decides to help Helena by asking Puck to put some of the juice from the flower in Demetrius’ eyes so that he might love her back.
Titania is in her bower, surrounded by her fairy train. She tells them to ‘sing me now asleep’ and lies there. Once her fairies have left her alone to rest, Oberon arrives and puts the juice from the ‘love-in-idleness’ flower in her eyes saying ‘wake when some vile thing is near’. Hermia and Lysander have got lost in the woods and decide to sleep until morning. Lysander wants to sleep near Hermia but for modesty’s sake she convinces him to sleep away from her and ‘lie further off yet. Do not lie so near’.
Puck then sees the sleeping Lysander on the ground and mistakes him for Demetrius, saying ‘weeds of Athens he doth wear / This is he, my master said.’ He then puts the juice from the flower on Lysander’s eyes. Shortly afterwards, Helena arrives. She has been chasing Demetrius but stops when she sees Lysander sleeping. She worries he might be hurt, asking ‘dead or asleep? I see no blood, no wound.’ He then wakes up and immediately falls in love with her, saying ‘And run through fire I will for thy sweet sake. / Transparent Helena!’
Helena thinks he is making fun of her and tries to remind him about Hermia, saying ‘Yet Hermia still loves you. Then be content’ to which he replies ‘Content with Hermia? No.’ She runs away and he chases her. When Hermia wakes to look for Lysander she is shocked to find him gone, calling out ‘Alack, where are you? Speak, an if you hear.’ She then goes in search of him.
Task:
Write the 10 most important events that have happened giving reasons why they are important to the story.
Writing (45 minutes)
In the following text, Puck has put the love potion onto Lysander’s and Demetrius’ eyes and they have woken up and fallen in love with Helena.
LYSANDER
Why should you think that I should woo in scorn?
HELENA
These vows are Hermia’s.
Will you give her o’er?
LYSANDER
I had no judgment when to her I swore.
HELENA
Nor none, in my mind, now you give her o’er.
LYSANDER
Demetrius loves her, and he you.
DEMETRIUS [Awaking]
O Helen, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine!
To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne?
Crystal is muddy. O, how ripe in show
Thy lips, those kissing cherries, tempting grow!
HELENA
O spite! O hell! I see you all are bent
To set against me for your merriment:
Can you not hate me, as I know you do,
But you must join in souls to mock me too?
LYSANDER
You are unkind, Demetrius; be not so,
For you love Hermia; this you know I know;
DEMETRIUS
Lysander, keep thy Hermia, I will none:
If e’er I loved her, all that love is gone.
Look, where thy love comes, yonder is thy dear.
So you can see, Demetrius and Lysander are telling Helena they are madly in love with and she thinks they are joking and mocking her!
Imagine what Helena must be thinking right now – she has spent so long being in love with Demetrius; perhaps jealous of all the attention that Hermia gets and now, suddenly, even one is in love with her. How would you feel in this situation?
Watch the clip so that you are able to understand it better:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-a-midsummer-nights-dream-6-the-lovers-quarrel/zvfyscw
Why do you think that Helena thinks they are joking?
Task:
Write what might be going through Helena’s head. This could be in 1st or 3rd person and try to include lots of detail.
Maths (1 hour 10 minutes)
Starter challenge:
Complete these mental maths questions:
Main task:
Today, we are going to recap how to add and subtract pairs of fractions e.g.
1/4 + 2/4 =
5/7 – 3/7 =
Remember when we are adding or subtracting fractions which have the same denominator (bottom number) then we simply leave the denominator the same and just perform the calculation on the numerator (the top number).
We do this because the denominator represents the whole and if the whole is the same, we only need to work on the parts (top number).
Let’s have a look at out examples:
1/4 + 2/4 = 3/4
5/7 – 3/7 = 2/7
The same rules apply when the answer becomes an improper fraction e.g.
3/6 + 4/6 = 7/6 (some of you will know how to convert this to a mixed fraction)
Now you try these:
Sometimes, we need to add and subtract fractions which have different denominators i.e.
2/4 + 1/2 =
6/ 12 – 3/ 2 =
To remind yourself how to solve these questions watch the video clip below:
Now try these:
Finally, you might be asked to add and subtract fractions which include mixed numbers i.e.
12/3 + 2 1/3 =
3 1/5 – 2 2/5
Watch this video where I will explain how to answer these questions:
Now try these:
Spelling (20 minutes)
Complete the work on the sheet below:
RE (45 minutes)
Today’s question is:
What are the Ten Commandments?
Think back to last week:
What were the ten plagues?
How many of them can you remember?
Vocabulary:
Ten Commandments – Christians believe God gave humans guidelines as important rules for living to keep them close to him.
Covenant – an agreement or pact.
Exodus – The part of the Bible which explains how the Isralites were led from Egypt. Also means a mass departure of people.
Atheist – A person who does not believe in the exsistence of a God.
Watch the following clip to understand how Moses is linked to the Ten Commandments.
God gave Moses a set of ten laws that they should follow in order to please him. They form part of the covenant made at Mount Sinai to love and worship God effectively. God told Moses that if these rules were not followed, God would punish people who disobeyed them. Today these laws are known as the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are found in the book of Exodus.
Read through the Ten Commandements:
Ten Commandments:
(Exodus 20:1-17)
- Do not have any other Gods.
- Do not make or worship idols.
- Do not disrespect or misuse God’s name.
- Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.
- Honour your father and mother.
- Do not commit murder.
- Keep your marriage promises.
- Do not steal.
- Do not tell lies.
- Do not covet. (be envious of others)
Why do you think God choose these rules?
What must people have been doing for God to create these rules?
Do you think the Ten Commandments are relevant to an atheist?
Do you think all of the commandments are still relevant in today’s world?
Task:
If you were asked to write a new set of Ten Commandments for the world that we live in today, what would they be?
PHSE (45 minutes)
Today, I would like you to continue with your Online Safety project for younger children. Last week, we had some fantastic ideas.
Children are making:
- Interactive quizzes
- Books
- Board games
Lots of great ideas!
I want you to continue your project today.
The tasks you could complete:
- Create the rules
- Create any tokens that the players will need
- Write your list of questions
When you have done that, we would like you to send us a summary of what your project is which should explain:
- How it will be used (online, board game etc)
- Does it have questions?
- What will the children learn?
TT Rockstars
Continue with this week’s competition.
Story time
Enjoy the next chapter of the Explorer:
A fantastic day Year 6!
See you tomorrow!
Miss Kinsella and Mrs Maruzza
PSHE:
board game:So it is where you learn. you get questions and if you get the wrong answer you have an hacker trying to get to their main task so it’s like a race.
That sounds like a great idea Zain! What age will it be for?
4 and up
What is this the answer to Zain?
line graph
oberons servant
athens
Because many people were joining them
Europe
blood
it is to classify species and objects
onero
martes
when you put numbers and handle them
Well done Aamirat – enero starts with an e.
Good morning
Morning Evie. How are you?
1 of the people think that they have died.
They are in a place where they think is aomeqhere speacial.
1 of the people was waiting for puck.
They are frendly.
Why are these important parts of the story Mason?
What has happened I have wanted to be with Demetrius for so long and now that I have lost interest he is falling in love with me and my bestfriends fiancé Lysander what is going on is this some kind of sick joke because if it is it is not funny my friend Hermia does not even want to see my face
A great speech Aamirat. Why do you think Helena thinks they are joking?
reading
I think when Hermia and Egeus argument was important because that’s when all the action started
also the judge ment that Theseus said because that made Hermia leave and see the fairies
I agree Alex. Can you think of any other important parts?
Hermia doesnt want to marry demetrius
hermia wants to marry lysander
she will die if she does not marry demetrius
lysander and hermia run away
Helena tells demetrius about their plan
Demetrius tries to stop them
Puck puts the flower in the wrong persons eyes
Great. Can you think of three more?
3/8
8/14
3/4
8/7
Great! remember when you’re adding and subtracting the bottom stays the same.
I did re and Phse on paper phse: comic book
400005
hundred thousands
ten thousands
222000
1000
10000
120
300
6
4
Well done Aamirat. You check question 1 please.
Reading
1. Egeus and Hermia have an argument
2. Egeus says that Hermia should marry Demetriouse
3. Lysander and Hermia run away
Great Sadia! Can you tell us some more.
I did re and Phse on paper phse: comic book 🙂
Oh I like the idea of a comic book – will there be challenges along the way?
yes deffinetly
Great! I look forward to seeing it!
Great Dan! Looking forward to seeing it.
Writing what I think that is in Helena’s head is that she might be thinking that why do Lysander and Demetriouse love me all of a sudden .Or she might be feeling sorry for Hermia because Lysander loves her.
Also she might be feeling very special because she has got all of the attention.
I agree Sadia – why do you think she thinks they are mocking her?
Ive listened to the maths video what ever you do to the top always comes to the bottom.
Well done Mason – now try the maths activities.
Task 1:
1. 3/7+ 3/7= 6/7
2. 4/5- 1/5= 3/5
3. 2/9+ 3/9= 5/9
4. 2/8- 1/8=
5. 1/7+ 3/7= 4/7
6. 6/7- 3/7= 3/7
7. 3/8+ 3/8= 6/8
8. 3/4- 1/4=
9. 3/10+ 5/10= 8/10
10. 7/12- 4/12=
Great work Sadia. Can you complete questions 4, 8 and 10 please.
6/7
3/5
5/9
1/8
4/7
3/7
6/8
2/4
8/10
3/12
10/6
13/10
12/8
17/14
13/9
29/20
Fantastic! Well done Aamirat!
writing
I think Helena is dumb because she still loves loves Demetrius after all the bad thing he did too her she still loves him. its kinda crazy like why would you love someone who is mean too you so I ges she is madly in love
I agree in some ways Alex. Why do you think she still loves him?
1) 6/7 2)3/5 3)5/9 4)1/8 5)4/7 6)3/7 706/8 8) 2/4 9)2/10 10)3/12
Great work!
11)10/6 12)13/10 13) 12/8 14) 17/14 15)13/9 16)29/20
Great Declan, well done!
1)3 3/6 2)2 1/6 3)7 2/4 4)2 24 5)2 4/12 6)1 6/9 7)6 10/10 8)2 4/11 9)5 6/9 10)1 8/15
Correct, well done!
I did my Maths on word .
Great, can you send them over on email please.
1)accommodate look after 2)accompany work place 3) according might be 4)achieve accomplish 5)aggressive angry 6)amateur learning at a skill 7)ancient old 8)apparent said by someone 9)appreciate grateful 10) attached connected. 1)achieve 2)appreciate 3)? 4)? my dad is ancient. according to the news theres gonna be more snow. there was a amateur magician has performed on stage.
Fantastic work Declan! 3 is aggressive and 4 is attached.
re. plague water turns to blood amphibians (frogs) 3)flys 4) disease on live stock 5)healable boils hail and fire locus darkness death of first born. my ten commandments no violence no school peace for all no swearing get money everyday no crime no annoying siblings no weapons sweets everyday christmas everyday.
Some great commandments Declan – can you tell me why you choose these?
5/8
16/18
7/14
1/10
6/12
3/21
15/20
11/16
20/9
4/12
8/15
11/14
5/24
9/20
23/21
35/44
86/90
53/44
26/24
11/30
Great Aamirat, well done!!