Alot Blog

Here is the link to the Alot blog post that we looked at this morning: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

Scintillating Sentences

In room 22 we've been learning to make sentences more interesting. First we got a sentence like 'Mum drove the car' and asked ourselves 'how could we get this more interesting?' and kept changing the sentence until we got to 'Mum raced the 4 wheel drive way faster than the speed limit which was 50 because she was 30 minutes late for work.'

Here is another example:

I went to bed.

I jumped into bed.

I leaped into bed.

I leaped into my nice, cozy warm bed.

I leaped into my nice warm cozy feather bed because I was tired.

I leaped into my nice warm cozy feather bed because I was too tired to do anything else.

Word Study - it's and its

For word study today we were going to be looking at the difference between
it's - short for it is e.g. it's very cold today
AND
its - it belongs to that noun e.g. the dog lost its bone

Complete the activity below. Write the answers as full sentences.

Word Builder

I know that we can't do one together as a class until Monday. But give this one a go and see how many words you can make. Post your words on our wall: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/banksaveroom22

Word Study - Tenses

We have been working in class on using correct tenses - past/present/future.
e.g. I walked (past) I am walking (present) I will walk (future)

Complete this worksheet below on tenses:



You might also like to check out this website - it has a number of games, quizzes and worksheets to practise using the correct tense. This will really help you with your writing and speaking skills in class.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/tenses/getting_the_right_tense/