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Year 6 Weekly Homework Tasks – week beginning: 30th March 2020Columbia Primary SchoolIndependent reading Read for at least 20 mins a day. You can still log on and quiz on your books using Accelerated Reader . Adults are looking at your quizzes every week and changing targets. Keep going!You may have books to read at home. Use this website to see if it has an Accelerated Reader Quiz. Check out ReadOn. This has many free online books to read. They all have an Accelerated Reader Level and Quiz! Find a book you would like to read, click on ‘Information,’ and then click on ‘Details’ to find out the level, points and quiz number. Story timeRead to your child for at least 20 mins a dayAlso keep an eye on our vimeo website for our story time! We will be reading The Boy At The Back Of The Classroom. Listen to free stories on reading Re read the story of ‘Daedalus and Icarus’.You can find it by copying and pasting this link: We have read this in class but it’s important that you read it again so that you are ready for your week’s learning!Write 5 statements that are true about this story and 5 statements that are false for this story. For example:True: Daedalus decided to make some wings.False: King Minos wanted to kill the Minotaur.Tuesday readingRe read the story of ‘Daedalus and Icarus’.Can you write a summary of the whole story in under 80 words?For example, this is my attempt at the story of The Cyclops in under 80 words.Odysseus and his men are travelling home when they stop in a Cyclops’ cave for food and water. The Cyclops returns and eats some of the men. Odysseus gives the Cyclops wine, so that he falls asleep, and tells him that his name is Nobody. Odysseus and his men blind the Cyclops. Odysseus and his men sneak out of the cave under sheep. As he leaves, Odysseus reveals his name and the Cyclops tells Poseidon to punish him. Your summary must include these words:Daedalus, Icarus, King MinosMinotaurLabyrinth WingsSun Wednesday writingRead paragraph one again. I have put it here:On the island of Crete there lived a Minotaur, a ferocious creature that was half man and half bull. The people of the island of Crete were terrified of the Minotaur; it loved nothing more than to feast on human flesh. They begged their ruler, King Minos, to order that the creature be killed, but the King decided against this. Instead, he constructed a plan to imprison the Minotaur. To die at the hands of the Minotaur would be one of the most terrible deaths imaginable, and King Minos believed that his enemies deserved to meet such a fate. He enlisted the help of Daedalus, a talented architect, inventor and craftsman, and asked him to build a labyrinth – a maze of passages that would be so complex that it would be virtually impossible for anyone (or anything) to ever find a way out.Write a character description of the Minotaur. Imagine you live on the island of Crete and you have just spotted the Minotaur! Can you slowly reveal parts of the creature (just like we did for the Cyclops!) Start your writing: From my window I suddenly saw…Thursday writing: In the story, ‘Daedalus and Icarus’, it says that the people of the island of Crete “begged their ruler, King Minos, to order that the creature be killed.”. For your writing today, we’d like you pretend to be the people of the island of Crete and write a letter to the King. In your letter, you need to persuade the King to kill the Minotaur. Success Criteria for a good persuasive letter:Write in a formal way (remember you are writing to the King!)Use persuasive language: Structure your letter carefully To King Minos, xDear King Minos, ?Is it true you want to keep the Minotaur? xI’ve heard that you would like to keep the Minotaur? ?He’s an evil monster! xThere is no doubt that he is a dangerous creature. ?We all know thateveryone agrees thatthere is no doubt thatit is clear thatmagnificentincrediblytremendous Explain why you are writing.Tell King Minos why he should kill the Minotaur. Make 2 points and back up each point with evidence (you could add your own ideas here!)Round off your letter by reminding the King what you want him to do. Friday writing: Yesterday, you wrote a letter to the King persuading him to kill the Minotaur. Today, we’d like you to write the King’s reply. You are going to be the King and in your letter to the people of Crete you need to tell them that you are not going to kill the Minotaur. This is a formal letter (remember, you are the king!). Here are some sentence starters to help you…Thank you for your letter which …After careful thought…It is in the best interest of the people that…I am sure you will understand that…MathsLog in to your Times Table Rockstars account and complete 10 minutes of practise every day.Monday: Answer 5 questions from either:: Answer 5 questions from either:: Answer 5 questions from either:: Answer 5 questions from either:: out with Maurice () and end with some dancing ()Work-out every morning with Joe Wicks, the Body Coach. He posts a live video for children at 9am Mon - Fri on his YouTube channel – ()Art/ DTMonday: Follow the instructions on the next page to make an origami bird with wings that flap – don’t let it fly too close to the sun!You can also find them here: : 734622715568Daedalus’ flying contraption had a few design flaws. Can you create a new flying machine? 327830821437Will it use air? Have propellers? Jet engines?551688016510Draw it in your workbook and label all the parts.-307789372788526143291673032171142 Friday: The Minotaur is half man and half bull.Can you sketch another terrifying monster to put in King Minos’ labyrinth? It must be half of one animal and half of another. Half tiger and half shark? Half bear and half snake?Humanities Tuesday5076597361656Draw a labyrinth with an entrance and an exit. Then write a set of instructions for anyone who King Minos may trap in your labyrinth so that they can escape! You must use compass directions in your instructions. Here is an example:Humanities Thursday Put the events of the story, Daedalus and Icurus, on a timeline. For example, the first two events could be:King Minos asks Daedalus to build a labyrinth.The people in Crete ask King Minos to kill the Minotaur.Weekly timetable MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday9.00 – 9.30ReadingReadingReadingReadingReading9.30 – 10.30Reading taskReading taskWriting taskWriting taskWriting task10.30 – 11.00Break11.00 – 12.00MathsMathsMathsMathsMaths12.00 – 1.00Lunch1.00 – 2.00Story timeStory timeStory timeStory timeStory timeExerciseExerciseExerciseExerciseExercise2.00 – 2.30Break2.30 – 3.30Art/ DTHumanitiesArt/ DTHumanitiesArt/ DT ................
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