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Years 5 and 6: English 1st-5th February

Date: Monday 1st February Zoom

Can I invent an absurd character to meet Alice?

Who would Alice meet at the Hatter’s tea party? How would your character express themselves? Please submit your work by 3pm.

Mild: Use the template to note down ideas for the appearance, personality, actions, and things that they say.

Spicy: Use the template. Write in sentences to describe your character. Use a variety of conjunctions and sentence openers.

Hot: As spicy.

Then, answer the questions as if you were your absurd character, answering fully, explaining your ideas.

Example:

Appearance description:

He wears a gold top hat, which is 40cm high and has a silver peacock feather protruding from it.

His heliotrope waistcoat is ill-fitting and work at the edges.

A bulbous nose and arched eyebrows adorn his face.

Personality

He is grave and serious in hot weather but is jovial and jolly in cold weather.

When given toffee, he becomes sour and bitter.

When eating a lemon, he is sweet and kind.

Actions:

When near royalty, he uses custard missiles to shower their faces.

He constantly scratches his head with a toothbrush.

Things they say:

“Buckle up your duffle: it’s time for a kerfuffle!”

“My hair ain’t for trimmin’: it’s for singin’!”

“Eat Gorgonzola on Thursdays.”

Absurd Character Word Bank

Use the word bank to choose combinations of surprising or unusual features.

Appearance:

Nouns: Freckles, veins, circles, wrinkles, folds, cheekbones, forehead, like a cherub, flaking, molars, nostrils, cabbage, satellite dish, pigtail, quiff, tuft,

Adjectives: pallid, bronze-coloured, sunburned, leathery, smooth, sharp, vertical, hollow, heart-shaped, angular, polished, stained, big-lipped, reptilian, pug (nose), beak-like, droopy, prominent, shaggy, unruly, tousled, pot-bellied,

Verbs: sagged, drooped, crumpled, bulged, pursed, pinched, jutting, chipped, protruded, flared, stretched, flared, encrusted, drummed, lunged, grasped, wobbled

Examples: plump hamster cheeks Laughter lines burnt into her skin

Round, pinkish look of a prize pig Bags like giant, purple suitcasesDrummed on the table impatiently Cut short like a hedgehog

Eyes

Adjectives: large, innocent, glinting, gleaming, twinkling, perceptive, grave, serious, trivial, sincere, bloodshot, pink-rimmed, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, charcoal, slate, velvet, impish, mischievous

Verbs: squinted, narrowed, bulged, sparkled, pierced,

Examples: Yellow wolf’s eyes Staring, bright emerald eyes

Hidden beneath huge bushy eyebrows

Eyes as wide as saucersSmall buggy eyes

Voice

Nouns: whisper, murmur, wheeze, rattle, scream, yell, shriek

Adjectives: loud, booming, thunderous, deafening, piercing, theatrical, squeaky, shrill, chirpy, sing-song, simpering, monotonous, syrupy, cultured, drawling, gentle, wheedling, smug

Verbs: echoed, vibrated, drilled, droned, cracked, croaked, clicked, gurgled, rasped, hissed, whispered, boomed, bellowed, simpered, whined, bleated

Examples: shrill and harsh like the shriek of a seagull

Wheedling toneSmooth like polished glass

Character Template Monday: Mild/Spicy/Hot

Appearance description: How is their appearance ridiculous?

Personality: What are they like as a person?

Picture of your character

Name:

Actions:

Things they do:

Things they say:

Hot questions for your character

1. What do you think about pineapple on pizza?

2. Would you rather £1 or £1 million?

3. How do you spend your Sundays?

4. In a film about your life, who would play you and why?

5. How do you feel about small children breaking into cottages in the woods?

6. Would you rather see a giant ant or a tiny giraffe? Please explain your answer fully.

Now, what questions would you ask your absurd character?

Date: Tuesday 2nd February

Can I use speech punctuation accurately?

Imagine meeting your absurd character from yesterday. What would you say to each other? What might you be doing as you have the conversation?

Your Task: Write a dialogue (conversation) between you and your absurd character from yesterday.

Mild: Include:

-Inverted commas around what is spoken “”

- Capital letters at the beginning of speech and for names

- New speaker, new line.

(Use the template to help with ideas)

Spicy: As mild and include:

- Commas before or after the reported clause

- Question marks and exclamation marks used within the inverted commas

(At least 6 lines of dialogue and some description in between)

Hot: As mild and spicy. Include:

- Speech interrupted with the reporting clause

- Dashes used to interrupt speech

- Semi colons used to link ideas effectively.

(A good page of interesting/funny dialogue)

Read the following meeting between Alice and the mad Hatter

Think about what is unusual about the conversation. What is the tone of their words?

“Your hair wants cutting,” said the Hatter. He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech.

“You should learn not to make personal remarks,” Alice said with some severity; “it’s very rude.”

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”

“Come, we shall have some fun now!” thought Alice. “I’m glad that they’ve begun asking riddles. – I believe I can guess that,” she added aloud.

Where would you meet your absurd character?

What might they say to you?

For example,

- “Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can’t see.”

- “Roses are red, the hulk is green, this makes no sense, washing machine.”

- “Maybe you could live on Jupiter in the next century.”

How would you react to this?

What might you say?

- “Excuse me? I don’t understand what you mean. Please will you explain yourself?”

- “What on earth are you blabbering on about?”

- “Maybe we will live on Jupiter but I get car sick!”

Mild Template

You are playing at the park when your absurd character asks if they could play too.

How will they ask you?

How will you respond?

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As you play, your absurd character asks you something unusual.

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How do you respond to what they have said?

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Date: Wednesday 3rd February Zoom

Can I invent a villain to meet Alice?

Mild: Use Wanted poster template to complete:

Appearance

Personality

Movement

Spicy: Create your own Wanted poster include:

Appearance, Personality, Movement and Emotions

Write in sentences to describe your character. Use a variety of conjunctions and sentence openers.

Hot: Create your own Wanted poster include:

Appearance, Personality, Movement, Emotions how might they react if approached? What might they say? Where do they live/hang out?

Write in sentences to describe your character. Use a variety of conjunctions and sentence openers.

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There are so many villainous characters out there.

Can you think of any?

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Villain Word Bank

Expressions: mask, demeanour, countenance

Smile: grin, smirk, leer, snarl, grimace, furtive

Adjectives: empty, cold, chilly, icy, expressionless,

Personality: arrogant, sarcastic, callous, vengeful, hostile, threatening, vicious, malicious, sly, cunning,

Verbs: glanced, stared, glowered, twisted, twitched, clenched,

Eyes

Adjectives: small, beady, staring, unblinking,

hard, cold, frosty, steely, flinty, sharp,

crafty, intelligent, evil, cruel, withering, seething,

predatory, snake-like, demon-haunted,

Verbs: squinted, narrowed, bulged, flickered,

drilled, blasted, burned, blazed, glinted, sparkled, darkened, pierced,

Voice

Nouns: hiss, whisper, growl, snort, laughter, snarl, yell, screech, shriek, rattle, wheeze

Adjectives: frosty, harsh, sharp, clipped, mocking, cruel, spiteful, dangerous, threatening, vicious, venomous, commanding, intimidating,

Verbs: sneered, sniggered, jeered, snorted, roared, ranted, boomed, screamed, howled, shrieked, bellowed, stormed, thundered, threatened

Movement

Nouns: figure, snake, cobra, lizard, cat, panther, bird, peacock, shadow, ghost, predator, prey, knuckles, fist

Adjectives: dark, quiet, silent, still, motionless, tense, invisible, sly, furtive, shifty, quick, alert, deft, pecking, scuttling, tense, rigid, jerky, wild, furious, frantic, feverish

Verbs: moved, glided, ran, strutted, leaned, hunched, poised, landed, advanced, thundered, pounced, folded, crossed, broadened, jerked, flexed, cracked, raised, shook, waved, pounded, dismissed, beckoned

Mild:

Examples:

Date: Thursday 4th February

Can I use SEA in my dialogue?

Imagine meeting your villain from yesterday. What would you say to each other? What might you be doing as you have the conversation? Where might you be?

Your Task: Write a dialogue (conversation) between you and your villain character from yesterday.

Mild:

Punctuate speech accurately.

Spicy:

Use Speech, expression, action accurately.

Hot:

Interrupt in speech

Use action in between dialogue to develop the character.

What is SEA?

Speech, expression and action.

This is a great technique to use when writing dialogue as it can move the action on or reveal character and personality:

SPEECH: What is being spoken?

EXPRESSION: How did they say it?

ACTION: What are they doing or what’s happening?

Examples:

“Rosie? What is it? What can you see?” James gulped, frantically peering around.

“I missed a turn somewhere,” she gasped, her breath jagged-edged and forehead shining with sweat.

Remember the golden rules for speech:

Your Task: Write a dialogue (conversation) between you and your villain character from yesterday.

Imagine meeting your villain from yesterday. What would you say to each other? What might you be doing as you have the conversation? Where might you be? Why is this person a villain? How can you tell the character/personality of the villain through their speech?

Mild Template:

Friday 5th February: Alice in Wonderland Chapter 5 comprehension and Spellings- please see separate folder.