This week we are starting a new unit of work about persuasive writing. Our work will be based around a text called The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. We will be looking at this unit for the next two weeks.
Monday 25th January
Today we are sharing the text and answering questions about it
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-share-and-discuss-a-story-c9h36c
Tuesday 26th January
This lesson is looking at exploring the features of persuasive letters using excerpts from the text ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-explore-the-features-of-a-persuasive-letter-cgvked
Wednesday 27th January
Today we are looking at vocabulary associated with negative emotions
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-develop-a-rich-understanding-of-words-associated-with-negative-emotions-chhp8c
Thursday 28th January
Today we are going to create a character inspired by the crayons from ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-devise-a-character-and-describe-how-they-are-feeling-cnjk4d
Friday 29th January
Today we are looking at expressing opinions and giving reasons for them and we are also going to look at using commands and rhetorical questions to persuade
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-express-opinions-and-give-reasons-for-them-6gu3jt
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-use-commands-and-rhetorical-questions-to-persuade-c4ukgd
Please do not look at any of the other videos for the unit of work as we will be looking at these next week
