English:

LO: To plan a Myth

What are the main features of myths you have identified so far in this unit?

What do all myths have in common? Write down your thoughts then check below

Myths all contain: A hero, a Villain, Some kind of issues (like the theft of the hammer in Thor), A plan to solve the problem and then a happy ending.

TASK : This week you’re going to have a go at creating your own myth. List down the key features of myths from above and next to them decide what that will look like in your own story. Who will your hero be? Who is the Villain? You could use heroes you’ve read about in this unit or even members of your family. To get some ideas see the attached sheet in resources called ‘Planning a Myth’

Challenge: Can you verbally share your plan with a family member?

Monday English Planning A Myth

Topic:

LO: To Learn and use the Mayan Numbering system

The Mayan number system dates to the fourth century and was approximately 1 000 years more advanced than the Europeans of that time. They used a base 20 number system. It is believed that this was because the Mayan’s lived in a warm climate and rarely needed to wear shoes and therefore 20 was the total number of fingers and toes they could count with. There were two important markers in this system: 20, which relates to all the fingers and toes; and five, which relates to the number of digits on one hand or foot.

Look through the PPT on the system if you can’t then watch this YouTube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybvb7oy_WV0

See if you can work out and solve these!

Challenge:

Monday Topic Mayan Numbers

English:

LO: To draft a first paragraph with a focus on high level adjectives for description.

Remind yourself of these three sentence types from last week:

1. Expanded noun phrase
2. Sensory sentence
3. Simile

Can you correct the punctuation/spelling error in each of these examples?

1. Expanded noun phrase

The warm yellow sun shone in the sky.

2. Sensory sentence

The pouring ran hammered on the roof.

3. Simile

The swoord glittered like a diamond.

Now look back at the words in red, can you use a thesaurus or the internet to find more descriptive words to replace these?

TASK: Draft your first paragraph of your Mythical story. Your paragraph must:

• Introduce the hero
• Introduce the issue – tell us what has been taken or what the problem is that needs to be solved
• Introduce the Villain

Challenge – did you use the different types of sentences in your writing today? Which sentence are you most proud of? Which do you think gives the best description of a place/ person or object?

Topic:

LO: To understand what games they used to play in ancient Maya

To pass the time commoner would play the game of Patolli, it was a popular game in Mexico for years.

As we’re stuck inside and perhaps running out of things to do, you could perhaps understand how Mayans would keep themselves entertained.

You can read the rules and background on the game here:

https://bead.game/games/traditional/patolli

Then download a board here:

https://a4gamescompany.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/patolli-19-2mb-pdf.pdf

If not you can easily draw your own version and use objects round your house!

English:

LO: To draft my second paragraph with a focus on speech

Have a read of this extract and then list all the features of speech that you remember

“Wow, What is it?” Callum cried.

“I’m not too sure”, answered Tom slowly “but I found it this morning and thought you’d like to see”.

Did you get all these features?

• Use of inverted commas around spoken parts
• Capital letter at the start of the speech
• Punctuation inside the inverted commas
• Comma and lower case if you’re writing split speech
• New line if it’s a new speaker
• Some description of how the character speakers

How could you improve upon this little bit of speech?

Could you add some more words to explain what the character was doing as they spoke?

TASK: Draft your Second paragraph ensuring you use correct speech. Your paragraph must include:

1. Coming up with a plan to solve the problem
2. Carrying out the plan.
3. Some action – Is there a big battle to get back the stolen item or kill the Villian? How does it end?

Challenge – did you use split speech in your paragraph? Could you go back and add some in?

Did you describe what the characters were doing as they spoke? Or the way in which they said the speech?

Topic:

LO: To become familiar to Mayan designs and symbols

In Maya in order to put down their ideas they used ornate carvings similar to hieroglyphs, with each picture having a meaning!

Today you are going to research what some of them mean and try to re-create them!

Have a look through this link:

https://www.ancient-symbols.com/mayan_symbols.html

Task:

Split a piece of paper into 8 sections

And in each section draw then label a different Mayan symbol.

Pick the ones you like the most!

If you can’t access the website or need help look at the image below

English:

LO: To edit my Myth with a focus on spelling and correct commas.

TASK : Go over your work from the past two days. make sure your myth is complete. Did you include everything planned on Monday?

Now check it for correct spelling and commas.

Ways to check your spellings at home:

1. Get a dictionary
2. Check your common exception word list/ spelling lists
3. Ask a sibling or parent
4. Type the word into a word document and right click if it come up underlined in red
5. Type the word into google

Ways to check your commas:

1. Where does a comma go in an expanded noun phrase? Have you put one in?
2. Where does the comma go in sentences which start with adverbial openers such as ‘Suddenly’ or ‘Without warning’?
3. What is parenthesis? If you’ve added extra detail have you separated it with wo commas?
4. Try reading your work out loud, when do you need to take a breath?

Ask an adult/ older sibling to read your work can they give you a clue? 

Topic:

Lo: To create and design a Mayan Shield

Today you are going to create your own Mayan shield or chimalli.

Mayan shields were incredibly important in battle as it meant they had much more protection and possible strategies in battle.

Most were made of wood, were decorated with intricate designs and patterns, and often had colourful feathers decorating the outside.

Today I would like you to create your own Mayan shield using your own resourcefulness.

In the centre of your shield put a from yesterday symbol that shows your personality or that you like!

You could use paper plates, card, foil and a mixture of different ways to create your shield and be sure to show them off to your teachers when you get back!

English

LO: To present or perform a Myth.

TASK: choose one of the following ways to present and/or perform your finish myth.

1. Write it up in your neatest handwriting, you could add drawings and make your own book.
2. Type your myth out on a computer. Could you use google to add images?
3. Perform your Myth verbally to an audience of family members. Could someone record you on their phone? Watch it back and see how you did.
4. Turn your Myth into a play and recruit siblings and grown-ups to act out the story. Do you need a narrator to describe scenes where characters don’t talk?

Topic:

LO: To begin to understand the Mayan Calendar.

The Mayan Calendar predates the Mayans and is often called an ‘Aztec Sunstone’. The calendar is split into 3 sections which all run at the same time!

Look through this website:

https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/mayan.html

For the 3 sections of the calendar write a sentence explaining what each one shows!

Now I would like you to try and recreate the Mayan Calendar

Draw 3 circles as shown:

Now using your knowledge of the symbols and numbers from this week, I would like you to create your own Mayan calendar!

You have creative freedom with this as the outside ring might have all the numbers up to 12, showing our 12 months, but you are free to have your own system!

Have a look at the original sunstone above and see if you can copy aspects of the design!