Learning Objective: To understand the plot, characters and setting of White Fang so that I can answer factual questions

and make a speculation

I can: understand what is happening in the story

I can: understand most of the new vocab. understand the plot. can make a speculation

I can : understand new vocab. understand the plot very well. can use my understanding to make a detailed speculation
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White Fang
Written by Jack London in 1906. Story takes place in the Yukon Province, Canada. Set during the Klondike Gold Rush London was interested in the violence of the natural world, and how it is untameable by human beings.

Dictionary challenge look up the meaning of these words

1. vast 2. ominous 3. desolation 4. futility 5. toiled

6. conquered
7. spectral

How much do you remember?

1. Which country is the story set in? 2. What is the definition of the word vast? 3. What is said to be laughing at the men? 4. What are the wolfish dogs that are mentioned? 5. What simile is used to describe the shape of the sled? 6. What is the most important object on the sled? 7. How many men are there on the sled? 8. Are the men a) portrayed as being strong and brave? b) portrayed as being weak and small against the power of nature? 9. Why are the huskies staying close to camp? 10. How many dogs do the men think they have at the start of the chapter? 11. How many dogs got fish? 12. What are said to be gleaming like live coals? 13. What is the temperature? 14. How many dogs are there by the end of the chapter? 15. What is the meaning of the word epitaph?

1. The men are travelling through the icy wilderness to: a) go on an exciting adventure. b) transport a dead body to Fort McGurry. 2. Henry and Bill are different because: a) Henry is tough and courageous, but Bill is nervous and cautious. b) Henry is frightened of the wolves, but Bill ignores them completely. 3. The book was written in: a) 1925 b) 1906 4. 'The Wild' is 'laughing' at the men because: a) nature is powerful and masterful, while life is weak and vulnerable. b) the men look silly in their sled that is shaped like a 'scroll'. 5. The wolves are following the sled because: a) they are hungry and desperate for food. b) they would like to feel the warmth of a fire. 5. 'Fatty's disappearance was strange because: a) he left the other dogs even though they were huddled around the fire. b) he was known for being a sensible, loyal dog.

Homework
Learn the spellings and definitions for Mondays lesson

How much do you remember?

1. At what time does daylight come? 2. What time does it begin to get dark? 3. What is the name of the second dog to disappear? 4. How did the men tie their dogs up to ensure that the wolves could not get them? 5. Which word beginning 'd' is used to describe the 'shewolf' when it is first seen'? 6. How many cartridges do the men have left? 7. Which is the third dog to disappear? 8. What colour is the she-wolf described as? 9. How many dogs do they have left? 10. Write down two things that are strange about the she-wolf.

Learning Objective: To understand the plot, characters and setting of C2/C3 of White Fang so that I can make speculations

I can: understand what is happening in the story. I can make a speculation

I can : Make a speculation uses several pieces of evidence from the story to support me I can build upon and challenge.
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Speculation questions?
What will How might What would happen if Which is most likely to occur ______ or ______?

Make 2 speculation questions

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Which is the most powerful. Human beings or nature?

Nature

Human beings

Homework
Find a picture which features nature in some way. Print out the picture and write 3 great sentences to go with it. Tuesday 20th January

Learning Objective: To be able to use interesting verbs, adjectives and personification to help me to write fantastic sentences.

The trees were in the fading light.

The trees had been stripped by a recent wind, and they leaned towards each other in the fading light.

The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. 13

Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness. There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness - a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility. It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, the savage, frozen- hearted Northland Wild.
Highlight the verbs. Highlight the adjectives. Circle the words used to give nature the sense that it is alive.

The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. Building a sentence
The trees were in the fading light.
The trees leaned towards each other in the fading light.

The trees had been stripped by a recent wind, and they leaned towards each other in the fading light.
The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other in the fading light. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light.

The wolf stood in front of me.

There were some snowy mountains.

Verbs Adjectives Human characteristics Simile

Learning Objective: To be able to use a range of sentence starts to help me to write fantastic paragraphs.

I will ensure that every sentence begins with a different word.

I will use at least 5 interesting sentence starts accurately.

I will use at least 5 interesting sentence starts to create an ominous atmosphere and to link my ideas together.

Homework
Find out 6 interesting facts about mountain climbing. Make sure you put these in your own words. Wednesday 29th January.

Tree
adjective noun adjective, adjective noun adjective , adjective and adjective noun adjective, adjective, adjective noun adjective and adjective noun

Rules
No sentence must start with the same word as another sentence. All 5 of the sentence types below must be used along with some of the other examples.

Each sentence must be carefully and lovingly crafted.

Paragraph 1: Describe the landscape.

Paragraph 2: Describe a sled , people and huskies making their way through the landscape.

Paragraph 3: Describe an evening campfire, with the hungry wolves circling

An hour went by, and the hard and cold night began to draw down its blinds. Like a defeated army, the spruce trees, stripped bare of snow, leaned together for comfort. Again the wind sang bitterly. Over in the distance, the frowning mountains fell into a watchful sleep.

Paragraph 1: Describe the landscape.

Paragraph 2: Describe a sled , people and huskies making their way through the landscape.

Paragraph 3: Describe an evening campfire, with the hungry wolves circling

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Which of these makes the most sense: a) Wildly, the dogs bared their fangs at the wolves. b) Wildly baring their fangs at the wolves. a) Toiling through the barren landscape. b) Toiling, two men made their way through the barren landscape.

ing verbs

ly adverbs

Learning Objective: To be able to redraft my writing to a better standard

I will make improvements where I have been asked to.

I will also change words and add new words.

I will make a range of adjustments so that I am more proud of my work than I was.

Homework
Find out 6 interesting facts about mountain climbing. Make sure you rewrite these in your own words.

Tuesday 3rd January.

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9

Make sure every sentence starts with a different word use a broader range of sentence starts. Add in extra adjectives to make your work more descriptive. Use a thesaurus to help. Try to use some of the vocabulary from your last spelling test. Finish the first three paragraphs. Try using a short, one-sentence paragraph as well as the other three. Try using brackets like these a couple of times in your piece. Use more adjectives (or paired adjectives) in front of nouns. Start more sentences with adverbs and verbs. (ly and ing) Try including a one-word sentence.

T10
T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16 T17 T18

Focus on spelling.
Use semi-colons. Make your handwriting as tidy as possible in the next draft. Use capital letters the correct way. Avoid starting so many sentences with so. Try next or after that or once we had finished. Try starting more sentences with adverbs (ly words). Work on the grammar of your longer sentences every sentence must have a subject. Creeping through the forest, it/we/she/Emma followed him. Try starting a sentence with a simile Like a _________, it______________ Avoid listing adjectives it makes your work confusing.

T19

Keep your sentences simple and to the point.

An hour went by and a second, the wolves were getting tired. The two people stopped and unpacked some of the stuff, since they still had a long way to go. They set up a fire and put their hand near it, finally getting some warmth. Slowly, the wolves walked over to the fire and laid down.

 Improve spelling Improve punctuation Improve vocabulary (but dont use words you are unsure of) Tidy handwriting (but edit mistakes as you go.) Green = great sentence Red = needs improvement BW = better word

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A sentence beginning with a simile. (Like) A sentence beginning with a verb. (ing and ed) A sentence beginning with an adverb. (ly etc) A sentence using a semi-colon. (The rain whipped at me furiously; I was alone and frightened.) A sentence of 2, 3 or 4 words.
At the rear An hour went by, and Now and again... After In the meantime Before With came A... Once With Again...

Examples from White Fang.

At the rear of the sled toiled a second man. An hour went by, and a second hour. Now and again a pair of eyes moved, or disappeared to appear again a moment later. After a searching scrutiny, the animal trotted forward a few steps. In the meantime, Bill had bethought himself of the rifle. Before they saw the cause, the two men saw him turn and start to run back toward them. With night came horror. A spasm of fear went through him. Once at the tree, he studied the surrounding forest in order to fell the tree in the direction of the most firewood. With a flaming brand in each hand, he sprang to the edge of the fire. Again he awakened, a little later, though it seemed hours to him. Mechanically, at short range, without letting go of it, he thrust a brand full into her open and snarling mouth. (Example of 3)

Spellings next Friday (first 10 from The Wild)

endangered survival adventure courage determination expedition void commotion toil comrade

Learning Question:
What feelings does Joe Simpson reveal during and after his dramatic fall?

Vocabulary find the meaning

Col pass between two mountains Summit Void Cornice overhanging ridge of snow Abutting Crevasse Teeter Harness

Touching the Void

In 1985, two adventurous young mountaineers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set off to climb the treacherous west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. They were experienced climbers, and climbed "Alpine-style," climbing the mountain in "one great push," without setting up ropes or base camps ahead of time. After dealing with a snowstorm and some dangerous climbing over powder formations, they reached the summit (about 21,000 feet) on the third day. The climb down proved to be far more difficult

Joe Simpson

Siula Grande

What feelings does Joe Simpson reveal during and after his dramatic fall?

Learning Objective: To be able to identify how a writer chooses words so that we can make inferences about thoughts and feelings

I will find a few words and explain them.

I will identify and infer a range of thoughts and feelings.

I will be able to make detailed annotations of a text.

Oddly enough, looking at it seemed to help. I felt detached from it, as if I were making a clinical observation of someone else. I moved the knee gingerly, experimenting with it. I tried to bend it and stopped immediately, gasping at the rush of pain.

Now annotate the text with thoughts and feelings

Oddly enough, looking at it seemed to help. I felt detached from it, as if I were making a clinical observation of someone else. I moved the knee gingerly, experimenting with it. I tried to bend it and stopped immediately, gasping at the rush of pain.

Thoughts and feelings to look for: Confusion, shock, detachment, curiosity, stubbornness, out of control, desperation, despair, disbelief , control, frustration Extension: where is he trying to hold back his feelings? Is he successful?

On a post-it
Write down a quotation and then an idea you have had about it
clinical observation
This implies that Simpson is looking at his own leg carefully and dispassionately (without emotion); he seems surprised that he is able to control his panic.

Learning Objective: To be able to identify how a writer chooses words so that we can make inferences about thoughts and feelings

I will find a few words and explain them.

I will identify and infer a range of thoughts and feelings.

I will be able to make detailed annotations of a text.