English and Literacy Home Learning Read and Respond Units Year 2 - Week 11 - Provided with our compliments by the English and Literacy LPDS Team
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English and Literacy
Home Learning Read and Respond Units
Year 2 - Week 11
Provided with our
compliments by the English and Literacy LPDS Team
Week Eleven
Year 2 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Focus theme: We’re Using a dictionary or Take a look at all the Read and enjoy these Today you are going to Watch and listen to these
Going to the Zoo! Word Hippo: animals who live at animal themed poems: become a researcher clips, narrated by David
https://www.wordhippo. Chester Zoo: Crick, Crack, Crocodile for the zoo! Attenborough:
Enjoy all the com/ explore and discuss https://www.chesterzo by Joan Poulson:
excitement of the zoo the meaning of these o.org/our-zoo/animals/ https://childrens.poetry Read the following and Seven Worlds, One Planet
from the comfort of words: conservation, archive.org/poem/crick- make some notes on – Peril on the Prairie:
your own home! charity, extinction, Choose two or three crack-crocodile/ two or all three of the https://www.bbc.co.uk/p
Listen to some animal zoological, inspirational. (or more if you like!) animals. rogrammes/p07vpn27
themed poetry before animals that you would Please do not feed the Seven Worlds, One Planet
taking on the role of Together, read/watch like to research. There animals by Robert Hull: Jaguars -Mastering the Art of Nut
researchers, as you and enjoy the are sixty-eight on this https://childrens.poetry Nat Geo Kids Jaguars Cracking:
prepare your own information on Chester page to choose from! archive.org/poem/pleas Facts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/p
voice-over to Zoo here: Click on the links and e-do-not-feed-the- https://www.natgeoki rogrammes/p07wc3pc
accompany an animal Chester Zoo – Our Zoo read the information animals/ ds.com/uk/discover/a
film. https://www.chesterzoo. on your chosen nimals/general- Note how David
org/our-zoo/about-our- animals. Today you are going to animals/jaguar-facts/ Attenborough takes his
When following links zoo/ Read/watch again, write your own poem time and sometimes
online, parents this time, stopping to Your task today is to about the animals in the Sumatran Tigers pauses for several
should monitor that identify and discuss the create some fact files zoo. First of all, watch London Zoo - 12 seconds to allow the
children are words explored earlier. on each of your chosen the clip below to help Amazing Things You viewer to watch key
remaining on that animals. A fact file you gather some ideas. Never Knew About moments of the film.
page only and are During lockdown, should contain key Chester Zoo – Short Sumatran Tigers: Your task today is to write
keeping safe online. Chester Zoo has been information and be Documentary: https://www.zsl.org/1 a voice-over (or
closed to visitors. easy for your reader to https://www.youtube.c 2-amazing-things-you- narration) to read aloud
Imagine you are a read. om/watch?v=VajIfQrjW never-knew-about- over this clip about the
member of staff at the kA&t=253s sumatran-tigers big cats in Chester Zoo.
zoo and have been asked Information to include:
to design a poster that Animal name As you watch, can you Asiatic Lions Big Cats at Chester Zoo:
the zoo could use when Habitat (where it lives) make a list of all the Chester Zoo – Asiatic https://www.youtube.co
it reopens! Diet (what it eats) animals you recognise? Lions: m/watch?v=LYUuEn40j1E
Make sure you use a
© Lancashire County Council 2020Endangered? (Is this comma to separate https://www.chesterz Using your notes from
Think about what you animal in danger of each item on your list. oo.org/our- yesterday, decide what
would like to include on extinction?) zoo/animals/lions/ you would like to tell your
your poster. Here are Interesting information Now go back and add audience about each of
some ideas: Amazing fact(s) some adjectives You can write out your the big cats featured in
- name of the zoo (describing words) to notes however you the film – Jaguars,
- some of the animals Colour and decorate describe each of the like. You might want Sumatran tigers and
the zoo is home to your fact files to make animals on your list, e.g.to record them on Asiatic lions. Which key
and how many them as interesting as Playful hyenas, sticky notes if you facts will interest your
- how big the zoo is you can for your have some. (Perhaps audience the most?
- number of visitors reader. Remember to Pink flamingos, you could use Which facts will you tell
every year check for your spellings different coloured first? Are there any
Towering giraffes, sticky notes for each
- the cost of a ticket and punctuation too! pieces of information that
- comment(s) from Muddy rhinos. animal!) You might might match what is
past visitors want to use bullet happening at particular
Now look at your list points. Alternatively,
- lots of exaggerated moments in the film? E.g.
and see if you can you might want to
language, e.g. the You might be able to talk
extend some of your record your notes on a
best, the biggest, the about a tiger’s diet when
phrases. Sometimes you spider diagram. (The
most visited, animal name is written the film is showing the
can do this by telling
extraordinary, in the centre of the tiger eating.
your reader what the
amazing, etc. paper and facts about
animal is doing or by You will need to watch
using the words with or the animal are written the clip (or parts of the
Use information and around the outside).
that before adding clip) more than once
language from the
extra information, e.g. together with your notes,
website to help you. Using your notes, talk
Colour and decorate to decide which pieces of
Playful hyenas that love about each of the
your poster to make it as information to talk about
to chase, animals to a member
attractive as possible. when. You may choose
of your household.
Pink flamingos that to just write the voice-
You are now an expert
balance on one leg, and tomorrow you are over to match one of the
going to be put your animals – it’s up to you!
Towering giraffes with See the timings below.
expertise to good use!
the longest of necks etc.
© Lancashire County Council 2020Organise or rewrite (Jaguars 0:16 – 5:29
your list so that each mins;
new line is about a
different animal. Give Sumatran tigers 5:30 –
your descriptive list the 6:22 mins;
title, Zoo. You might Asiatic lions 6:23 – 7:53
also choose to conclude mins).
with the line – Zoo.
You’ve now written Write out your notes in
your own Zoo list poem! clear sentences in the
order in which you want
Read your poem aloud to read them. Practise
and share with reading your voice-over
members of your sentences whilst the film
household. clip is playing. Remember
If you can, post a copy to take your time and
speak as clearly as
of the written version
possible so your listener
to your teacher for
can understand you.
them to enjoy too!
When you are ready,
perform your voice-over,
whilst the film clip is
playing, to your
household.
© Lancashire County Council 2020Additional activities:
• Throughout lockdown, Chester Zoo has been closed to visitors. During this time, the zoo has been posting ‘virtual’ zoo tours online. With an adult,
watch some of these here:
- Red pandas have breakfast at Chester Zoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p53Glw5Nzro&list=PLezrh9gR8RL3kkND8Pz2zOHHZPRk-a2VC
- Watch stunning Sumatran tiger Kasarna eat her lunch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEHtecRQ57Q&list=PLezrh9gR8RL3kkND8Pz2zOHHZPRk-a2VC&index=6
- Beautiful butterflies … and a surprise at the end! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbtKhpSlXLE&list=PLezrh9gR8RL3kkND8Pz2zOHHZPRk-
a2VC&index=4
• Zoo Boy by Sophie Thompson is about a boy whose father is a zookeeper. In this story, the boy discovers he can talk to animals and understand what
they say back! The opening chapter can be viewed here: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/12249/Zoo-Boy-by-Sophie-Thompson.html
The opening to the sequel Zoo Boy and the Jewel Thieves can be found here: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/13687/Zoo-Boy-and-the-Jewel-
Thieves-by-Sophie-Thompson.html (You will need to become a member of LoveReading4Kids to view both these extracts. Membership is free).
• Marvel and find out how the Pasha of Egypt sent a young giraffe as a gift to the King of France. Based on a true story, Zeraffa Giraffa is by Dianne
Hofmeyr. The opening pages can be found here: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/11833/Zeraffa-Giraffa-by-Dianne-Hofmeyr.html (You will
need to become a member of LoveReading4Kids to view this extract. Membership is free).
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