Week 5: JOURNEY by Aaron Becker 
                      A return-to-school project 
                                
    Once you are back in school, every class is going to explore this beautiful text together. While 
    you are still learning at home, we are going to challenge you with something each week which 
    is linked to this text. When you come back to school, we’d love you to share the incredible 
    learning you have done on this text. Be creative, take your time and produce something you 
    are really proud of. We can’t wait to see it and continue the learning in school. 
     
    As she is falling, the girl draws a hot air balloon. 
                                                        
     
    Look at the people in the tower. How have their feelings changed? What do you notice in 
    the distance? What do you think it is? 
     
    As she flies closer, the events become clearer. 
                                                           
    What are they doing to the purple creature? Why? 
     
          
                              Should we capture wild animals? 
          
                  Produce a piece of DISCUSSION or PERSUASION based around this question. 
                                                                      
         DISCUSSION: discuss both sides of the argument. Explain the reasons why people 
         perhaps should capture wild animals and the reasons why people perhaps shouldn’t 
                                                                      
         capture wild animals. 
         PERSUASION: only present the side of the argument that you really believe in. You try to 
         convince people that your point of view is the only point of view. 
          
         EYFS and KS1:  
         Use full sentences when you are speaking and writing. You could use this 
         speaking/writing frame to support you. 
                                “You should/shouldn’t capture wild animals because…” 
         Nursery: You might be able to recognise or write some of the sounds. 
         Reception: You can write some of the words and maybe a whole sentence. 
         Year 1: Be really secure in using your full stops and capital letters. You can extend your 
         sentence using the conjunction ‘because’. Remember that a conjunction takes the place 
         of a full stop. It joins two complete ideas together. 
         Year 2: Be really secure in using your full stops and capital letters when you are extending 
         your sentences. You should include any of these conjunctions: because, and, but, or.  
          
         KS2 
         Use full, extended sentences when you are speaking and writing. You could use the 
         EYFS/KS1 speaking frame or you could choose to start with the subordinate clause. 
                                “Because…, you should/shouldn’t capture wild animals.” 
         Year 3 and 4: Begin to use different subordinate clauses with accurate punctuation.  
                Subordinate clause: These are clauses that begin with a subordinating conjunction 
                 (while, because, even though, although, despite…etc) and they do not make sense 
                 on their own; they need a second idea. They are great because they can go at the 
                 beginning or in the middle of a sentence. 
                 E.g. While some people think wild animals should be caught to stop extinction, other 
                 people believe that keeping animals in their unnatural environment is cruel. 
         Year 5 and 6: Look at Year 3 and 5 AND  you might also choose to include relative clauses 
         and focus on carefully selecting the correct modal verb. 
                Relative clause: adds detail directly to a noun and is usually placed after it. It helps 
                 to be more specific. It usually begins with ‘which’ or ‘who’. You could also begin a 
                 relative clause with ‘where’. 
                Modal verbs: these go in front of a verb and slightly change the meaning. E.g. You 
                 should eat your vegetables. You must eat your vegetables. For a discussion text, 
                 you need to select these carefully so that you aren’t telling anyone what you really 
                 think. For a persuasive text, you need to select these carefully so that it seems like 
                 your point of view is the only point of view. Here are some modal verbs, which you 
                 could use: could / should / must / will / would. 
         We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Remember to present these as beautifully as 
         you can. Our return-to-school project is going to be displayed in our school community.