Monday 1 st March 2021

Monday 1

_{March 2021 _______________}

Use a ruler to label the different features. This year, World Book Day is on Thursday 4th _March.

All week, we’ll be doing activities around a chosen author. This year, Year Two have chosen the author Oliver Jeffers. To begin, we are going to look at a book called ‘Stuck’ which is both written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers.

Take a look at the cover of the book. What do you think this book might be about?

Today you’re going to write a prediction explaining what you think might happen and why.

Think about what is happening on the cover and how this might be part of the story.

Think about the title of the story. What does ‘stuck’ mean? Before you make your prediction, think about these questions.

- Who is the boy? - Where is the boy?

- What is the boy looking at?

- Why is the title written like that? - What is the front cover telling us? - What is going to happen in the story?

Using your ideas, write your prediction in full sentences. You could use your answers to the questions above to help you structure your prediction. Remember to include ‘because’ when explaining what might happen and why.

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Tuesday 2

_{March 2021}

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Add words to the boxes below. Some feelings words are included in the story. Can you find them to explain Floyd’s feelings?

Watch or read the story ‘Stuck’.

What part did you like the best? Why? Did you like the story? Why? Why not?

Do you know any other stories by Oliver Jeffers? Does Stuck remind of any other books you know? Why?

Think now about the boy, Floyd. What is he like? Think about his appearance, personality and feelings.

On your page, write adjectives, expanded noun phrases and feeling words to describe Floyd.

Character Description

Watch Oliver Jeffers reading the story ‘Stuck’ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hipx6HJs4XQ&t=1s

Description:

e.g. curly, orange hair

• • • • • • • Feelings words: e.g. delighted • • • • • • • Personality: e.g. thoughful • • •

Write some sentences using your ideas from above to

describe Floyd. Remember to use connectives to extend your sentences.

e.g. Floyd is a clever, young boy who gets into some bother

when his large, red kite gets stuck in a tall tree and he can’t

get it down because he is too short. He feels ______ when …

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Wednesday 3

_{March 2021 _________________}

Here is the tree with only the kite and shoe stuck in it.

Can you plan a list of items that get increasingly bigger? In the above video, Oliver Jeffers explains some of the other items that he was planning for Floyd to throw into the tree but didn’t make it into the final story.

He says that the first thing he did when planning for this story was to think of a list of items, each one bigger than the one before it.

In the story, Floyd sends 22 items into the tree before the kite comes back down again.

Can you create a list of items that Floyd could throw into the tree? Be creative and try not to repeat any items already used in the story.

Creating ideas

Watch Oliver Jeffers explain what didn’t make the final cut of the story.

Try to think of 12 items. Write the name of the object in an expanded noun phrases and draw a picture. E.g. large, square TV

Thursday 4

_{March 2021}

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Use the space on the front and back of today’s page to have a go at drawing Floyd and some other objects in the style of Oliver Jeffers.

Today is World Book Day! Have a go at drawing Floyd from ‘Stuck’ along with some other objects.

Can you draw some of the items that you planned yesterday to throw up into the tree?

Illustrations

Watch Oliver Jeffers explain his artistic style and model how to draw Floyd and other objects.

Style -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq6ljsUe6zw

Floyd -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsHZbDCXVvI

Friday 5

_{March 2021}

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Use the piece of lined paper provided. Can you copy out the story below, adding your own details and objects using your plan from Wednesday’s lesson? Remember to use the

adjectives you planned for each object too.

It all began when Floyd’s ____________ got stuck in a

__________. He tried ____________ and ____________ but it wouldn’t come unstuck.

The trouble really began when he threw his favourite ______ to knock the ________ loose…and that got stuck too.

He threw up his other shoe to knock down his favourite shoe and, unbelievably, that got stuck as well.

In order to knock down his other shoe, Floyd fetched _____________. __________ got stuck in trees all the time, but this was getting _______________.

Look back at Wednesday’s work when you planned your ideas for what to throw up into the tree. Today, you’re going to put those ideas into your own version of the story ‘Stuck’.

Remember, the items should get bigger each time! What is the final item that causes

the kite to fall down again? Could you include adjectives or feelings words?

Floyd fetched a _____________. He was going to sort this out once and for all…and up he threw it. I’m sure you can guess what happened.

The __________ was borrowed from a neighbor and would definitely need to be put back before anyone noticed…and in order to do so, Floyd flung a ____________ at it. And

wouldn’t you know, the _____________ got stuck.

The Floyd tried a _____________ to knock down the _____ … a _____________ to knock down the _____________... his friends ______________ to knock down the _______... the ____________ to knock down the __________, their __________ to knock down the ________...the

__________ to knock down the ________... the

__________ to knock down the ________... a __________ to knock down the ________...and they all got stuck!

A __________________ was passing by and heard all of the commotion. The __________ stopped to see if they could help at all. And up they went, first the _______ followed by the __________ one by one. And there they stayed, stuck between the __________ and the ______________.

Then he had an idea, and went to find a ___________.

He lined it up as best he could…and hurled it up the tree. And that was it! There was no more room left in the tree and the ___________ came unstuck.

Floyd was delighted. He had forgotten all about his _______ and put it to use immediately, enjoying the rest of his day very much.

That night, Floyd fell asleep exhausted. Though before he did, he could have sworn there was something he was