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English: LO: to consider how characters can be represented in a script.

At the start of the week I asked you to attempt to complete weekly activity 5 (creating your own manga comic). Today we are going to consider how this comic could be presented as a script if it were to be turned into a cartoon or movie. Think about the characters you have created so far: how could you show off their personalities in a script? Imagine that you are going to give a copy of your script to an actor to voice your character. You need to show them exactly how the character would say things, otherwise they wouldn’t know.

For example:

In my manga one of my characters is afraid of everything – he is the sidekick to the hero of my manga comic. To show the actor just how this character speaks, I will use stage directions in square brackets so that the actor definitely knows that the character is not brave at all.

Mike: [Shaking in fear so that his voice is shaky as well] I don’t think we can do this!

From this, the actor would know to read the voice in a scared way. If I didn’t have the stage direction in there, it would just say:

Mike: I don’t think we can do this!

This could be read in a lot of different ways; I could shout it at the top of my voice and actually sound super brave.

Tomorrow we will create the full script, but today I want you to think of some stage directions for each of your characters only. Give it some thought and take your time; your goal is to create good enough stage directions that an actor would know your characters personality just from the script.

Maths: LO: to divide 3 & 4 digit numbers.

Yesterday you worked on dividing lengths using an array method. Today I would like you to focus on dividing 3 and 4 digit numbers using this same method.

If you are a Year 3, start with 3 digit numbers. If you are a Year 4, I would like you to try and divide 4 digit numbers. Feel free to move between the challenge levels if you are finding it too easy or too difficult. Pick any 3 or 4 digit number and try dividing it by 3 or 4 to begin with, then if you want a harder challenge try dividing by 6. Don’t forget that you may end up with remainders. Look at yesterday’s post for a reminder on how to use the array method if you need it.

English: LO: to create a simple script.

Yesterday you made a script based on some dialogue which someone else had created. Today, I want you to pretend that you are in charge of a TV show about your life at home and create some brand new dialogue to go into a script. One of the characters will be played by you, and someone else in your home will be another character.

Write a few lines of dialogue as a script for both of you, and then get the other person to act out their lines with you. Don’t forget you can use stage directions, a feature in scripts you should have identified on Monday, to tell characters what to do. Put your stage directions in square brackets like this:

Mark: [stands up and looks angry] What do you mean I can’t eat the whole cake?

You can write whatever you want as your dialogue, this could be an opportunity to make someone in your home say some silly things!

Maths: LO: to divide lengths.

Yesterday you calculated multiples of lengths. Today I would like you to try the opposite: dividing lengths. Find a ruler or tape measure and go and measure an object in your house. Then, calculate the length you chopped that object in half (dividing by 2), or quarters (dividing by 4), or a more tricky number.

For example: One packet of Oreos is 30cm in length. If I were to chop the pack in half (or eat half of the pack), I would divide 30cm by 2. You can solve this mentally or, if you struggle with this, use counters to work out how to divide 30 into 2 groups.  Some of your measurements may not divide into equal groups and you may be left with a remainder.

For a challenge, you could measure longer objects such as the length of your garden, car, room, or even people!

Don’t forget, we used an array to help with division – see the picture below for an example of this.