Cedar class learning for 14 May 2020
Please can you see the Facebook post regarding the author chat, and email any questions you would like to ask a successful author. This is a great opportunity to get some writing tips which we are very lucky to have.
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.