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Friday 29 May 2015

Animals at War


WALT: Summarise author's main purpose
SC: Show animals as other war heroes

  1. Find these words in the text. Describe their meaning
    1. Cavalry : soldiers who fight on horses
    2. regiment : a unit of soldiers in the army  
    3. troops : soldiers
    4. tram : a passenger vehicle that is like a bus but runs on rails
    5. quarantine : when a person or animal is kept away from others for a period of time to help a stop the spread of disease
    6. mascots : animal that supports a team.

  2. The text talks about how the animals were good for the troops morale, think about your own pet (or a friends pet), what purpose do they have?

a.  My pet cat makes me happy when  i play with her

Thursday 7 May 2015

Flanders Field

Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

by Lieutenant Colonel John MCcrae.

Read the above poem and answer the following questions

WALT: Make conclusions about a character's feelings.
SC: Determine how the soldiers may have felt after losing their friends

  1. What place are the rows of crosses marking?
  1. Flanders fields were the bloody battle was
  1. larks, still bravely singing, fly. What does the text mean by this line?
  1. the larks were still brave even with the guns  making a loud noise  
  1. Define the words quarrel and foe. Write your own sentence using those words
    1. My foe is now my fiend.  Foe means enemy. l had quarrel with my friend. A quarrel is a disagreement.
  2. Imagine that you are a soldier at war who saw the poppies growing from the battlefields where your friends bodies had lain. How would you feel?  Sad. This is my word Cline to show different word that mean sad.
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