World Book Day

Think about a book character and write a riddle describing your character. Try and include at least five clues for each book character and start off with harder clues before making them easier. Also, try to include adjectives and similes.

Can you guess who I am describing?

I can work out big sums in my head,

My best friend sounds like a flower,

And my teacher is as sweet as honey.

What book am I?

This book is about an eight year old boy,

Who got into a lot of mischief,

He even gave his granny a different medicine’

And she grew and grew.

What book am I?

Art

Think about the different supervillains that we see written about in books.

- Can you name any? 

- What do these supervillains look like?

- What clothes do they wear?

- What powers do they have?

Today, I would like you to draw and label a supervillain. Try to design something different to supervillains that you have read about. 

English

After drawing your supervillain, I would like you to write a description about it. Try to include the following:

- paragraphs- think about how your villain moves, their personality, how they talk etc.

- adjectives

- similes

- alliteration

- a range of punctuation including parenthesis and semi colons. 

Your description should be at least one and a half pages long. 

Quiz

How many of these questions about books can you answer correctly?

1. What name are given to the tiny people, such as fourteen-year-old Arriety Clock, that live in the secret places of old houses?
2. Which series of books were written by J.K. Rowling?
3. In the picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar a caterpillar eats its way through lots of foodstuffs before emerging as what?
4. The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat in which book?
5. Which famous Victorian author wrote 'A Christmas Carol'?
6. What was the name of the little boy in Jungle Book?
7. Who created the little fictional boy called Noddy?
8. How does Lucy get to Narnia in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
9. Which television peronality has written the books The World's Worst Children, Gangsta Granny and The Midnight Gang?
10. Complete the title of the famous book by Dr. Seuss: 'The Cat in the...'?
11. Which fictional six-year-old girl created by Roald Dahl gets up to pranks such as gluing her father's hat to his head?
12. Which young boy is one of Winnie-the-Pooh's best friends?
13. Which book series first began with the books The Terrible Tudors and The Awful Egyptians?
14. In a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett what secret place is discovered by 10-year-old Mary Lennox?

Acorn Theatre

Remember to continue to practise your lines and the songs for the show!