- What did Joey mean when he said ‘There was an air of determined conspiracy’ ?
- Why were the horses jumpy the next morning?
- Why was Sergeant Thunder passing a small tin box around among the men?
- Whose idea was it to try and bid for Joey at the auction?
- How do you think Joey is feeling before the auction? Describe in detail
- Why did Albert whisper the words “Oh God, no”?
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In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae In 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. 1. How does Joey describe his transformation at the start of the chapter?
2. How does Joey describe Corporal Perkins? Use words and phrases from the passage. 3. What kind of person is Captain Nicholls? How do we know this? 4. Why is Captain Nicholls worried about the machine gun? 5. What do the soldiers have to learn to do if they are to win the war? 6. Does Captain Nicholls think that it is a good idea to have horses fighting in the war? Why Chuala mé an Ghaoth
Le Colm Mac Lochlainn Chuala mé an ghaoth Ag bualadh na bhfuinneog, Ag canadh ar na doirse, Ag séideadh na nduilleog. Chuala mé an ghaoth Ag luascadh an chrainn, Ag leagan na slinnte Anuas ón díon. Chuala mé an ghaoth, An oíche go léir, Ag séideadh na fearthainne Tríd an aer. Chapter 3 1. How do we know that Joey is leaving the farm soon? What tells us this? 2. What clues in the chapter tell us that Joey and Albert have a close relationship? 3. Why would Joey and Zoey be relieved that Albert had taken over the horse work from the farm? 4.What do we learn about Albert’s father in this chapter. 5. Does this change your opinion of him? Justify your answer. Today we interviewed First Class boys and some Senior Infants about the Elfs who have been visiting the Shelfs of homes around Celbridge! Chapter Seven: Uninvited Brothers
1.Leon and Aaron share €45 in the ratio 2:3. How much does each person get?
2. Alistair and Calum share €100 in the ratio 7:3. How much does each person get? 3. Glifton and Conor share €45 in the ratio 4:5. How much does each person get? 4. Tariq and David share €240 in the ratio 7:5. How much does each person get? 5. Ronan and Matthew share €72 in the ratio 5:3. How much does each person get? 6. Killian and Jamie share €54 in the ratio 2:7. How much does each person get? 7. Rhys and Ross share €200 in the ratio 1:4. How much does each person get? 8. Joseph and Calvin share €1000 in the ratio 17:3. How much does each person get? We have studied the poem The Magic Box by Kit Wright (below) over the last 2 weeks. Boys have composed their own poems based on The Magic Box and they are published underneath the original. Click on name to open. The Magic Box I will put in the box the swish of a silk sari on a summer night, fire from the nostrils of a Chinese dragon, the tip of a tongue touching a tooth I will put in the box a snowman with a rumbling belly a sip of the bluest water from Lake Lucerene, a leaping spark from an electric fish. I will put into the box three violet wishes spoken in Gujarati, the last joke of an ancient uncle, and the first smile of a baby. I will put into the box a fifth season and a black sun, a cowboy on a broomstick and a witch on a white horse. My box is fashioned from ice and gold and steel, with stars on the lid and secrets in the corners. Its hinges are the toe joints of dinosaurs. I shall surf in my box on the great high-rolling breakers of the wild Atlantic, then wash ashore on a yellow beach the colour of the sun. by Kit Wright
Questions for homework tonight based upon the poem The Magic Box
Our class will be using VocabularySpellingCity for weekly spellings, and boys have access to it at home! VocabularySpellingCity is an educational website that allows students to gain and retain spelling through practice with engaging spelling and language arts activities.
Boys can access VocabularySpellingCity online at SpellingCity.com. The activities can be accessed from a computer or mobile device without the use of an app. They each have individual passwords and usernames. The activities and games on VocabularySpellingCity make spelling fun while helping the boys build confidence and learn independently. This morning we started our 4 Week Gymnastics programme in Excel. We did squats, tumbles, trampolining and some work on the bars.
A Cake Sale will take place tomorrow to raise funds for Music Week which runs next week in school. Boys are asked to bring in cakes. buns etc for the sale.
In September we made buns in class and some boys want to make them at home for the Cake Sale. We made the buns with 250g of caster sugar, 370g of self raising flour, 5 eggs, a pack of raisins, 3/4 of a tub of butter and water. We mixed them together in a plastic bowl. We put them in bun cases. Then we put them in the oven for 15 minutes. Then we had some buns they tasted very nice. Learning the Counties of Ireland this week we used a fun interactive game to help us. Click Here to Play
Chapter Five: Tommy
1. How does Omri deal with difficulties between Tommy and Little Bull? 2. Why do you think the toys have names? 3. Omri was kind and patient with most of the figures he brought to life. Why do you think he wasn't so careful with the knight? As part of music week. boys will take part in A Big Sing. All the boy in the school will learn and together sing Don't Stop Me Now . The Lyrics are attached below along with Backing Track for the boys to sing along to.
Chapter Two: The Door Is Shut
The Witch by Jack Prelutsky
She comes by night, in fearsome flight, In garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch, A crackling crone with brittle bones and dessicated limbs, two evil eyes with warts and sties and bags about the rims, A dangling nose, ten twisted toes and fold of shriveled skin, cracked and chipped and crackled lips that frame a toothless grin. She hurtles by, she sweeps the sky and hurls a piercing screech. As she swoops past, a spell is cast on all her curses reach. Take care to hide when the wild witch rides to shriek her evil spell. What she may do with a word or two is much too grim to tell. Following on from last weeks poem An Choill Dubh Dorcha, the boys wrote their own poem in class and called it............
An Cathair Mhór Torannach Sa chathair mhór torannach Bhí sráid mhór torannach Sa sráid mhór torannach Bhí staisiún mhór torannach Sa staisiún mhór torannach Bhí traein mhór torannach Sa traein mhór torannach Bhí carráiste mhór torannach Sa charráiste mhór torannach Bhí mála taistil mhór torannach Sa mhála taistil mhór torannach Bhí……………..taibhse Sa choill dhubh dhorcha,
bhí teach dubh dorcha Sa teach dhubh dhorcha, bhí seomra dubh dorcha Sa seomra dhubh dhorcha Bhí cófra dubh dorcha Sa chófra dhubh dhorcha bhí tarraiceán dubh dorcha Sa tarraiceán dhubh dhorcha bhí bosca dubh dorcha Sa bhosca dhubh dhorcha bhí mála dubh dorcha Sa mhála dhubh dhorcha bhí ............... Taibhse! As part of our learning about entrepreneurs we watched the below video, featuring some of the worlds most successful entrepreneurs. We took their key messages and put them into wordclouds during computers. This is the first step on our Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP) 2019 / 20. |
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