English

Summer 1

The Giant's Necklace & Key Skills Revision

This term, we will be completing the short story The Giant's Necklace, written by Michael Morpurgo. In addition, we will be looking over key skills focusing on grammar, punctuation and spelling. 

The Giant's Necklace

"It all began with a necklace, made of glistening pink cowrie shells. A long, long necklace that had taken Cherry days – weeks – of careful, painstaking work. It was nearly complete, and Cherry was determined not only that it would be the longest necklace she had ever made, but that it would be fit for a giant! But the end of the summer holidays had arrived. "You've only got today, Cherry," said her mother. "Just today, that's all." Cherry didn't mind, a day would be enough – she only needed a few more shells after all. So, amidst the taunts of her older brothers, she set out to search for them. Then the clouds grew dark and the waves grew large, and as the storm blew in, Cherry realized, to her horror, that she was cut off from the shore. From then on, events began to take a decidedly dark turn. And one from which there was no turning back..."

Michael Morpurgo's short story is a powerful one. It tells a heartbreaking story about a girl named Cherry. I'm sure it's set to be an emotinal couple of weeks. 

This half term, the children will produce short pieces of writing focusing on character descriptions and character profiles. 

Linking to The Giant's Necklace, the children will think of an alternative ending to the story. Will everything turn out happy in the end? I'll leave that up to Year 6 to decide.