The Pirate Cruncher

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This video shows the author telling the story to a group of children. Could you retell the story to an audience? Can you think of some questions that you would like to ask the author? English:Write a character description of Captain Purplebeard from the Pirate Cruncher. Can you describe what he looks like (beard, hair, face, clothes) and his personality? All was unusually quiet in Port Royal, but if you listen carefully on the quay side, down the alleyways and in the candle-lit taverns, you could hear the faint sound of a fiddle floating on the wind. >Outside the Thirsty Parrot Inn an old fiddler appeared, and as he fiddled he sang a song. “I was sailing one day and what did I see? An island of gold in the scurvy sea! With a fiddle-dee-dee there’ll be treasure for me. Fiddle-dee-dee, across the sea.” English: Can you make a prediction? We are going to use the story of the Pirate Cruncher to help us predict what will happen in other stories. Watch this story by the same author https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E4qmlFAQTw and pause it at 3 minutes 55 seconds. What do you think will happen next and why? Draw a picture to show your thinking and write a sentence for your prediction. Remember to think about how the story is similar to books we already know! Can you write a reply to Tom as you instead of Sophie ? Think about the information he gave you and reply with the same information about yourself , for example:

English: We are orally retelling our story 'The Pirate Cruncher' in class. Can you watch the video of the Pirate Cruncher using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro5S_UdvWkI Then use this story map in the picture below to create actions to the story. This will help you to retell it in your own words next week! Maths: Answer these subtraction questions. Think about which strategies are best to use for each (fingers or dienes) You scruvy sea dog!” bellowed the Captain “Be it made up or monstrous, it’s no match for me. I’m Captain Purplebeard, scourge of the sea.” Shiver me timbers!” laughed Captain Purplebeard, “You should know by now that never ever can a pirate have enough treasure. If there’s a beast it better beware, I can smell the gold we’re nearly there.” The fiddler unfurled his map and sang “I’ll show ye me map if you’ll take me there, there’ll be treasure enough for us all to share!”With an adult, can you look around your home and find containers that have liquid in them . Can you find out the capacity of the containers (look carefully on the bottle for ml or l). For example, y ou might find milk, shampoo, juice or sauce.

You could draw a picture for each pirate in your jotter and write their character profiles alongside them. Flamingo – if you are confident at Level One you could ask an adult to work through Level Two with you. Congratulations to Zahra, Inaaya, Samiya, Zayn, Raihan Luwisa and Mahrosh for excellent home learning this week.

In maths, the term capacity is used when measuring how much liquid fits inside a container. It is measured in millilitres (ml) and litres (l) . His shanty caught the ear of dastardly Captain Purplebeard. Putting down his ale and wiping his lips, Purplebeard bellowed out the window “Treasure you say? Can you show us the way?”

Can you write a prediction about what you think might happen next? Try not to peep at the rest of the video – we really want you to use your imagination to make upa pirate adventure that could happen at this point in the story. At one point in the story, one of the members of the crew disappears. Write about what happened to him.Maths: Answer these addition and subtraction questions. Remember to look closely at the symbols + or - Twinkl are offering a collection of free interactive resources and worksheets for parents throughout the school closure. These can be accessed on any device, with no apps to install. All you need to do is to sign up for a free membership. When you have written yourpredictionyou can watch the rest of the story. Which ending did you prefer, yours or JonnyDuddle’s? Look at the treasure map on the inside front cover. Could you create a map of your local area in a similar style?

Look at the map on the inside front cover. Could you write a story based in one of the locations (e.g. Monster Hole or Groggy Head)? Make a list of similar place names that you could use as story settings in the future. I t is really important that your child continues to read when they are at home. We have created an account with "Oxford Owl". Here you can find lots of freee-books and comprehension activities for your child to read and do. In this video, the author / illustrator shows you how to draw a pirate. Can you use some of his techniques to create your own illustrations? As they clamboured ashore no one saw a thing wrong, too busy to heed the fiddler’s last song. “Off you go boys but I think I’ll stay here, I doubt what you’ll find will bring you much cheer. For a pile of old metal, you don’t really need has brought on a dangerous case of greed! And being greedy you know is wrong which bring me at last to the end of my song!” Maths: Can you use your dienes to subtract? Remember to draw how many tens and ones you start with and then cross them out to takeaway.

Curriculum

I would love to see your completed work. You can send me pictures of your work or anything else you would like to show me. Use the first line of this book as the starting point for your own story (‘It was unusually quiet in…’). Please choose theage 6-7 booksfor Year 2. The books are best looked at on tablets or computers/laptops. By thunder! That sounds just like our sort of plunder or my name ain’t Purplebeard of Penzance. Finish your grog lads – we set sail at once!” Enquiry: We are comparing the experience of passengers on the Great Western Railway. Look at the pictures of the different carriages in the gallery below and infer which was first class and which was third class. Then can you sort the descriptions into the correct class on the table?