Use the first line of this book as the starting point for your own story (‘It was unusually quiet in…’). 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.” When you have written yourpredictionyou can watch the rest of the story. Which ending did you prefer, yours or JonnyDuddle’s? 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.

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. 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.” 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! 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?

English: Here are some words linked to the our story The Pirate Cruncher: booty, bellowed, trudged, sneered, shanty, loot, fiddler, unfurled. Draw a picture of each to show what they mean. Challenge: Can you write synonyms for each word? Year 6 :- Missing from the group photograph are Tia and Jenson. Lucas / Most books. Freya/ Best effort and Sam / Top points 👏👏👏 Flamingo – if you are confident at Level One you could ask an adult to work through Level Two with you. At one point in the story, one of the members of the crew disappears. Write about what happened to him. 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.

In your jotter, draw 3 and label three containers that hold more tha n 100ml and three containers that hold less th a n 100 ml. 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? 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? 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: 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.” You could draw a picture for each pirate in your jotter and write their character profiles alongside them.