This document provides English and guided reading homework for students over the summer term. It includes instructions for daily spelling practice, sentence-level grammar exercises, character and story planning activities, and a guided reading session focused on making predictions. The main tasks are to create a character profile, draw a picture of the story setting, plan the story events using a story map, and write a first draft of the story. Students are guided through each step of the creative writing process over the course of the week.

1. Home Learning –
English and Guided
Reading
Summer 1 – Week 2

2. Day 1 – WALT:
Use BOYS
sentences

3. Spelling Shed
Spend 10 minutes on Spelling Shed
practicing this weeks spellings. Click on
the clock to go to Spelling Shed.
If you have any problems access this
please get in contact with us:
Year4@ashcombeprimary.co.uk

4. Do now – Sentence or Fragment
1.the girl went to the part but before
2.after going to the shop she went to the
beautiful park
3.the boy looked solemnly at the floor as he
thought about his behaviour that
4.would you like to go to the
5.the easter holidays have sadly finished

5. Do now – Sentence or Fragment
ANSWERS
1.the girl went to the part but before F
2.after going to the shop she went to the
beautiful park S
3.the boy looked solemnly at the floor as he
thought about his behaviour that F
4.would you like to go to the F
5.the easter holidays have sadly finished S

7. BOYS stands for but, or, yet, so
I went to the shop but, I forgot to get the milk.
The teacher could carry on with the lesson or, she
could take the children outside.
The boy was tired yet, he still wanted to watch
the film.
It was hot outside so, I asked very politely for an
ice cream

8. Try completing the following sentences
I went to the park but, ______________________.
Adam could go home or,_____________________.
It was late at night yet, _____________________.
Mum said it was time to go to bed so,
___________________.

9. Try your own sentences
Now you have completed those sentences try
coming up with your own.
Remember:
- your choices are but, yet, or, so.
- You need a comma after your connective.

10. Guided Reading
Today is our close read. Click on
the image of the book to listen to
the recording of chapters 3, 4 and
5.
On the next few slides you will find
your questions. Think carefully
about your answers and relisten to
the recording as much as you need
to.
The questions will be around
chapter 3 but it is important you
listen to the whole recording so

11. Close Read
1. Why was Nim phoning Jack?
2. Why was Nim trying to keep herself busy?
3. What had happened to Jack?
4. Define the word ‘correspond’.

12. Close Read ANSWERS
Your answers should sound something like mine but they won’t be the exact
same.
1. Why was Nim phoning Jack?
Jack had said that he would of returned to the island by
now but he is not back. Nim doesn’t know where he is
and so she is trying to get in contact with him.
2. Why was Nim trying to keep herself busy?
Nim is trying to keep herself busy so that she doesn’t
worry about Jack.

13. Close Read ANSWERS
3. What had happened to Jack?
There had been a storm which had smashed Jack’s
satellite dish and this meant he couldn’t contact Nim.
The rudder on the boat was broken and therefore he
couldn’t steer the boat.
4. Define the word ‘correspond’.
The word correspond means to communicate.

14. Day 2 – WALT:
create a
character profile

15. Spelling Shed
Spend 10 minutes on Spelling Shed
practicing this weeks spellings. Click on
the clock to go to Spelling Shed.
If you have any problems access this
please get in contact with us:
Year4@ashcombeprimary.co.uk

16. Do now – Sentence or Fragment…with a
twist…
Write your own sentence or fragment quiz! Can someone
in your household get it right?

17. Over the remaining part of the week you’re going to be writing a
story. This story can be about whatever you would like! If you’re
struggling for ideas you might like to retell a story that you’ve
read or an event that has happened to you.
We’re going to work through a series of activities over the next
couple of days to reach our final outcome of the story!

18. Today we are going to think only about the main character of
your story. We are going to create a character profile. In this
character profile, we are going to think about what they look
like, their personality, their likes and their dislikes.
Our first job is to prepare our page. You will need a whole page
for this so make sure you turn over in your book so you have a
fresh page in front of you. Split up your page as shown on the
next slide – please use a ruler if you have one 

20. Now lets look at how we are going to
set out our character profile. You don’t
need to write the headings in your box.
The slide is just for you to refer back to
whilst you’re doing your work

21. What the character
looks like…
What are they like
as a person…
What do they like… What do they
dislike…
Draw a picture
of your
character and
include their
name!

22. Lets take a look at a WAGOLL

24. Try creating your own!

25. Guided Reading
Today is our non-fiction day. Click on
the image of the book to visit the
website.
Today’s reading is about boats. This
week there was some boat
terminology featured in the text so
today you will be looking at some key
terminology. There is lots of
information here so choose some parts
to read.
In the text was the words rudder and
tiller. Use the boat dictionary to look

26. Day 3 – WALT:
Plan our story
setting

27. Spelling Shed
Spend 10 minutes on Spelling Shed
practicing this weeks spellings. Click on
the clock to go to Spelling Shed.
If you have any problems access this
please get in contact with us:
Year4@ashcombeprimary.co.uk

28. Do now – jumbled sentences
1. was victoria in 1819 queen born
2. of queen the of victorian coronation era victoria start the
the prompted
3. at 1901 osbourne died house she in
4. children prince together and victoria 9 queen albert had

29. Do now – jumbled sentences
ANSWERS
1. Queen Victoria was born in 1819.
2. The coronation of Queen Victoria prompted the start of
the Victorian era.
3. She died at Osbourne House in 1901.
4. Prince Albert and Queen Victoria had 9 children together.

30. Story Setting
Stories can be set in a number of different places. Some
might be set in an enchanted forest and some might be
set in a spooky castle.
Today you’re going to think about where your story is
set. Your job for today is to use a whole page in your
book to draw an picture of your setting. A setting doesn’t
include any characters. Let’s look at some examples…

31. Try creating yours!
Remember to colour it in! If
you don’t have pencils why
not write down what colours
you would colour them!

32. Guided Reading
Today is our prediction day. Click
on the image of the book to
revisit the recording of the
chapters
You need to predict what you
think is going to happen next.
You might want to start with:
I think that…. will happen next
in Nim’s Island because….

33. Day 4 - WALT:
Plan a story
using a story
map

34. Spelling Shed
Spend 10 minutes on Spelling Shed
practicing this weeks spellings. Click on
the clock to go to Spelling Shed.
If you have any problems access this
please get in contact with us:
Year4@ashcombeprimary.co.uk

35. Do now - Fronted adverbial
Add an appropriate fronted adverbial to the following
sentences. Please think carefully about your punctuation.
1. The girl swang for hours thinking about what she would like
to be when she is older.
2. A spider ran across the floor in front the boy’s feet.
3. It’ll be Christmas.

37. Today we
are
planning!
Now that we have
decided on our main
character and our
setting we need to start
thinking about the main
events in our story. In
class we used the story
mountain to help us
plan out our events.
Take a look at the image
on the next slide and
think through your
story.

39. A story map is
focused on
pictures. It tells the
entire story
through small
images. Let’s take
a look at a few
examples…

43. Try creating your own!

44. Guided reading
Today is all about
reading the news.
Click on the
Newsround logo to
access the website.
You might also like to
watch today’s episode
of Newsround.

45. Day 5 –
WALT: Write
a story

46. Spelling Shed
Spend 10 minutes on Spelling Shed
practicing this weeks spellings. Click on
the clock to go to Spelling Shed.
If you have any problems access this
please get in contact with us:
Year4@ashcombeprimary.co.uk

47. Do now – jumbled sentences
1. house where the issues members commons the of is
discuss parliament meet to of
2. prime boris party leader and of he the current
conservative johnson minister the the is is
3. westminster meet palace in politicians the of
4. parliament by local community represent member a of
is selected their to them

48. Do now – jumbled sentences ANSWERS
1. The House of Commons is where the Members of
Parliament meet to discuss issues.
2. The current prime minister is Boris Johnson and he is
the leader of the conservative party.
3. Politicians meet in the Palace of Westminster.
4. A member of parliament is selected by their local
community to represent them.

49. Today you are going to write your first
draft of your story!
Remember, our first draft isn’t always our best work so we are
going to take another look at our stories after the week but for
today you are going to write your story!
In your story you may want to think about:
Fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases, BOYS sentences,
Emotion Comma Sentences, character descriptions, setting
description.

50. Guided Reading
Today you can read anything of
your choice!
It may be a book you have at
home, a magazine or comic or
even something online!
Choose anything you would like as
long as it has word to read!
Find yourself a cosy place and
relax 

51. WE MADE IT!
Well done Year 4!
Another fabulous week of
learning.
I hope you’ve enjoyed
your creative writing.
Have a lovely weekend
and we’ll have some
more fun next week 