Frankenstein Knowledge Organiser

Willow Plate Newspaper Report

We used Tony Mitton's Willow Plate Poem as inspiration for newspaper reports. Here are Vincent's and Gabriel's reports. 

The Ruin - Headline and Gist

This week we are reading an Anglo-Saxon poem called 'The Ruin'. The Poem describes the remains of a Roman city after a period of abandonment by the Anglo-Saxons. We created a headline and gist to summarise the poem.

Boudicca Headline

We used our reading strategies to create a headline and 'Gist' after reading about the fierce Celt warrior Boudicca.

World Book Day!

Here are some of our amazing World Book day costumes. Which is your favourite?

Roman Villa Vs Wooden Hut

After reading about Roman villas, we compared the homes of the wealthy and poor in Roman Britain.

The Romans lived in a wide variety of homes depending on whether they were wealthy or poor. The poor lived in cramped apartments in the cities or in small shacks in the country. The rich lived in private homes in the city or large villas in the country. 

Rooms

A Roman villa often had multiple rooms including servants' quarters, courtyards, baths, pools, storage rooms and gardens. On the other hand, the poor and the slaves lived in small shacks with only one room.

Flooring

A Roman villa had lovely mosaics on the floors, yet the poor Romans could only afford to decorate their homes with animal skins.

Heating

Wealthy Romans could enjoy warmth in their homes because of the under floor central heating known as ‘hypocaust’. Whereas the poor Roman only had a fire, which was also used for light and cooking.

Decoration

Affluent Romans were able to decorate their homes with painted walls, and intricate mosaics. However, poor Romans could only decorate their homes with animal skins on benches.

Lorax Book Trailer

Abi and Sarah produced this fantastic book trailer for 'The Lorax'.

Lorax Gist and Headlines

We summarised parts of our shared text 'The Lorax' by writing the gist and headline.

Great Kapok Tree Headlines

Reading the 'Great kapok Tree' we created headlines to summarise a section of the text.

Winter Wonderland Interactive Scene

This week we have been analysing the lyrics to 'Winter Wonderland' explore the scene below.

Joey, Joey I'm Very Pretty!

In reading we have been reading excerpts from "Joey, Joey I'm Very Pretty". For each chapter we had to find the gist and create a headline as a way to summarise the most important information in the text. Enjoy reading the J4 journal.