Good morning Year 1!
If you would like a printable version of today’s English lesson, please click below:
30th April 2020 English printable
Here is the story of Zeraffa Giraffa if you would like to read it again.
Zeraffa Giraffa book
Today, you will be doing some writing. You will be sharing a few sentences with me today as a practice.
After sharing a few sentences with me, you will continue writing at home in your yellow book. Tomorrow you can send in your finished pieces of work (either by photo or typing it into the comments box).
Good morning Mrs Travers!
Angélique Dupont
32 Rue Charles X
75069 Paris
Thursday 30 April 1827
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I was amazed to see you! I never saw a such beautiful animal as you! Your mane is as shining as gold. I liked your brown spots and your long spotted neck. I will remember this all my life, sitting on my dad’s shoulders with my red hat and my blue ribbons.
I will come to the Jardin des Plantes every Saturday afternoon to see you with my parents.
I am happy to see you soon again.
Love from Angélique.
A wonderful letter, well done! I love the detail you have included. You have used so many great adjectives! I will put your photo in the blog gallery for tomorrow – Your handwriting is beautiful! Well done.
Good morning Miss Travers,
200 Pink Dress Street
Paris
002221111
30th April 2020
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I think you are taller than the trees! I saw you in the French streets and you were eating leaves. I think you are beautiful. I have never seen an animal with a neck as long as yours.
Hello Flavia,
An excellent beginning to your letter! Well done! You have used adjectives to describe Zeraffa and the er suffix! Well done! I am looking forward to reading more tomorrow.
Morning Miss Travers, this is the start of my letter
55 Lime Road
Paris, PA48 AOB.
30th April 2020
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
My name is Jacob and I watched you from the second floor balcony where I live. I felt amazed because I never saw a giraffe before.
Do you prefer Africa or France?
To be continued .
Well done Jacob, a great beginning so far!
I like that you have asked Zeraffa a question!
10 Flower Street
London W6 FR77
30th April 2020
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I am writing to tell you how happy I was to see you down the streets of Paris. Everybody was amazed to see such a beautiful animal. How did you get to Paris? Did you go to Notre Dame cathedral? Did you see the Eiffel Tower? Have you tried any French food? Here are some recommendations:
– chocolate eclair
– croque monsieur
– raclette
You should buy a car to drive to Toulouse and Grenoble. I have family there and you could stay at their house. I look forward to seeing you again. Love from Gabrielle
Hello Gabrielle, what a brilliant letter!
I like how you have included some recommendations! I would like to try a croque monsieur and a raclette!
United Kingdom
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa
I was impressed when I saw you on the street in Paris. I was even wondering how you got there? I have been to the Eiffel tower? I don’t think you’re taller than the tower? Tell me what animals we can find in Africa.
Well done Junior! An excellent beginning to your letter! Maybe you could use some words to describe the giraffe! Have a look at the book at the top of this blog post for some ideas.
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
It was wonderful to see you in Paris. You have a very long neck. I tried to count your spots, but lost count at 60.
Where do you come from? Is it hot there?
Hope to see you again in Paris.
Love from Aiden xxx
Well done Aiden. An excellent beginning to your letter! Maybe you could tell me how you felt when you saw the giraffe in Paris? You could also suggest some places for Zeraffa to visit.
100 Zoo St.
Paris
PR1 FR1
30 April 2020
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
You are a spotted and beautiful giraffe. How did you feel when everybody was looking at you? Shy or embarrassed? Did you feel like you were still in Africa? Where did you come from? Do you like France?
Love from
Harry xxx
An excellent letter, Harry! Well done! I like that you have asked Zeraffa some questions and used question marks correctly too!
Dear Miss Travers
Madame Isabella
26 Rue de Rivoli
719100 Paris
30/04/1762
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa.
How did you get to Paris? Was it a long trip? How are you? I was amazed to see such a tall animal like you. I wish I could stroke your beautiful spotty coat and feed you a nice, juicy apple.
Are you tired from your long journey from Africa ? I know a few fun facts about you. I know that you sleep standing up for only 30 minutes, I know you are a herbivore and only eat plants. I know that Giraffes are the tallest animals in the World and are famous for their long necks. Africa is the only continent in the World where giraffes live in the wild. I am really happy to be able to see you.
Are you happy to be in Paris? Do you miss your friends from Africa?
I hope you enjoy living in Paris. You can visit the Jardin des Plantes, Parc De La Villette, Eiffel Tower an Arc de Triomphe.
I would love to see you again.
Love from Isabella xxx
Well done Isabella!
You have used excellent adjectives and asked lots of questions! I hope Zeraffa visits some of the places you have suggested to her.
Thursday 30th April
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I hope you have had a nice day. I miss you so much. You are a beautiful giraffe and have very nice eyelashes and a very long neck. I saw you last week with my sister and we waved at you.
How was your journey like? Do you like to eat apples? Where do you come from? What was your journey like? Do you like France?
Love from Jay
A brilliant letter Jay, well done!
I like that you have used lots of adjectives to describe Zeraffa and you have asked her questions too!
SM06 BFG
30th April 2020
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I was so amazed to see you in Paris! You looked very beautiful in your waxed taffeta cloak. You must have been very cold to replace it with fur as you are not in Africa. You are the tallest animal in Paris, almost up to the Eiffel tower! I would love to hear all about your journey! Did it take long? Was it exciting? I was the little girl with the green dress and hairband watching from the balcony with my family. I would love to see you again.
Love from Saoirse xoxo
Well done Saoirse! An excellent letter with lots of description! It was like I was really there!
Well done for asking her some questions too! Maybe she’ll write back!
Green Fields
Ireland
30th April 2020
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I was so amazed to see you in Paris! You looked very beautiful in your waxed taffeta cloak. You must have been very cold to replace it with fur as you are not in Africa. You are the tallest animal in Paris, almost up to the Eiffel tower! I would love to hear all about your journey! Did it take long? Was it exciting? I was the little girl with the green dress and hairband watching from the balcony with my family. I would love to see you again.
Love from Saoirse xoxo
A great letter, Saoirse! Well done! I love the description you have used to describe the cloak! You have also used words with suffixes – well done! Great to see lots of questions too with question marks.
30th April 2020
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I wanted to let you know that I was so happy to see you when you were walking down the streets of Paris. I have never seen such a beautiful and tall giraffe as you. I was wondering which country did you come from.
To be continued….
Well done Jaidee! Very good beginning! Keep using those brilliant adjectives like you have done.
I am looking forward to reading more!
London
30th April 2020
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I wanted to tell you that I was very amazed when I saw you. My family was wondering where you were coming from. I was wondering how you got to Paris and why. Was it a long journey ?
Hope I’ll see you again.
Love from Lucia
Well done Lucia! I love that you have used the word, ‘amazed’ to tell her how you were feeling!
Maybe you could write a sentence describing what you saw? What did Zeraffa look like?
Zeraffa geraffa Paris
The rotunda
30 April 2020
Dear Zeraffa I was really amazed to see you ??. You are so pretty and so high I wanted to ride on your long neck. By the way was it a very very long journey? Ps. please write back to me.
From Laura
Juliet
Rue du monde du chocolat
31000 TOULOUSE
30.4.20
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
When I saw you I was very happy because I have never seen an animal like you and I wanted to ask you some questions. Where do you live, what did you see on the journey, are you scared of thunder storms ?
With love from Juliet.
Camila Message: Letter to Zeraffa Giraffa
Well done for your excellent letter Camila, I liked your painting too! I will put a photo up tomorrow!
65 Rexer Street
Paris, France
28th July 1827
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
My name is Camila! I live in Paris and I saw you from my window. I felt surprised and amazed. I have never seen an animal like you before. Tour black spots are so beautiful and you are so tall I almost reached you from my window.
How was your journey from Africa? Was it good or bad or frightening? Do you want your family? Did you make any friends? Do you like Paris?
Be safe and I hope we meet again. With this letter I am going to send you a drawing I made of you.
Love from Camila.
Super letter! I love the adjectives you have used!
98 Zerol Street
London, ZG13 2FD
30th April 2020
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I couldn’t believed my eyes how amazing you are. You are so sweet coming near our window. Thank you for walking from Africa to France. We all know that you are a present for the king of France.
Zeraffa Giraffa was going to a journey from Africa to France.
The sun rise is beautiful.
The giraffa is the tallest animal in the world.
Paris was amazed to see Zeraffa Giraffa.
Atir fed Zeraffa Giraffa With sweet milk.
Zeraffa Giraffa nibbled the trees of Paris.
Zeraffa Giraffa lived in Africa but the hunters took her.
Well done for using lovely adjectives, Fabi!
Using some of your ideas you could write the letter like this:
Dear Zeraffa Giraffa,
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw how amazing you are. You were so sweet coming near to our window and nibbling on the trees. Thank you for walking from Africa to France. Was it a long journey? Did you see the beautiful sunrise? We all know that you are a present for the King of France, I bet he will be happy!
…
LT15
30th April 2020
Dear Zereffa Giraffa,
I was so happy to see you walk through the streets of Paris. You looked so happy. How did you feel when you got to Paris?
How long did the journey take?…………….
Well done Renee, I thought this beginning was very good! Have a look at today’s blog for my comments on your letter.