This explanation unit uses until i met dudley by roger mcgough as an example, then children write their own explanations inspired by wallace and gromits cracking inventions. It is the second film featuring the eccentric inventor wallace voiced by peter sallis and his dog gromit, following a grand day out 1989. Wallace and gromits cracking contraptions complete series. The autochef is only the third speaking part in the whole wallace and gromit tv shorts the others are wallace and wendolene, of course. The cracking contraptions episodes were the first wallace and gromit adventures to premiere online, launching on the bbcs site and atomfilms in october 2002. Check out new fun activities and teaching resources to support your entry. Can you reinvent an everyday object, making it better than before. The 525 crackervac will save gromits time and take the strain out of cleaning and it has a cracker sensor, to boot however, things dont go quite as wallace planned and its up to gromit to save the day. Y6 explanation plan cracking contraptions teaching. Wallace and gromit s cracking contraptions complete series with behind the scenes 2002. The snowmanatron is invented just in time for the annual west wallaby street snowman competition, and wallace is determined to win.
Come up with a cracking idea that helps get boring jobs done quicker and better, draw it and explain how it works. Cracking contraptions wallace and gromit wiki fandom. The resource is based on wallace and gromits cracking contraptions. Wallace presents reallife inventions, gadgets and decives to the nation.
World of invention takes a documentarystyle look at wacky contraptions and how they work. Wallace and gromit explore the wonders of the natural world and look at inventions inspired by mother nature. Follow the steps on your worksheet to create your own crazy contraption. On his workroom television screen, wallace watches and comments on liveaction segments that spotlight odd. All episodes of wallace and gromits cracking contraptions. The series was produced and released in 2002 by aardman animations the series is now available free on itunes, the the amazing world of wallace and gromit official wallace and. Instead, this time out the bumbling, sweatervested inventor wallace and his.
From the bun vac 6000 to the mind manipulationomatic. Wallace and gromit try out a number of their latest inventions which rarely work as planned. Wallace test out another five of his cracking inventions getting to sleep can be a problem. He is a selfproclaimed genius, evident from his exclamation when he discovers hutchs borrowed skill, a talent for all things mechanical. These would make useful guided reading books and provide additional examples. With multiple academy awards under their belt, wallace and gromit are one the of the bestloved comic doubleacts in the world. Wallace and gromitstyle breakfastmaking machine that guarantees a perfect start to the day. Activate the getuup device, slide out of wallaces bed, and design your own contraption to get you out of bed in the morning. The cheery, if absentminded inventorbakerpest control expert and his faithful dostoyevsky. Wallace and gromits cracking contraptions ardman is a short animation ideal for use in literacy as an explanation text, talk for writing and scaffolding writing, story board, ks1 lower ks2, sen, powerpoint of film screen shots. If you dont know them wallace and gromit are the main characters in a series of british animated short films and featurelength films. Fans of their tv specials and feature films will not want to miss these rarelyseen short films, each of which introduces a new invention from wallace intended to make everyday life a little easier such as the autochef, the soccamatic, and the snoozatron.
The previous wallace and gromit shorts, being single stories, were more ambitious and textured, but cracking contraptions. Wallace turns his hand to tv presenting and takes an eccentric look at some cracking reallife contraptions accompanied by his faithful sidekick turned cameradog gromit. Many other good explanation texts can also be found by following the above link. Wallaces inventions always seem to have weird but specific purposes as well as lots of different features. Wallace and gromit try out a number of their latest inventions which rarely. A detailed notebook for teaching explanations in y6. Some of them work almost the entire time, some of them do things they should not do, some of them explode, some of them have side effects, some of them attack wallace or gromit and two of them perfectly. Open to children aged 411, the competition is a great way for you to have fun inventing with your school, holiday club or youth group. Gromit may be a dab hand or paw at sculpting but wallace has his new. Cracking ideas by scottish youngsters bring cracking.
The autochef is only the third speaking part in the whole wallace and gromit tv shorts the others are wallace and wendolene, of course wallace uses his tellyscope invention. His solution is the snoozatron, a simple device to aid the restless insomniac. Each episode features one of wallaces new inventions and gromits skeptical reaction to it. This series of four short animated films and one fulllength movie all done using oldfashioned stopmotion animation is about a kindhearted but clueless yorkshireaccented inventor, and his longsuffering sapient dog who has undying loyalty to his owner. History talk 0 list of inventions that appear in wallace and gromit grand adventures. Wallace and gromits world of invention is a sciencethemed miniseries, starring peter sallis. Wallace is an inveterate inventor and half of the title duo of wallace and gromit. The wrong trousers is a 1993 british stopmotion animated short film directed by nick park at aardman animations, featuring his characters wallace and gromit. List of inventions that appear in wallace and gromit grand adventures. The gromit unleashed shop registered company in england and wales 04659630 is the wholly owned trading subsidiary of the grand appeal registered charity in england and wales 1043603 and as such gift aids all its profit to the charity at financial year end. Megashare info watch toy story see more production information about this title on.
Its time for the annual west wallaby street snowman competition and this time wallace is determined to win. The notebook contains lesson by lesson activities, success criteria and shared writing examples with links to specific spag skills to include. Gromits daily chores include sweeping up, unfortunately, wallace wants to help. Cracking inventions y4 explanation emma rogers education. Snowmanotron cracking contraptions wallace and gromit.
Wallace test out another five of his cracking inventions getting to sleep can be a problem when you eat as much cheese as wallace. Wallace and gromit wiki is a fandom movies community. Aardman animation activity, create a cracking contraption. Bbc three wallace and gromits cracking contraptions. We visit some incredible flying penguins and other elegant mantarayinspired robots at festo in germany and visit malawi, where scientists are studying the intricate structures of termite mounds to create selfcooling houses of the future. Nick park and his team of animators return to wallace and gromit after chicken run with cracking contraptions, an animated short comprised of ten twominute sketches, each demonstrating one of wallaces inventions and gromits quintessentially canine longsuffering loyalty. Results in some fantastic explanation writing from children. In the film, a sinister penguin uses wallace and gromit s robotic techno trousers to steal a. He is the descendant of dugs tribe he delights in creating elaborate contraptions that often do not work as intended. Production value is high, with the inventions naturally shown in their best light and.
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