Starter quiz
- Complete the sentence: Your appearance is...
- what you look like ✓
- what your personality is like
- what your personality is like and what you look like
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- Match the word to its word class in this sentence: Ada climbs bravely in the messy room.
- Ada⇔noun (person) ✓
- climbs⇔verb ✓
- bravely⇔adverb ✓
- messy⇔adjective ✓
- room⇔noun (thing) ✓
- Which of these expanded noun phrases describe Ada's appearance?
- red, spotty dress ✓
- curly, red hair
- clear, plastic goggles ✓
- ripped, blue jeans
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- Which of these expanded noun phrases describe Ada's personality?
- boring, lonely Ada
- uninterested, sad Ada
- curious, chaotic Ada ✓
- happy, inquisitive Ada ✓
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- Which of these words are adverbs?
- bravely ✓
- has
- went
- quickly ✓
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- Which of these lists of nouns has the punctuation in the correct place?
- a sock, a shoe, and a dog
- a sock, a shoe, a dog
- a sock, a shoe and a dog,
- a sock, a shoe and a dog ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which of these might you describe in a character description?
- what you did at the weekend
- personality ✓
- where you live
- appearance ✓
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- Match the word class to the example word.
- noun⇔trousers ✓
- adjective⇔brave ✓
- verb⇔wearing ✓
- adverb⇔collaboratively ✓
- Which of these adjectives can describe your personality?
- curious ✓
- blonde
- long
- creative ✓
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- Which of these adjectives can describe your appearance?
- brown ✓
- inquisitive
- spiky ✓
- happy
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- Which of these nouns are listed correctly using the correct punctuation?
- socks, a dress, and shoes
- socks a dress and shoes
- socks a dress, and shoes
- socks, a dress and shoes ✓
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- Which of these is a being verb?
- has ✓
- I
- she
- at
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- a character description of yourself can be made about your personality and your appearance
- describing your personality is about what you are like on the inside and how you feel, such as "curious", "resilient"
- describing your appearance is about what you look like such as "curly, brown hair"
- descriptions can create expanded noun phrases or be listed as nouns separated by a comma, like ‘socks, jumper and hat’
- using verbs and adverbs can help to explain the adjectives you have chosen to describe yourself
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to know when to separate nouns with a comma and when to use 'and'.
Get a list of nouns and discuss where the commas and 'and' will go. Move the nouns into a scaffold to ensure it is structured correctly. Spend more time on this as it is newer learning. If needed, remove expectation to include adjectives in the list.
Keywords
Character - a person or animal in a story
Description - using words to help someone imagine what something is like
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Adverb - a word that describes a verb
Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas
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