Starter quiz
- A simple sentence must contain which of these?
- capital letter ✓
- adjectives
- joining words
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- A simple sentence must also contain which of these?
- question mark
- full stop or exclamation mark ✓
- comma
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- Complete this sentence. An expanded noun phrase contains two ....
- adjectives. ✓
- nouns.
- verbs.
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- Which of these word types describes a noun?
- adjective ✓
- verb
- adverb
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- What is the definition of a verb?
- a person, place or thing
- a describing word
- a doing word ✓
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- What is the definition of a noun?
- a person, place or thing ✓
- a describing word
- a doing word
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Exit quiz
- Which Italian city was Florence Nightingale born in?
- Rome
- Florence ✓
- Milan
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- Florence wanted to become a nurse when she was younger. How did her parents feel about this?
- They liked the idea.
- They did not like the idea. ✓
- They didn't care.
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- What was the name of the war that Florence travelled to?
- The Great War
- The Crimean War ✓
- World War 2
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- How many nurses did Florence bring with her to Crimea?
- none
- 10
- 38 ✓
- 280
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- Mary Seacole was a doctress in which country?
- Jamaica ✓
- Scotland
- Italy
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- Mary Seacole travelled to Crimea and set up a hospital called what?
- The British Hotel ✓
- The British Hospital
- The British Hope
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Florence Nightingale was a nurse during the Crimean War.
- Florence Nightingale helped to train nurses and make hospitals cleaner.
- Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica and was a doctress.
- Mary Seacole went to the Crimean War and set up a hospital called the ‘British Hotel’ to look after wounded soldiers.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that hospitals have always been clean and organised as they are today.
Show pupils images of hospitals during the Crimean war and hospitals today and allow them to explore and make comparisons.
Keywords
Florence nightingale - a nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War
Mary seacole - a doctress who travelled to Crimea to care for soldiers during the Crimean War
Crimean war - a war between Russie and Britian, France and Turkey
Soldiers - a person who fights for their country in a war
Doctress - a term for a female doctor
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