Starter quiz
- Identify the comma.
- .
- , ✓
- !
- ?
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- Identify the adjective in the following sentence: 'The terrifying giant shouted loudly.'
- The
- terrifying ✓
- giant
- shouted
- loudly
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- What is the correct definition of an adjective?
- a doing or being word
- a naming word for people, places or things
- a word that describes or gives more information about a verb
- a word that describes a noun ✓
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- Match the word to the word class.
- tree⇔noun ✓
- bushy⇔adjective ✓
- growing⇔verb ✓
- Identify the adjectives in the following sentence: 'The strange, old man gave him some beans.'
- strange ✓
- old ✓
- man
- some
- beans
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- Complete the following sentence: 'All simple sentences __________.'
- start with a capital letter ✓
- include an adjective
- need a comma
- make complete sense ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which of these are characters from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?
- the giant ✓
- the troll
- the old woman
- the beanstalk
- the old man ✓
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- We can use the joining word 'and' to ...
- describe.
- build a second idea onto a first idea. ✓
- tell someone to do something.
- ask the reader for an answer.
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- Identify the joining word in the following sentence: 'Jack was young and he had brown eyes.'
- Jack
- was
- young
- and ✓
- had
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- Which expanded noun phrases best describe Jack's character in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?
- enormous, smelly feet
- strange, old man
- small, young boy ✓
- scruffy, brown hair ✓
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- Which joining word would join the following two simple sentences together? 'Jack was brave ______ he had long, skinny legs.'
- 'and' ✓
- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- Jack was Brave and he had rosy red cheeks.
- Jack was brave and he had rosy red cheeks.
- Jack was brave and he had rosy, red cheeks. ✓
- jack was brave and he had rosy, red cheeks
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality, such as 'small, sneaky Jack'
- When using two adjectives, a comma is placed in between them, such as 'small, sneaky Jack'
- Two ideas can be joined together using 'and' to form one sentence
- Using 'and' connects two ideas together
- Referring to Jack as 'he' after naming him makes writing less repetitive.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it difficult to generate appearance words and may use words like 'curious' to describe his appearance as well.
Provide images to support them with generating ideas and explain that they can describe the appearance of specific parts of Jack e.g. 'yellow wellies', 'brown eyes', 'wavy hair', 'long legs' etc.
Keywords
Character - a person or animal in a story
Personality - the special qualities that make a character themselves
Appearance - what someone or something looks like
Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas
Adjective - describes a noun
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