Starter quiz
- Match each punctuation mark to its name.
- .⇔full stop ✓
- !⇔exclamation mark ✓
- ?⇔question mark ✓
- ,⇔comma ✓
- Which of these words might you use if you are writing from Paddington's point of view?
- I ✓
- they
- mine ✓
- and
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- Identify the expanded noun phrase in the following sentence: 'I travelled in a black, zooming taxi.'
- I
- travelled
- black
- black, zooming taxi ✓
- taxi
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- Which of these words are adjectives?
- huge ✓
- cake
- sweet ✓
- felt
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- Match each sense to its past tense verb.
- touch⇔felt ✓
- hearing⇔heard ✓
- taste⇔tasted ✓
- smell⇔smelt ✓
- Which of these are questions?
- Did you know that London is a city? ✓
- There are taxis in London.
- Where are you? ✓
- I tasted smooth, creamy cake.
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Exit quiz
- What do word banks of adjectives help us with?
- using a range of adjectives ✓
- remembering what punctuation to use
- spelling words correctly ✓
- remembering to join two ideas using 'and'
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- Which word would you use to end a postcard?
- To ...
- From ... ✓
- Dear ...
- and
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- Identify the expanded noun phrase in the following sentence: 'I heard noisy, chatty people.'
- heard
- noisy
- people
- noisy, chatty people ✓
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- Which of these are questions?
- I love London.
- Did you know that London has lots of skyscrapers? ✓
- Skyscrapers are tall.
- Did you know that London has a train station called Paddington Station? ✓
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- Which question is correctly punctuated?
- did you know that London has lots of parks?
- Did you know that London has lots of parks.
- Did you know? that London has lots of parks
- Did you know that London has lots of parks? ✓
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- Which compound sentence is correctly punctuated?
- I tasted sweet, creamy cake and I felt sticky, delicious marmalade. ✓
- I tasted sweet, creamy cake. And I felt sticky, delicious marmalade.
- I tasted sweet, creamy cake And I felt sticky, delicious marmalade.
- I tasted sweet, creamy cake and i felt sticky, delicious marmalade.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Adding descriptive language to a postcard helps the reader imagine what the place is like.
- Two adjective sentences need a comma in between the two adjectives, such as 'black, zooming taxi'.
- Asking a 'Did you know ...?' question teaches someone a fact about something, in this case, London.
- A postcard should end with naming who the postcard is from, in this case, Paddington.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to generate descriptions or facts.
Refer back to the setting description lesson and have pupils use their word banks and senses maps to help join ideas together. Facts are 'drip-fed' throughout the lesson. Keep referring back to them and tell pupils that they can choose one of these.
Keywords
Description - using words to help someone imagine what something is like
Question - a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark
Question mark - a punctuation mark used at the end of a question
Fact - something that is known to be true or proved
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