Starter quiz
- Match the punctuation mark to its name.
- .⇔full stop ✓
- !⇔exclamation mark ✓
- ,⇔comma ✓
- ?⇔question mark ✓
- Which sentence is written in the past tense?
- We play in the playground.
- We are playing in the playground
- We will play in the playground.
- We played in the playground. ✓
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- Match each word to its word class.
- noun⇔car ✓
- adjective⇔shiny ✓
- verb⇔drive ✓
- adverb⇔slowly ✓
- What punctuation mark does a question always need at the end?
- comma
- question mark ✓
- full stop
- exclamation mark
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- Identify the adjective in the following sentence: 'The small dog barked loudly.'
- The
- small ✓
- dog
- barked
- loudly
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- Identify the verb in the following sentence: 'The small dog barked loudly.'
- The
- small
- dog
- barked ✓
- loudly
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Exit quiz
- Match the word class to the correct definition.
- adjective⇔describes a noun ✓
- noun⇔a naming word for a person, place or thing ✓
- verb⇔a doing or being word ✓
- adverb⇔describes a verb ✓
- Identify the questions.
- How did you travel there? ✓
- The park was big.
- We ate a delicious lunch.
- Where did you go? ✓
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- Chronological order means …
- the order in which things happened. ✓
- not in the order in which things happened.
- in any order.
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- What information should come at the very beginning of a recount about a school trip?
- what you did there
- when you went ✓
- where you went ✓
- who you ate lunch with
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- An adjective ...
- often comes after a noun.
- often comes before a noun. ✓
- always has a capital letter.
- often comes at the end of a sentence.
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- Select the expanded noun phrase that has the comma in the correct place.
- tall, green, trees
- tall green trees,
- tall, green trees ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Answering questions helps us to remember the details of the school trip
- Detail can be added to answers using descriptive adjectives and adverbs
- It is important to share when and where the trip happened in a recount
- Sharing why you went, how you travelled there and what you did adds additional information
- Noting down ideas and key words or phrases about the trip creates a plan for writing
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to know what questions to ask someone about a trip.
Provide question prompt words and model these words being used to pose questions in full sentences.
Keywords
Event - the main parts
Question - a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark
Adjective - a word that describes a noun
Expanded noun phrase - two adjectives listed to describe a noun
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