Starter quiz
- Which of these words are adjectives?
- wobbly ✓
- bridge
- goat
- brown ✓
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- Which adjectives would you choose to best describe the meadow at the beginning of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?
- green
- brown ✓
- grassy
- dry ✓
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- Which adjective best describes the troll?
- angry ✓
- happy
- quiet
- kind
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- Which of these characters knocks the troll into the river?
- smallest goat
- middle goat
- large goat ✓
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- Match the word to its example.
- capital letter⇔T ✓
- lowercase letter⇔t ✓
- full stop⇔. ✓
- Which is the only sentence that is correct as it makes sense?
- The menacing troll huge.
- The menacing troll is.
- The troll menacing is huge.
- The menacing troll is huge. ✓
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Exit quiz
- What does an adjective describe?
- other adjectives
- nouns ✓
- only words that are at the beginning of a sentence
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- What is the correct and complete definition of a noun?
- a naming word for people
- a describing word
- a naming word for people, places and things ✓
- a word that starts with a capital letter
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- Match these definitions.
- noun⇔a naming word for people, places or things ✓
- adjective⇔describes a noun ✓
- proper noun⇔a naming word for a specific person, place or thing ✓
- Identify the nouns.
- cold
- bridge ✓
- river ✓
- crashed
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- Which sequencing word is often used at the end of a story?
- First,
- Then,
- Finally, ✓
- After that,
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- Which is the correctly punctuated sentence?
- the selfish troll fell into the river
- The selfish troll fell into the river
- the selfish troll fell into the river.
- The selfish troll fell into the river. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Rehearsing a sentence out loud before writing it helps us to remember it
- Reading a sentence back after writing helps to check it makes sense
- Every sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop
- Traditional tales tend to end with a happy ending
- Word banks help to find keywords to include in writing
Common misconception
Pupils may tick their success criteria without checking and correcting.
When you are modelling your write, continuously refer back to the success criteria yourself. Adapt the success criteria accordingly to help pupils experience success.
Keywords
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter
Full stop - a punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence
Adjective - describes a noun
Sequence - following the order in which a series of events happened
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