Starter quiz
- What kind of text is 'The Day the Crayons Quit'?
- a newspaper report
- a playscript
- children's picture book ✓
- a poem
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What is the name of the author of 'The Day the Crayons Quit'?- 'Drew Daywalt' ✓
- What objects are the main characters in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'?
- gluesticks
- notebooks
- handwriting pens
- crayons ✓
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- Select the verb in this sentence: 'The crayon was annoyed.'
- The
- was ✓
- crayon
- annoyed
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- Select the sentence written in the present tense.
- I am excited. ✓
- I was excited.
- I will be excited.
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- Which sentence shows the character's emotion?
- The child was walking across the room.
- The child was sitting down.
- The child was happy. ✓
- The child was writing.
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Exit quiz
- Is this statement true or false? 'All the crayons were feeling the same emotions.'
- 'false' ✓
- What is the definition of 'emotion'?
- the way a person speaks
- the way a person feels ✓
- the way a person moves
- the way a person laughs
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- Why was the red one frustrated with Duncan?
- Duncan was using it too much. ✓
- Duncan was using it for the wrong drawings.
- Duncan was not using it enough.
- Duncan had broken it.
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- Which of the following are true of a simple sentence?
- It makes sense by itself. ✓
- It contains a conjunction.
- It contains a subordinate clause.
- It contains a verb. ✓
- It is a group of words. ✓
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- Which of these sentences is written in the progressive present tense?
- I am furious!
- I am feeling very frustrated. ✓
- I have been very upset.
- I will not be happy.
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- Which of these sentences is written in the perfect present tense?
- They are feeling exhausted this week.
- They were exhausted this week.
- They are exhausted this week.
- They have been exhausted this week. ✓
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Key learning points
- The crayons in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ use letters to explain to Duncan why they are going to quit.
- They all share different emotions in their letters.
- Simple sentences can be written in the simple present, progressive present and perfect present tense.
- A simple sentence is formed of a main clause; a main clause contains a verb and makes sense by itself.
- One type of simple sentence is the statement: it tells the reader a fact or an opinion.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that simple sentences that are statements can only give facts.
Simple sentences can be used to state facts, opinions and emotions.
Keywords
Character - a person, animal, being, creature or thing in a story
Emotion - the way a person is feeling
Present tense - tells the reader the action is happening now
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Statement - a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and most often ends with a full stop
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