Starter quiz
- In 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey'. Who is in this painting?
- Edward VI
- Mary I
- Lady Jane Grey ✓
- Lady Jane Grey's ladies-in-waiting ✓
- a person who works at the Tower of London ✓
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- Match each section of the single paragraph outline to its function ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire').
- topic sentence⇔first sentence of your paragraph stating its main focus ✓
- supporting details⇔notes vocabulary, techniques and ideas you will include ✓
- concluding sentence⇔completes your ideas and leads onto the next paragraph ✓
- Lady Jane Grey was executed in 1553 after ______ days, making her the shortest reigning monarch in English history ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire').
- 'nine' ✓
- A ______ omniscient narrator is when the narrator isn't a character in the story and presents the feelings and experiences of multiple characters using pronouns like 'she', 'he', 'they', 'it'.
- 'third person' ✓
- Which sentences, all inspired by 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire'), use the word sumptuous (or a form of it) correctly?
- The sumptuous fur cloak draped against the young girl's arms. ✓
- The axe was sumptuous, with a sharp, shining blade.
- The executioner looked down sumptuously.
- The sumptuous dress lay in her lap, and she stroked its golden threads. ✓
- Would she always remember the sumptuousness of the cell?
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- Which sentences, all inspired by 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire'), use the word suppress (or a form of it) correctly?
- The atmosphere of the cell was suppress.
- She wanted to cry out, but she suppressed her sobs. ✓
- She looked round suppressively, hoping someone would come to her aid.
- The executioner suppressed his axe, laying it on the ground until needed.
- There were many emotions in the cell, but each chose to suppress them. ✓
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Exit quiz
- What might you do in your final paragraph of a piece of descriptive writing? (Myths, legends and stories that inspire').
- repeat each of your topic sentences
- repeat certain ideas or phrases from your first paragraph ✓
- rewrite your first paragraph
- summarise everything you have described
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- A ______ is the first sentence of a paragraph and states the paragraph's main focus ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire').
- 'topic sentence' ✓
- Which sentences, all inspired by ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire'), are written using the third person?
- "I will never forget this horror," she said. ✓
- I murmured under my breath that I forgave him.
- She forgave me immediately, without a second thought.
- She felt the block beneath her hand; the wood was splintered and rough. ✓
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- Which sentences, all inspired by 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire'), use the word 'ensnared' (or a form of it) correctly?
- She looked ensnaringly at the executioner.
- She wound her hands through the dress, ensnaring them in the fabric. ✓
- Previously, her hands had been ensnared in chains, but now they were free. ✓
- The time had come for her to be ensnared by the axe.
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- The word ______ means expensive looking, luxurious and rich and is often used to describe fabric ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire').
- 'sumptuous' ✓
- When talking about an emotion, the word ______ means to bottle this emotion up, or to conceal it ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire').
- 'suppress' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- In descriptive writing, sometimes developing the description of small details can be very engaging.
- To structure your piece, you could link the concluding sentence of paragraphs to the next topic sentence.
- To structure your piece, your first and final paragraph could repeat selected ideas or images.
Common misconception
Once you have used an image or idea in a piece of writing, you can't reuse it in the same piece.
Sometimes repeating an idea or image throughout a piece can help give it a sense of structure. You might change certain details, but you can repeat them.
Keywords
Third person omniscient - the narrator isn't a character in the story and presents the feelings and experiences of multiple characters using pronouns like 'she', 'he', 'they', 'it'
Sumptuous - expensive looking, luxurious, rich
Ensnared - caught in, usually some sort of trap
Suppress - of an emotion, to keep it hidden or bottled up
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