L.O. To revise the use of adverbs and adjectives in creative writing

1. L.O. To revise the use of adverbs and adjectives in creative writing Starter: • What are nouns? • What are verbs? • What are adjectives? • What are adverbs? Write a sentence containing an adjective and an adverb Underline the noun, the verb, the adjective and the adverb in your completed sentence

2. Alternative starter: Play ‘Consequences’ around the classroom • One person acts as ‘scribe’ • Class stand up • Teacher starts: The… • Next three people have to find three adjectives • The next person has to add a noun and so on… For example: The short, fat, hairy man went to the busy, expensive, posh shopping centre.

3. Reminder: • Nouns – the name of any animal, person, place or thing. For example: House, car, dog, banana, garden, man • Adjectives – describe a noun. For example: I picked a beautifulrose. • Verbs – ‘doing’ words. For example: Running, reading, cycling • Adverbs – describe a verb. For example:He spoke quickly.

4. Next steps: • Now you are going to work in groups to practise using adjectives and adverbs • Remember: Use the dictionary and thesaurus on your desk to help you to find exciting synonyms – be adventurous in your vocabulary

5. Group One: Task: Create sentences containing adjectives and nouns to describe these figures.(You will need to use verbs as well!)

6. Group Two: Task: Create sentences containing adjectives and nouns to describe the house and garden. (You will need to use verbs as well!)

7. Group Three: Task: Create sentences containing adverbs and verbs to describe what the man and the woman do and how they feel and behave. (You will need to use nouns as well!)

8. Now let’s put it all together: You should have: • A description of what the man and the woman look like • A description of the house and garden • A description of what the man and woman are doing and how they are feeling and behaving Work in groups to put your sentences together in complete paragraphs Check that it makes sense and make any necessary corrections Try to vary your sentence structure. For example, start some of the sentences with an adverb: For example: Lovingly, the woman looked at her husband. Feedback to the class: Read out your completed sentences to the class

9. Putting it all together…

10. Recap: What am I learning? • I am revising the use of nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in creative writing • I am revising how to identify nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in writing

11. Next steps: Continuing our story... • Nowwrite a paragraph in your book about what happens next to the man and the woman in their house Then: • Swap your books with your partner • Highlight the best noun, adjective, verb and adverb in the other person’s writing • Write a WWW and EBI for their work Feedback to the class

12. Feedback: • What have we learnt about using nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives? • WWW and EBI

13. Extension: Now: Extend and improve your piece of writing by adding at least one example of each of the following language devices to your story: • Alliteration • Emotive words • List of three • Metaphor • Simile • Personification • Onomatopoeia

14. Revision activity for metaphor and simile: The Metaphor and Simile Game