Week 5 and 6

WALT write to describe

A New Way to Travel

Story Starter: Use this sentence in your writing

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No – it’s the magnificent eco-friendly flying machine ‘Zepper 2016’!

Soaring to Great Heights

Story Starter: Use this sentence in your writing

Things were about to take a drastic turn for the worse...

Beneath the Surface

Story Starter: Use this sentence in your writing

He looked down. There was still such a long way to go...

Your Choice - Early Finisher

Once you have completed ALL THREE writing tasks, go back and check that you have included ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS to make your writing more interesting.


Select your own image to write about. Remember to:

  1. give your writing a title

  2. insert your picture

  3. complete the planning

  4. include adjectives and adverbs in your writing

Workshop Activities: To be completed with your teacher

Sick Sentences

Can you improve these sentences by including more descriptive words (nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs)

TEACHER MODEL:

The climber held on to the rope. His hands were sore. His muscles ached.

YOUR TURN: Improve these sentences.

It was a long way down. The water was cold.

Sentence Challenge

Can you make a list of feelings that you might experience if you were in the plane?

E.g. Excited, shocked, nervous…


Can you start a sentence using one of these feelings?


E.g. Shocked, the girl gasped as she noticed that it was now flying next to them...


Sentence Challenge

Onomatopoeia is the creation of a words that imitate natural sounds, such as swish and splash.

  1. What sounds could you hear during a thunder storm?

  2. Can you write a sentence or few describing what it would be like to be caught in a storm, using some of your ideas from above?

Try starting and ending a sentence with an example of onomatopoeia?

Identifying Descriptive Language

  1. Underline any powerful words that stand out to you.

  2. Underline as many ADJECTIVES as you can.

  3. Underline as many ADVERBS as you can.

  4. Highlight/ circle the part which describes the following sentences:

  • The river is windy

  • The river is dangerous

  • The water is cold

5. Can you find the sentences that describe:

  • SIGHT/ SEE

  • SMELL

  • TASTE

  • SOUND

  • TOUCH


Now let's have a go and putting it all together:

Write one paragraph to describe WATER. Think about the things you can see, smell, taste, hear and touch. Don’t forget to use powerful words, adjectives and adverbs and to use plenty of your senses to describe.

(Print out link to the left for students)

Editing - Capital Letters and Full Stops

WALT use capital letters and full stops in the correct place

Teacher Model:

  • i saw a giraffe at the zoo it was as tall as a house

  • after tea I went to the murray helberg park my friend peter was there

  • the explorers is my favourite book to read


Follow up: Worksheet below

Sentence Punctuation.pdf

Spelling - They're There Their?

WALT understand the difference between they're, there and their

Teacher Model:

  • Look at the beautiful horizon over _____.

  • _____ is nobody home at the moment.

  • As soon as _____ here, we can leave.


Follow up: Worksheet below

They're There Their.pdf