Verbs

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Verbs starter activity

• In one sentence, write down one thing that you
  did yesterday.
• Hands up if youve written that you went
  somewhere or you played something?
• You have just used a verb in your sentence to
  tell me what you did.

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Verbs and Adverbs

• TWWL
• To know the difference between verbs and adverbs.
• To practice using verbs and adverbs.

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What are verbs?

• A verb is a doing or action word.
• A verb explains the action between people or
  things or what is happening.
• For example they listened for their
  favourite song.

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Why do we use verbs?

• Verbs must be used in sentences in order for them
  to make sense.
• Which sentence makes the most sense?.
• I walk to school
• I to school
• The first sentence makes the most sense
  because it has a verbs in it. Without the verb,
  the sentence doesnt make sense.

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Your Turn

• Where are the verbs in these sentences? Lets
  underline them together.
• My cat chases all the dogs in our street.
• Sit down quietly.
• Read the instructions carefully.
• I saw her at the concert last week.
• People crowded into the shop.

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Your Turn

• Fill in the gaps with suitable verbs.
• I _______ my dog for a walk every evening.
• Please _______ the building immediately.
• I ________ the piano every day.
• Her behaviour really _________ me.

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Adverbs starter activity

• Imagine that you are running towards the net and
  are about to score a goal, how are you running?
• The verb in this sentence is running. You should
  be thinking about how you are running, this will
  help you to understand what an adverb is.

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What are adverbs?

• If you answered with the words quickly,
  slowly, rapidly, enthusiastically, for
  example, then you have used an adverb.
• A verb is a doing word.
• An adverb describes how the verb is done.

Which is the verb and which is the adverb? James
walked slowly into school. Walked is the verb
and slowly is the adverb. She snored loudly in
her sleep. 'Snored is the verb and loudly is
the adverb.
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Add an adverb to each sentence

• For example the man is running quickly.
• 1. The boy is writing ___________.
• 2. The dog is snoring ___________.
• 3. She looked at him ____________ .
• 4. The little girl laughed ___________.

Choose from the words below slowly happily car
efully loudly hysterically
lovingly angrily
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• 1. Write 5 of your own sentences. Each sentence
  must include a verb and an adverb. You can choose
  from the ones in the table.
• 2. Draw a picture to go with each sentence.

Verb Adverb
Running Excitedly
Eating Slowly
Talking Loudly
Playing Quickly
Listening happily
watching carefully
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Guess the verb and adverb!

• Split into 2 teams.
• The youngest players team starts first.
• 1 person from this team will come to the front.
• The teacher will give you a secret verb and
  adverb to act out, e.g. sing loudly.
• You must try and get your team to guess in under
  1 minute. BUT, the other team can guess too.
• The first team to guess correctly gets a point,
  and another member of there team comes up.
• REWARD for the WINNING TEAM!!!

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Starter

• What is a noun?
• Write down five examples of nouns.
• What is a verb?
• Write down five examples of verbs.

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Starter

• What is an adjective?
• Write down 5 examples of adjectives.
• What is an adverb?
• Write down 5 examples of adverbs.

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Why use adjectives and adverbs?

• Consider the followingI was walking through
  the forest. The wind was blowing. The trees were
  shaking. The leaves on the ground crunched when I
  walked on them. I got a chill, and pulled my
  jacket tighter around me. I heard a scream behind
  me, and spun around. All I could see were
  shadows.Re-write this paragraph, putting in
  adjectives and adverbs.

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• Lets share some of our work...

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• What effect did adding the adjectives and adverbs
  have on the piece of writing?

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Independent work...

• Re-write the following, adding adjectives and
  adverbs where appropriateThe cat walked down
  the street. It saw a squirrel eating a nut on the
  kerb. The squirrel didnt see the cat. The cat
  crouched down, ready to jump. Its tail swished.
  It jumped. The squirrel ran. The cat walked off,
  clearly annoyed.

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• Lets share our work...

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Plenary

• How has the use of adverbs and adjectives
  improved your story?

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Extending a simple sentence

• The cat sat on the mat
• Draw the cat on your white boards

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Adjectives What kind of cat was it?

• The cat sat on the mat.
• The ferocious cat sat on the mat.

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Adjectives What kind of mat was it?

• The ferocious cat sat on the mat.
• The ferocious cat sat on the grassy mat.

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Adverbs How did he sit on the mat?

• The ferocious cat sat on the grassy mat.
• The ferocious cat sat angrily on the grassy mat.

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Clause Can you add some more information?

• The ferocious cat sat angrily on the grassy mat.
• The ferocious cat sat angrily on the grassy mat,
  because he had a thorn stuck in his paw.

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Look at my before and after pictures
Before..
After
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Now its your turn, extend this sentence

• The boy ran.
• Adjectives Describe the boy.
• Adverb How did he run?
• Clause Where was he running to or what was
  he running away from, remember your
  conjunction.

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I met two ladies called Miss Spink and Miss
Forcible.
Lets brainstorm ideas as a class.
Verbs Adverbs
Adjectives
e.g. Acting dramatically
e.g. Old

• How would Coraline describe them?
• What do they do?
• How does Coraline feel about them?

e.g. I felt annoyed they got my name wrong!
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I met two ladies called Miss Spink and Miss
Forcible.
What can we add to make this sentence more
interesting?
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There is a man who lives upstairs.
Brainstorm your ideas in pairs.
Verbs Adverbs
Adjectives

• How would Coraline describe him?
• What does he do?
• How does Coraline feel about him?

Extension Write an interesting sentence about
Mr Bobinsky (the man upstairs) from Coralines
point of view.
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Choose either Miss Spink, Miss Forcible or Mr
Bobo.Think about what these characters might
think or feel towards Coraline when they first
meet her.

• Task Write a diary entry from the perspective of
  Miss
• Forcible, Miss Spink or Mr Bobo about
  when they
• first meet Coraline.
• Write in first person and include adjectives,
  verbs and adverbs and make compound sentences.

REMEMBER Capital Letters and Full Stops!
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I met two ladies called Miss Spink and Miss
Forcible.
Adjectives
Verbs Adverbs
e.g. Acting dramatically
e.g. Old

• How would Coraline describe them?
• What do they do?
• How does Coraline feel about them?

e.g. I felt annoyed they got my name wrong!
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There is a man who lives upstairs.
Adjectives
Verbs Adverbs

• How would Coraline describe him?
• What does he do?
• How does Coraline feel about him?

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Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences

• TWWL
• To identify and use different types of sentences
  in your writing.

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Write down two examples of your own Simple
Sentences, then underline the subject, object
and verb.
Quick Question Why is varying your sentences so
important?
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What makes this sentence different to the first
one?
Your task
Write down two examples of your own compound
sentences. Some of you may be able to write
four.
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Look carefully at this sentence how is it
different to the first two?
Your task
Write down two examples of your own complex
sentences. Some of you may be able to write four.
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Complex Sentences

• In pairs, write six examples of complex
  sentences,
• making sure you write them out twice with the
• subordinate clause in different places both
  times.
• For example
• She put her coat on because she
• was cold.
• Because it was cold, she put her
• coat on.

Extension when you have finished, swap your work
and underline the subordinate clause in their
sentences.
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Writing to Imagine, Explore, Entertain

• Lesson 2

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Lesson Objective

• At the end of this lesson we will have improved
  our writing by using similes and metaphors.

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What is a simile?

• A simile is.

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• Using similes, create 5 sentences to describe
  the image.

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What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is

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• Using metaphors, create 5 sentences to describe
  the image.

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Task 1

• Using the following image and text as a starting
  point, write a description of the creature using
  similes and metaphors. Make sure you write in
  full sentences.

I was lying in bed one night when I heard the
closet door slowly creak open. I quickly hid
under my covers, leaving only my eyes exposed. I
saw a monster standing there. It.....
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• Lets share some of our descriptions!

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• Consider your own mini-saga.
• Do you use any similes or metaphors? If not, go
  back and add one simile and one metaphor. Dont
  worry if you go over the 50 word total.

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Plenary

• Why are similes and metaphors good literary
  devices to use when describing things?
• How do they improve your writing?

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Writing to Imagine, Explore and Entertain

• Lesson 3

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Lesson Objective

• At the end of this lesson we will have used
  adjectives and adverbs to improve our writing.

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Sentence Structure

• Aims
• Use a variety of sentence structures
• Shape sentences for impact

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Short sentences

• Short sentences are great for dramatic impact
  and to build up tension.

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Suspense

• To create suspense, dont give everything away
  at the start of your writing.
• Keep your reader
  guessing!

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Task

• Have a go at changing this paragraph to create
  more suspense
• There was a cat in the bag. Josephine didnt
  know what was in there and wanted to find out, so
  she put her hand in the bag. She screamed when
  she felt the cats fur.

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Did you get something like this?
Keeps the reader guessing

• Josephine approached the bag cautiously. She
  had to find out what was in there. Reaching in,
  her fingers felt something furry. She screamed.
  It was a cat!

Starting with a verb- gives variety.
Short sentences for impact- tension
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Long, complex sentences

• If you use too many short sentences then they
  will lose their impact and your writing will seem
  like a list.
• Therefore, long, complex sentences are great
  to build up the suspense and to add detail,
  especially to setting.

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• The old clock, with its gold gilded hands,
  struck midnight.
• The castle loomed ahead of me, the spears
  soaring majestically.
• Now have a go at writing a complex sentence-
  that adds detail to your setting.