Example English post 2

Example for Literacy Shed - Y3/4. 

The information is copied and slightly adapted from the teacher guidance (just in terms of language for children and parents). All information is from the free resources available from the Literacy Shed with the film.

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Today, we are going to be learning to use extended sentences to describe a setting.

Start by watching the first 10 seconds of the clip and stopping. 

What is in the water? What will it do? 

The film is called Marshmallows. 

Why do they think this is? 

Now watch the film and stop at 18 seconds. What do you think now? Have you changed your mind? 

Play the rest of the clip and stop at 1m20s. What do you think the boy will do? 

Play to the end.

Today you are going to become ‘Setting Sleuths’ and use your sleuthing skills to look for as many details about the setting as possible. On a sheet of paper, record as much information about the setting as you can remember. Now watch the film again, this time only pay attention to the setting and not the characters or the action.
How many other things do you notice, can they explain where they were? Could you use an expanded noun phrase? Can you describe where things were?

The moonlight was reflected on the ripples of the lake, there was a fire in the forest, there were

thick trees by the edge of the water. 

Could you start with preposition phrases?

 In the distance, there were mountains. Around the fire, there were stones. 

Go back to your sentences and to add detail and extend your sentence....

  There were thick trees by the edge of the water. 

Look at how this could be extended. 

There were several thick trees, with huge trunks, standing by the edge of the water. There were thick trees, which made good hiding places, by the edge of the water. 

Use the sentences above and your ideas to extend your sentences with additional information and detail. Send these to us at debeauvoirprimaryschool@gmail.com or send us a comment.