a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

Developing vocabulary associated with inspiration

English

Developing vocabulary associated with happiness

Developing vocabulary associated with sadness

Developing vocabulary associated with anger

Developing vocabulary associated with friendship

In this unit, pupils have extended their vocabulary to learn new words for different feelings. In 'Spoken Language: Sharing your opinion', pupils will share their opinions on a range of topics and may use their extended vocabulary in their reasoning.  

In 'School Trip: Recount', pupils wrote about their own experience on a school trip and used viewpoint fronted adverbials to share their own opinions and feelings. In this unit, pupils will extend their vocabulary by learning new words for different feelings.  

In this unit, pupils learn a range of adjectives to describe their feelings. They learn about synonyms and explore making precise word choices. Pupils learn a range of vocabulary to describe feeling sad, happy and angry, as well as vocabulary associated with friendships and inspiration.

Feelings vocabulary

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Stax has an __________ mind that means he is always creating magical words in his head.' 

Fill in the missing word in the following sentence: 'Oz is a __________ musician; she wants to play the piano in concerts all over the world.' 

a naming word for a person, place or thing

What is the definition of an **adjective**?

a word that is next to another word in a sentence

feeling somebody else’s pain and wanting to help

What is the definition of 'compassionate'?

What is the adjective in the following sentence? 'The respectful child always listened to his teacher when she was explaining the task.'

What is the adjective in the following sentence? 'Oz felt included at break time because the children asked her to join in the game.'

Developing vocabulary associated with inspiration

Lesson outcome