using words to help someone imagine what something is like

Using evidence from 'Ada Twist, Scientist' to write a character description

English

Characters and plot in the story 'Ada Twist, Scientist'

The theme of resilience in 'Ada Twist, Scientist'

Using descriptive language to describe yourself

Exploring aspirations and the future: 'Ada Twist, Scientist'

In this unit, pupils applied their learning about descriptive writing to write a detailed character description of the character and themselves. In 'Otherwise', pupils will build on this by describing what they see on film.

In 'School Trip Recount', pupils described their feelings, activities and journey of a school trip. In this unit, pupils will build on this by writing a more detailed character description of themselves based on personal experiences.

In this unit, pupils will engage in the story, 'Ada Twist Scientist'. Pupils will compare stories by the same author and share their preferences about which book they'd like to read. Pupils write character descriptions of Ada Twist and then apply this to writing a description of themselves.

'Ada Twist Scientist': reading and writing

a full description describing a character's appearance and personality

Which of these expanded noun phrases might describe someone's appearance?

Which of these expanded noun phrases might describe someone's personality?

Which of these words can replace 'Ada Twist' to show you are talking about her?

When you use the joining word 'and', what does 'and' replace?

Ada Twist has bright, excited eyes and She has a curious, interested expression.

Ada Twist has bright, excited eyes and she has a curious, interested expression.

Ada Twist has bright, excited eyes. and She has a curious, interested expression

Ada Twist has bright, excited eyes And she has a curious, interested expression.

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly? 

Complete this sentence. In the story 'Ada Twist Scientist, Ada is the main ...

Which of these can be described in a character description?

Which of these words is the verb in the sentence? Ada's brother looks shocked.

Which of these words are the nouns in this sentence? Ada wears a red, spotty dress.

Which of these are adjectives in this sentence? Ada wears a red, spotty dress. 

My sister likes oranges. And she likes pears. 

My sister likes oranges and She likes pears. 

My sister likes oranges and she likes pears. 

My sister likes oranges. and she likes pears. 

Which of these is the correctly punctuated sentence?

Starter Quiz

Complete this sentence. In the story 'Ada Twist Scientist, Ada is the main ...