using words to help someone imagine what something is like

Writing a character description of Paddington

English

In 'Wild', pupils will apply this descriptive writing to write a narrative with a beginning, middle and end. 

As part of 'Looking After Pets', pupils learnt to understand the interests and motivations of a character. In 'Paddington', pupils will build on this by writing character descriptions based on appearance and personality and joining these ideas together using 'and'.

'Paddington': reading and writing

Match each term to the correct definition.

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 'Paddington Bear' to show you are talking about him?

the capital letter starting the second idea

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

Paddington has a black, wet nose and he wears a red, floppy hat

Paddington has a black, wet nose. and he wears a red, floppy hat.

Paddington has a black, wet nose and He wears a red, floppy hat

Paddington has a black, wet nose and he wears a red, floppy hat.

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly? 

In the story 'Paddington', Paddington is the main ...

Which of these can be described in a character description?

What is the verb in the following sentence? 'Paddington slipped on the soap.'

What are the nouns in the following sentence? 'Paddington wears a red, floppy hat.'

What are the adjectives in the following sentence? 'Paddington wears a red, floppy hat.'

Which of these sentences is correctly punctuated?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Writing a character description of Paddington

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.