Writing a postcard with descriptions and questions
I can write a postcard from Paddington's perspective, including descriptions and questions.
Writing a postcard with descriptions and questions
I can write a postcard from Paddington's perspective, including descriptions and questions.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Adding descriptive language to a postcard helps the reader imagine what the place is like.
- Two adjective sentences need a comma in between the two adjectives, such as 'black, zooming taxi'.
- Asking a 'Did you know ...?' question teaches someone a fact about something, in this case, London.
- A postcard should end with naming who the postcard is from, in this case, Paddington.
Keywords
Description - using words to help someone imagine what something is like
Question - a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark
Question mark - a punctuation mark used at the end of a question
Fact - something that is known to be true or proved
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to generate descriptions or facts.
Refer back to the setting description lesson and have pupils use their word banks and senses maps to help join ideas together. Facts are 'drip-fed' throughout the lesson. Keep referring back to them and tell pupils that they can choose one of these.
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2014 Harper Collins Children's Books edition of 'Paddington' by Michael Bond, illustrated by R. W. Alley for this lesson.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match each punctuation mark to its name.
full stop
exclamation mark
question mark
comma
Q2.Which of these words might you use if you are writing from Paddington's point of view?
Q3.Identify the expanded noun phrase in the following sentence: 'I travelled in a black, zooming taxi.'
Q4.Which of these words are adjectives?
Q5.Match each sense to its past tense verb.
felt
heard
tasted
smelt