Character description of Jack in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can join two ideas together when describing Jack.
Key learning points
- Adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality, such as 'small, sneaky Jack'
- When using two adjectives, a comma is placed in between them, such as 'small, sneaky Jack'
- Two ideas can be joined together using 'and' to form one sentence
- Using 'and' connects two ideas together
- Referring to Jack as 'he' after naming him makes writing less repetitive.
Keywords
Character - a person or animal in a story
Personality - the special qualities that make a character themselves
Appearance - what someone or something looks like
Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas
Adjective - describes a noun
Common misconception
Pupils may find it difficult to generate appearance words and may use words like 'curious' to describe his appearance as well.
Provide images to support them with generating ideas and explain that they can describe the appearance of specific parts of Jack e.g. 'yellow wellies', 'brown eyes', 'wavy hair', 'long legs' etc.
Teacher tip
Write down the expanded noun phrases that pupils come up with in the first learning cycle. Give pupils access to these when they are writing their sentences for Task B.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Identify the comma.
Q2.Identify the adjective in the following sentence: 'The terrifying giant shouted loudly.'
Q3.What is the correct definition of an adjective?
Q4.Match the word to the word class.
Q5.Identify the adjectives in the following sentence: 'The strange, old man gave him some beans.'
Q6.Complete the following sentence: 'All simple sentences __________.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are characters from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?
Q2.We can use the joining word 'and' to ...
Q3.Identify the joining word in the following sentence: 'Jack was young and he had brown eyes.'
Q4.Which expanded noun phrases best describe Jack's character in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'?
Q5.Which joining word would join the following two simple sentences together? 'Jack was brave he had long, skinny legs.'
Q6.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
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