Character description of the wolf in 'The Three Little Pigs'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can join two ideas together to describe the wolf.
Key learning points
- Adjectives can be used to describe a character's personality, such as 'cunning' wolf.
- Adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance, such as 'furry' wolf.
- When you use two adjectives to describe a noun, you need to separate them with a comma.
- Two ideas can be joined together using 'and' to form one compound sentence.
- In a compound sentence, each idea must make complete sense.
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
Adjective - adds detail to a noun
Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas
Common misconception
Pupils may not know what constitutes 'one single idea' to effectively create a compound sentence.
Use the sentence scaffolds as much as possible, so that pupils are only adding their own adjectives. The purpose of this lesson is initial introduction to joining two ideas, rather than expecting them to be secure, so model as much as is needed.
Teacher tip
Create a class word bank to provide or show pupils as you go in the lesson to help them to think of and spell the adjectives to describe the wolf.
Equipment
You need a copy of 'The Three Little Pigs', which is in the additional resources for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these are characters in 'The Three Little Pigs'?
Q2.Complete the sentence: An adjective ...
Q3.Which of these are adjectives?
Q4.Match the word to its definition.
what someone or something looks like
what someone's character is like on the inside
adds detail to a noun
Q5.Which of these descriptions would you use to describe the pigs' appearance?
Q6.Which of these descriptions would you use to describe the pig's personality?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these might be appropriate adjectives to describe the wolf's personality or feelings?
Q2.Which of these might be appropriate adjectives to describe the wolf's appearance?
Q3.Which punctuation type separates two adjectives in an expanded noun phrase?
Q4.Match the word to its example.
sharp, stained teeth
greedy
wolf
Q5.Which is the correctly punctuated expanded noun phrase?
Q6.Which is the correctly punctuated sentence?
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