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Comparing adjectives and adverbs to show emotion

'Anna Hibiscus' Song': reading and writing

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils explore the characters, setting and plot in 'Anna Hibiscus' Song'. They apply their learning of adjectives to writing about characters and settings. In scaffolded writing tasks, they use adverbs to describe characters' actions, leading to writing a letter about their family.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to choose appropriate adjectives and adverbs to show a range of emotions.

Key Notes

  • Emotions can be different and shown in different ways, so descriptions must be chosen carefully
  • An emotion describes how someone is feeling
  • A character can feel different emotions at different points of a story
  • Including a range of adjectives to describe the same feeling stops repetition and makes writing more interesting
  • Adverbs can be used to show how someone feels when they do something, such as 'counts quietly' or 'cartwheels happily'.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • emotion: a feeling or mood
  • noun: a naming word
  • adjective: describes or adds detail to a noun
  • verb: a doing or being word
  • adverb: a word that describes or gives more information about a verb

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils may struggle to generate their own adverbs.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

Emotions can be different and shown in different ways, so descriptions must be chosen carefully. An emotion describes how someone is feeling.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'emotion'

a feeling or mood.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Pupils may struggle to generate their own adverbs. Correction: The focus of the lesson is using adverbs within a sentence, so provide as many as children may need. You can use word banks to support as well as lots of oral rehearsal.

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