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Character description of the giant in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
'Jack and the Beanstalk': reading and writing
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Lesson Summary
You will learn to join two ideas together when describing the giant.
Key Notes
- Adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality, such as 'enormous, greedy' giant.
- When using two adjectives, a comma is placed in between them, such as 'the enormous, greedy giant'.
- Two ideas can be joined together using 'and' to form one sentence.
- Using 'and' connects two ideas together.
- Referring to the giant as 'he' after naming him makes writing less repetitive.
Vocabulary To Learn
- 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: describes a noun
- joining word: a word that joins words or ideas
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may find it difficult to recognise that an idea must make sense on its own.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality, such as 'enormous, greedy' giant. When using two adjectives, a comma is placed in between them, such as 'the enormous, greedy giant'.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'character'
a person or animal in a story.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may find it difficult to recognise that an idea must make sense on its own. Correction: Support pupils using a sentence scaffold that guides them to join another complete simple sentence with 'and' rather than using 'and' followed by another phrase or expanded noun phrase.
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