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Describing the setting of 'Wild'

'Wild': reading and writing

Unit Summary

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Lesson Summary

You can write descriptive sentences about the setting in the story, 'Wild'.

Key Notes

  • Senses help us to experience and describe the setting, in this case, the forest.
  • The five senses are sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste.
  • An adjective or list of 2 adjectives can describe a noun, such as "wild forest" or "noisy, chirping birds".
  • Using descriptions with adjectives makes writing more interesting.
  • The joining word "and" can be used to join to complete ideas into a full sentence.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • setting: where the story takes place
  • sense: the physical abilities of sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste
  • adjective: a word that describes a noun
  • expanded noun phrase: a group of words with no verb that adds detail to a noun
  • sentence: an idea that makes complete sense including a verb

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils may try to join more than two ideas using "and".

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

Senses help us to experience and describe the setting, in this case, the forest. The five senses are sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste.

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

where the story takes place.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Pupils may try to join more than two ideas using "and". Correction: Remind pupils that "and" only likes to be used once in a sentence, joining only two ideas.

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