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Year 5 - English

Rich vocabulary associated with a meal

Taste and smell words

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils learn a wider range of vocabulary to support writing descriptively about characters, settings and scenes, including ambitious vocabulary for taste and smell words that can be applied to descriptive writing passages.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to effectively use the words 'meagre' and 'hearty' and other rich vocabulary associated with a meal.

Key Notes

  • 'Meagre' is an adjective which means limited, small or not enough.
  • 'Hearty' is an adjective which means filling or wholesome.
  • 'Wholesome', 'sumptuous', 'lavish' and 'humble' are other adjectives related to a meal.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • noun: a naming word for people, places or things
  • adjective: a word that describes a noun
  • synonym: a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word
  • word pair: words that often appear together

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils will need further explanation on some of the more abstract word pairs. For example, a 'humble opinion' or a 'hearty welcome'.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

'Meagre' is an adjective which means limited, small or not enough. 'Hearty' is an adjective which means filling or wholesome.

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

a naming word for people, places or things.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Pupils will need further explanation on some of the more abstract word pairs. For example, a 'humble opinion' or a 'hearty welcome'. Correction: For each word pair that is more abstract, ask the pupils why something might be described in that way and put the word pair in a sentence to model to the pupils how to use it correctly.

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