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Year 6 - English

Rich vocabulary associated with happiness

Emotions 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 emotions words that can be applied to descriptive writing passages.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to effectively use the words 'ecstatic', 'gleeful' and other rich vocabulary associated with happiness.

Key Notes

  • 'Ecstatic' is an adjective which means blissful or perfectly happy.
  • 'Gleeful' is an adjective which means cheerful or merry.
  • 'Exhilarated' is an adjective which means excited or thrilled.
  • 'Light-hearted', 'overjoyed' and 'contented' are other rich vocabulary associated with happiness.

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 may find 'exhilarated' hard to use in a sentence with the word pairs provided.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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

'Ecstatic' is an adjective which means blissful or perfectly happy. 'Gleeful' is an adjective which means cheerful or merry.

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 may find 'exhilarated' hard to use in a sentence with the word pairs provided. Correction: Provide pupils with additional sentences using this word so they can hear how to use it in context.

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