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Tadeo Jones
Lesson 1
WALA expanded noun phrases
Expanded noun phrases
What is an expanded noun phrase?
Some of you may remember what an expanded noun phrase is from the work you did in Year 2.
Let’s go over it to make sure.
First you need to know what a noun phrase is…
A noun phrase
A noun phrase uses a determiner and a noun.
a catA determiner introduces the noun.
The noun is the thing.
his house
Can you spot the determiners and the nouns?
the bike
an umbrella
the bike
his house an umbrella
determiner noun
Expanded noun phrases
An expanded noun phrase gives further information about the noun.
a beautiful cat a mysterious cat
a beautiful, mysterious cat
That’s it!Did you think it would be harder?Can you come up with some expanded noun phrases of your own?Look around and choose a thing (noun) and thendescribe it.
Here’s mine –
a cup
a white cup
a white coffee cup
I bet yours is better!
I could make my expanded noun phrase more interesting by adding a prepositional phrase.A prepositional phrase tells you where the noun is.
a white coffee cup next to my laptop
Can you add a prepositional phrase to your expanded noun phrase?
Now you know how easy expanded noun phrases are, you can try a work sheet.
There are three to choose fromLemon & herb HotExtra Hot
Expanded Noun PhrasesI can add adjectives to nouns to create expanded noun phrases.
Look at each sentence below. The noun phrases are very short. Can you improve the sentences by expanding the noun phrases? The first one has been done for you.
1. The red car drove down the long road.
2. The woman climbed the mountain.
3. There was a spider crawling up the wall.
4. The children ate the picnic.
5. The cat chased the mouse.
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Expanded Noun PhrasesI can add adjectives to nouns to create expanded noun phrases.
Look at each sentence below. The noun phrases are very short. Can you improve the sentences by expanding the noun phrases? The first one has been done for you.
1. The car drove down the road. The red sports car drove down the long, winding road.
2. The woman climbed the mountain.
3. There was a spider climbing up the wall.
4. The children ate the picnic.
5. The cat chased the mouse.
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Expanded Noun PhrasesI can add modifying nouns and adjectives to create expanded noun phrases.I can include prepositional phrases to expand noun phrases.
Look at each sentence below. The noun phrases are very short. Can you improve the sentences by expanding the noun phrase and adding a relevant prepositional phrase to give the reader more detail? The first one has been done for you.
1. The car drove down the road. The impressive sports car with huge, black tyres drove down the winding country road.
2. The woman climbed the mountain.
3. There was a spider climbing up the wall.
4. The children ate the picnic.
5. The cat chased the mouse.
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Constructing an Expanded Noun PhraseA noun is a thing, person or idea. An expanded noun phrase provides extra information about the noun. You can use a determiner, adjectives and a prepositional phrase within your expanded noun phrase to describe and specify details about the noun.
Determiner Adjectives Noun Prepositional Phrase
A determiner is a word which comes before a noun or any modifiers, such as adjectives. They introduce the noun and give the reader important information about it.
thea
anmy
theseherouryourfive
somemanythose
Adjectives are words which describe a noun. You can use two adjectives to describe a noun but they must be separated by a comma, e.g. the huge, hairy spider.
colourfulgigantic
miniaturepristine
dilapidatedancient
obnoxiousmischievous
crumpledecstatic
muscularrectangular
The noun is the thing, person or idea that the expanded noun phrase is about.
socksbus
enginebottle
televisionpond
custardpaperlettuce
caravantongueLinda
imagination
A preposition is a word which indicates place or direction. A prepositional phrase usually includes a preposition and a noun or a pronoun.
beside the rivernear the townin the water
during the nightthrough the winter
this eveningon the table
between the housesunderneath the waterfall
before morningtowards home
Use the boxes above to plan out and construct an expanded noun phrase, such as: the fierce, ugly troll beneath the bridge
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Lesson 2WALT use sense to describe a setting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBp0Cvj-KoE
Watch the film until 3:30. STOP! (Don’t cheat…)
Watch that part again but this time I want you to think about your senses. If you were Tadeo, what can you see, hear, feel and smell? Make a list of words.
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Remembertoincludeexpandednounphraseswhereappropriate.
SeeE.g.Pitch-black,windingtunnels.
HearE.g.Haunting,howlingwind.
SmellE.g. Dampearth.
Feel/touchE.g.Close,claustrophobicfeeling.
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Choose your challenge
Lemon & herb -
Use your senses to collect adjectives to describe the inside of the Egyptian tomb.
Hot -
Use your senses to collect adjectives to create expanded noun phrases. You could use a thesaurus to help.
Extra hot -
Use your senses to collect adjectives to create expanded noun phrases. You could use a thesaurus to help. Add in prepositional phrases to write a short paragraph about being in the tomb.
Lesson 3
WALT use figurative language to describe a setting
We are working towards writing a detailed setting description of the Egyptian tomb.Today you are going to explore similes and metaphors to describe the different features of the tomb.
What is a simile?
A simile is a comparison which finds similar characteristics in two objects and compares them, always by using the words 'like' or 'as’. E.g. The clouds were like cotton wool. We use similes to make their writing richer and give the reader a good picture of what is being described. Similes are a form of figurative language and are sometimes used alongside metaphors.
What is a metaphor?A metaphor makes a direct comparison to something else, but isn't literally true. Metaphors don't use the words 'like' or 'as'. E.g. The cotton wool clouds.
This is a picture of the moon. What do you think it looks like?
I think it looks like a plate.A simple simile would be –The moon was like a plate in the sky.I could make my simile more interesting by saying –The moon was like a round, pale plate in the sky.
I could make my simile into a metaphor by saying it is something. The moon was a round, pale plate in the sky.
What has changed?I have taken the word like out.
You are now going to create some similes or metaphors using these words. Some words are adjectives and some are nouns. You will need one of each.
If you would like to, you could use resource sheet 2a and cut out the words.
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black light silent dry
death quiet clear old
ice hills plain life
brave feather coal pale
mud big grave day
dry bone time cold
old solidChurchmouse lion
large dust elephant rock
I will start!
My first word is an adjective - old. So, I am going to make a simile for it by adding a noun -as old as time
When you have matched the words to make similes, can you match your simile to one of the pictures on sheet 2b?
The statue was as old as time.
I could make my sentence even more interesting by adding an expanded noun phrase.
The cold, looming statue was as old as time.
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Lesson 4
WALT use personificationIn this lesson you will be exploring personification. Personification gives an object human characteristics such as emotions, sensations, speech or actions.
The punishing waves crashed ferociously and swallowed the poor swimmer. The waves are described as 'punishing' and 'ferocious'. They are also given a human action – swallowing. We know that waves cannot literally swallow things!
Think of some human actions. standing, sitting, hopping, walking, running etc.
These are all verbs.
Look at this image from inside the tomb. There are shadows.Can you match a human action to the shadows inthe tomb? What are they doing?
Here are some of my ideas.
The shadows creep along the walls. The shadows leap and dance in the lamplight. The shadows follow and chase me menacingly.
The shadows creep along the walls.
The shadows leap and dance in the lamplight.
The shadows follow and chase me menacingly.
I have used verbs to give the shadows human actions.
I have also used an adverb for more description.
Lemon & herb Can you match human actions to the objects? Write sentences for some of the picturesusing personification which make sense.
Hot Can you match human actions to the objects? Write a range of sentences for some of the picturesusing personification which make sense.
Extra hot Write a range of sentences to describe the actions of objects. Include adverbs to improve the personification.
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