Writing Task 19

LO: I can analyse a setting description for a narrative.

I know what a setting is.

I can explain if a setting description is effective or not

and why.

I can identify the features in a piece of text such as

adjectives, adverbs, senses.

Writing Task 19

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Write the sentences below in your book or on a piece of paper and then underline the prepositions.

The cat sat under the bush as it was raining.

The girl walked slowly across the playground.

Harley put the book on the table.

The postman posted the letter through the letterbox.

Alfie was hiding behind the sofa.

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Answers to underlining the prepositions.

The cat sat under the bush as it was raining.

The girl walked slowly across the playground.

Harley put the book on the table.

The postman posted the letter through the

letterbox.

Alfie was hiding behind the sofa.

Describing a setting.All stories have at least one setting (place where the story happens). You describe the environment that the story takes place to give the reader a clear picture. The location, time and weather all play major points in a story, and a well-described setting can make it more interesting for readers to immerse themselves in the story.

A good story does not have too many settings. This is because a key part of the story is describing the setting – the reader wants to feel like they are in the story. If you have too many settings, chances are you will not describe them enough to make the story interesting (unless you are writing a novel!).

Where is your

character at the

beginning of the

story?

Your character

usually goes

somewhere.

Your character

returns to the

original place.

Your character stays

in the new place and

builds a life there.

or

WABOLL (What a bad one looks like!)

What do you think could be changed/improved

on this setting description?

The water was blue.

The waves were big.

The air was salty and

wet. It was cold.

Describing a setting

Now watch the short video about describing settings for

a story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BVOIyUnk6s

Describing a setting

On the next side is an example of a story

identifying how the features of sense

(smell, touch, taste, hearing, sight) have

been used. The text has been highlighted

in the colours orange, purple, pink,

green and blue according to the sense.

One morning there was a different smell in the air, and the ship was

moving oddly, with a brisker rocking from side to side instead of the

plunging and soaring. Jodie was on deck a minute after she woke up,

gazing greedily at the land: such a strange sight, after all that water, for

though they had only been at sea a few days, Jodie felt as if they’d been

on the ocean for months. Directly ahead of the ship a mountain rose,

green-flanked and snow capped, and a little town and harbour lay below

it: wooden houses with steep roofs, an oratory spire, cranes in the

harbour, and clouds of gulls wheeling and crying. The smell was of fish,

but mixed with it came land smells too: pine-resin and earth and

something animal and musky, and something else that was cold and blank

and wild: it might have been snow. It was the smell of the North.

Seals frisked around the ship, showing their clown-faces above the

water before sinking back without a splash. The wind that lifted

spray off the white-capped waves was monstrously cold, and

searched out every gap in Jodie’s wolf skin.

SIGHTHEARING

TOUCH

TASTE SMELL

Is this a good setting description? Can you imagine it vividly?

Your Task for Today

On a piece of paper or in your books,

write out the text on the next slide (or

print if you can).

Task: Using a highlighter or pen, highlight or

underline the adjectives, adverbs and senses.

Then label it to say whether it is an adjective,

adverb or senses and if so, what sense (smell,

sight, touch, taste, hearing).

Under the blazing hot sun, Danny lay face down in what he

recognised as being sand. The relentless waves in which he had

spent the last several hours being tumbled around, now gently

tickled his feet as the tepid water crept up and down the sandy

beach. This relief was short-lived however, as Danny was once again

at the mercy of the ocean. A sudden gush of salty sea water lifted

him up and out of his human-shaped dent on the sand and pushed

him into a tiny bay, much colder and more sheltered from the sun

than his previous location. Danny energetically rolled and spun in a

moment that felt like a lifetime, but the end result was that Danny

was now face-up, gazing gently, and could see everything around

him…

Under the blazing hot sun, Danny lay face down in what he recognised

as being sand. The relentless waves in which he had spent the last

several hours being tumbled around, now gently tickled his feet as the

tepid water crept up and down the sandy beach. This relief was short-

lived however, as Danny was once again at the mercy of the ocean. A

sudden gush of salty sea water lifted him up and out of his human-

shaped dent on the sand and pushed him into a tiny bay, much colder

and more sheltered from the sun than his previous location. Danny

energetically rolled and spun in a moment that felt like a lifetime, but

the end result was that Danny was now face-up, gazing gently, and

could see everything around him…

Adjectives Adverbs Touch sight

What did you think about the setting description?

Anything you would change?

Under the blazing hot sun, Danny lay face down in what he

recognised as being sand. The relentless waves in which he had

spent the last several hours being tumbled around, now gently

tickled his feet as the tepid water crept up and down the sandy

beach. This relief was short-lived however, as Danny was once again

at the mercy of the ocean. A sudden gush of salty sea water lifted

him up and out of his human-shaped dent on the sand and pushed

him into a tiny bay, much colder and more sheltered from the sun

than his previous location. Danny energetically rolled and spun in a

moment that felt like a lifetime, but the end result was that Danny

was now face-up, gazing gently, and could see everything around

him…

Exit ticket

Exit Ticket

The answer is Pirate.

What could the question be?

Exit ticket

Exit Ticket

The word is Pirate. What could the question be?

Below are some examples of questions.

Who goes hunting for treasure?

What is Captain Snatchit?

Who has a parrot on their shoulder?

Who has a map with an ‘x’ on it?

What is a villain/robber of the seas called?

What person likes to say “Aaarrrgghhh?”