CHALLENGE: 2 minute Scramble

Aims for the lesson

1. To be able to recognise adjectives, verbs, nouns, pronouns, connectors & adverbs

2. To be able to recognise their use in narrative writing

3. To reflect on and correct quiz errors

Word Classes

a. A person, place, object, thing or idea. Can be more than one word e.g. bride and groom.

b. Modifies a verb & gives more information about how, where, when

c. Can replace a noun e.g. it, his, she, her

d. A describing word to add more information

e. Describes the action or thing being done

f. Links phrases, sentences, ideas.

What are the language characteristics of a narrative?

1. Nouns & noun phrases2. Adjectives3. Adverbs4. Verbs5. Pronouns6. Connectors

Group work task

1. In pairs

2. Read the narrative extract and identify examples of the different word classes.

3. Identify any words that you don’t know and find the meaning of them.

Verbs (13)

The bride and groom processed in. Presumably. For they were rendered invisible by the restaurant’s over-enthusiastic special effects – voluminous white clouds created by an excess of water on dry ice. Cameras flashed and videos whirred in vain as their operators fought for a glimpse of the couple through the fog. The guests could not actually see the couple but quite astutely stood up and applauded anyway, after all these were the guys paying for their dinner.

Nouns & noun phrases (16)

The bride and groom processed in. Presumably. For they were rendered invisible by the restaurant’s over-enthusiastic special effects – voluminous white clouds created by an excess of water on dry ice. Cameras flashed and videos whirred in vain as their operators fought for a glimpse of the couple through the fog. The guests could not actually see the couple but quite astutely stood up and applauded anyway, after all these were the guys paying for their dinner.

Pronouns (4)

The bride and groom processed in. Presumably. For they were rendered invisible by the restaurant’s over-enthusiastic special effects – voluminous white clouds created by an excess of water on dry ice. Cameras flashed and videos whirred in vain as their operators fought for a glimpse of the couple through the fog. The guests could not actually see the couple but quite astutely stood up and applauded anyway, after all these were the guys paying for their dinner.

Connectors (6)

The bride and groom processed in. Presumably. For they were rendered invisible by the restaurant’s over-enthusiastic special effects – voluminous white clouds created by an excess of water on dry ice. Cameras flashed and videos whirred in vain as their operators fought for a glimpse of the couple through the fog. The guests could not actually see the couple but quite astutely stood up and applauded anyway, after all these were the guys paying for their dinner.

Adjectives (4)

The bride and groom processed in. Presumably. For they were rendered invisible by the restaurant’s over-enthusiastic special effects – voluminous white clouds created by an excess of water on dry ice. Cameras flashed and videos whirred in vain as their operators fought for a glimpse of the couple through the fog. The guests could not actually see the couple but quite astutely stood up and applauded anyway, after all these were the guys paying for their dinner.

Adverbs (6)

The bride and groom processed in. Presumably. For they were rendered invisible by the restaurant’s over-enthusiastic special effects – voluminous white clouds created by an excess of water on dry ice. Cameras flashed and videos whirred in vain as their operators fought for a glimpse of the couple through the fog. The guests could not actually see the couple but quite astutely stood up and applauded anyway, after all these were the guys paying for their dinner.

How are they used in narratives?1. Nouns & noun phrases – describe the partci

pants, objects or concepts in a story2. Verbs – convey actions and proceedings of ev

ents3. Adjectives & adverbs – produce vivid descri

ptions4. Connectives – link sentences, ideas and para

graphs.5. Pronouns – replace nouns to avoid tedious r

epetition

Grammar Quiz corrections – 1)When it snowed, we all ran out of our houses and played

in the street. My brother and I had the chance to throw a snowball at that grumpy old woman from number five. What a laugh! // When she hurled one back we were surprised, but it made us happy to realise that she had some fun left in her. // Dad tried to take some photos of the event – I can’t wait to see them. If they’re clear enough, I’ll give her one.

Later, when we’d had a hot bath and supper, we watched the people walking about outside from the upstairs window. They were skidding about, sliding in the snow. As soon as they saw us, they pelted snowballs at the window.

Nouns – woods, paths, rain, horses, tracks, trees, sunshine, squirrels, people, gorse, bloom, grove of trees, caravan, moss, Graham, gap, boles

Adjectives – muddy, many, few, late, early, old, huge, wide

Grammar Quiz corrections – 2)