Detailed Noun Phrases for Character Descriptions in a Year 4 Class Project
Engage your students in writing reports by using precise noun phrases to describe characters, such as Max, a boy aged 11. Explore how adjectives and prepositional phrases can add depth to character profiles. This interactive lesson involves creating Wanted posters and newspaper reports for a captivating story about a missing ornament.
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Noun Phrases to Describe Characters This sequence was used with a Year 4 class who were writing reports about the disappearance of a valuable ornament (a large china cat) from the school library. They created a Wanted poster and a newspaper report. The slides were used to model how noun phrases can create precise and detailed descriptions of a character.
Max , a boy aged 11 was last seen after taking a trip away from home. Have you seen this boy ? Last seen wearing a blue and red t-shirt with a square football motif on the top left. Max has a long oval face, pale skin with a few freckles on his nose and dark blue eyes. His hair is dark blonde with a spiky parting on the left hand side. Usually he is friendly and smiling. He is close to his family, so this disappearance is extremely unusual. He often greets people with the word 'Aloha' instead of 'Hello' and 'Chow' instead of 'Goodbye'. Help us find him. Urgently!
Max was last seen after taking a trip away from home. Have you seen this boy ? Last seen wearing a t-shirt. Max has face, skin and eyes. His hair is dark blonde with a parting. Usually he is friendly and smiling. He is close to his family, so this disappearance is extremely unusual. He often greets people with the word 'Aloha' instead of 'Hello' and 'Chow' instead of 'Goodbye'. Help us find him. Urgently! Oh, dear! That s not much help!
Max was last seen after taking a trip away from home. Have you seen this boy ? Last seen wearing a blue and red t-shirt. Max has a long oval face, pale skin and dark blue eyes. His hair is dark blonde with a spiky parting. Usually he is friendly and smiling. He is close to his family, so this disappearance is extremely unusual. He often greets people with the word 'Aloha' instead of 'Hello' and 'Chow' instead of 'Goodbye'. Help us find him. Urgently! Add precise adjectives to describe him
Max , a boy aged 11 was last seen after taking a trip away from home. Have you seen this boy ? Last seen wearing a blue and red t-shirt with a square football motif on the top left. Max has a long oval face, pale skin with a few freckles on his nose and dark blue eyes. His hair is dark blonde with a spiky parting on the left hand side. Usually he is friendly and smiling. He is close to his family, so this disappearance is extremely unusual. He often greets people with the word 'Aloha' instead of 'Hello' and 'Chow' instead of 'Goodbye'. Help us find him. Add prepositional phrases after the noun to describe him Urgently!
Description Detectives Build some precise prepositional phrases to describe your missing object. These begin with prepositions like: with, on, of, under, near, by, in, for List some precise adjectives to describe your missing object
