English LessonTuesday 21st April 2020

Tuesday 21st April 2020

Learning Objective: To use nouns and adjectives.

Success Criteria: I can define what a noun is.I can define what an adjective is. I can use an adjective to describe a noun.

Brain Starter Activity:Spelling the Days of the Week• Say the days of the week out loud with a

partner.

• Now fill in the missing letters to spell each day in the right order.

M _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ y

_ e _ _ _ _ _ _ _

T h _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ i _ _ _

S _ t _ _ _ _ _

S _ _ _ _ _

Brain Starter Activity:Spelling the Days of the Week

• Answers

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Part 1: Let’s learn about nouns

Hi my name is Naomi Noun and I

like naming things. My job is to

make sure people, places and

animals have a name.

Today we are going to learn about Nouns!

A noun is a naming word. It can

name a person, place or thing.

Name of a Person

Scarlett

footballer

doctor

teacher

boy

popstar

Name of a Place

school

London

shop

church

swimming pool

beach

Name of a Thing

book

cat

pencil

television

ball

chair

Can you find the noun in this sentence? Click to the next slide for the answer.

The dog is wet.

Can you find the noun in this sentence?

The dog is wet.

Answer: dog

Can you find the noun in this sentence? Click onto the next slide for the answer.

The trousers are blue.

Can you find the noun in this sentence? Click for the answer.

The trousers are blue.

Answer: trousers

Can you find the noun in this sentence? Click onto the next slide for the answer.

Look at the beautiful owl.

Can you find the noun in this sentence? Click for the answer.

Look at the beautiful owl.

Answer: owl

Task 1: Find the nouns in the story ‘The Frog Prince’

Remember yesterday’s story ‘The Frog Prince? Go through the story and write a list of 10 nouns from the story.

Your book should look like this.

Remember a noun is a naming word. It is the name of a person, place or object.

Task 1: Find the nouns in the story ‘The Frog Prince’

How many did you find? Some of the nouns I found are:

Person Place Object / Thing

prince

queen

princess

boy

witch

pond

bedroom

frog

ball

gold

crown

door

table

plate

box

pillow

Part 2: Let’s learn about adjectives

An adjective is a describing word.

There was a spider in the bathroom.

There was a huge, hairy spider in the bathroom.

+ adjectives =

A slug was in my kitchen.

A slimy, sticky slug was in my kitchen.

+ adjectives =

I found a ladybird on a leaf.

I found a tiny ladybird on a big leaf.

+ adjectives =

A butterfly flew into my house.

A blue and white butterfly flew into my house.

+ adjectives =

The worm dug through the soil.

The wiggly, pink worm dug through the soil.

+ adjectives =

Can you think of some adjectives to describe this picture?

Can you think of some adjectives to describe this picture?

big ginormous yellow spotty spikey ferocioussmoothshortlong

I have include some adjective word mats to give you some ideas about different adjectives you could use in your writing.

I have given a few different levels of examples. The children loved being exposed to more complex vocabulary and sometimes it is fun to learn new words! You could pick one word from mat 2 or 3 as a challenge word. Learn what it means and have

a go using it in a sentence.

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1

mat

1

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2

mat

3

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3

Naomi Noun told me how brilliant you were at finding nouns in your story. Now create some amazing descriptions by adding two or more adjectives to a noun in a sentence.

Task 2: Write 6 descriptive sentences!

• Pick 6 nouns you found in the story. • Write a simple sentence with an adjective to describe your noun.

For example: Level 1: Pretty princess. Green Frog. Happy boy. Level 2: The pretty princess wanted a ball.Level 3: The beautiful and confident princess wanted a ball. Level 4: The beautiful and confident princess wanted a gleaming gold ball.

Can you put a circle or underline around the adjectives in your sentence?

Book Look Example

Well done! If you want some extra practice with nouns you can play this fun game!

https://www.abcya.com/games/parts_of_speech_quest_nouns