This week, we have been developing our knowledge and skills in using certain types of words to make our writing more exciting. Can you spot them on our working wall?
Adverbs
We started the week applying our knowledge of adverbs. We wrote sentences about a soldier from Ancient Greece who returned to Athens from a war.
Using an adverb makes our writing more exciting because it gives us more information about the verb. Some of us wanted an extra challenge so we used the adverb at the start of the sentence and followed the adverb with a comma.
Prepositions
Having mastered adverbs, we moved on to identifying prepositions.
For a challenge, we tried some SATs style questions to show off how confident we felt about finding prepositions in sentences.
Being able to confidently identify prepositions set us up to compose our own sentences using prepositions. For those of us wanting a further challenge, we included adverbs to help the reader picture the scene.
Next week, we will be planning and drafting our recount. I can’t wait to see how these sentences develop into a descriptive recount! Watch this space for copies of the finished pieces!
Help at home
Play a game of adverb charades – Mime performing an action, such as skipping, in the style of an adverb. The rest of the players must then try to guess the adverb.
Example – while skipping with a big smile and swinging my arms, I could be miming the adverb ‘excitedly’.
Bonus points for any unusual adverbs!