Language Tree SB 2

Unit 10

Writing: describe a scene 1 Work in a group. Choose a topic. ‘A Very Windy Day’ or ‘A Very Rainy Day’

Write the title of your topic in the middle of a large piece of paper.

2 Think of words to describe the day. Write them on a word web.

wild

“A very windy day”

What did you do?

What did you see?

What did you hear?

3 Write your own description of the day. This is your first draft.

4 Read what you have written.Think of three ways to improve it.

tall

and creaking

Revising checklist

Example: The trees are waving .

Have I used adjectives?

Have I said

Type your work. Revise and save it.

what I can see and hear? what I feel?

5 Revise your description and write it out neatly.

• Tell pupils to use the illustration as a stimulus to help them gather ideas for their writing. DA Exercise 2 (generating ideas): Pair pupils of different abilities, asking the more fluent writer to act as scribe. Alternatively, this can be a class exercise in which you write ideas on the board – demonstrating how to make a word web. Pupils go on to write their own first draft. • You may want to invite pupils to write a poem, using the words they have brainstormed.

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