Using exciting adjectives - Taj Mahal

Lesson 3 in the writing unit where children are learning to write a setting description.

This lesson focuses on using exciting adjectives and vocabulary to describe the setting.

Children are also challenged to use a simile if they have learned about this previously. Aimed at a Year 4/5 class. Activity is differentiated 4 ways, for LA, MA and HA Y4 children and then Y5 children.

Lesson contains;

• Recap features of a good setting description
• Using the adjective ‘big’ as a boring example and up-levelling this as class using synoyms and looking these up in a thesaurus
• Recap of our setting - The Taj Mahal
• Brainstorm in small groups to create synonyms, using thesaurses to help
• Whole class writing using the brainstormed words to create a descriptive and exciting sentence
• Peer-assessment of the class written sentence
• Independent work, children are using the differentiated worksheets to improve the provided sentences and then write their own.