Character description activities based on well-known stories:
The Troll from Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Lion and the Mouse
Activity:
Read/watch the short story on YouTube
Read the simple character description
Highlight the adjectives in the text
Re-write and uplevel the description
Contains:
Short character descriptions for the troll and the lion & the mouse - multiple copies for children to complete individually/in pairs
Answer key for highlighted adjectives
Marking checklists with self assessment column
Set of 5 activity sheets.
Activity to improve children’s ability to follow instructions.
Children can read and follow the written instructions or the instructions can be cut off and read aloud to use the sheets as a listening task.
Game to help learners recognise parts of speech. Children take turns in a race to get 3 in a row. In order to claim a space on the board, the player has to write a word which is an example of that part of speech.
Can be laminated or used in wipe clean pockets to make the game boards reusable.
6 boards included.
Boards:
1 & 2 - Nouns, verbs, adjectives
3 & 4 - Adjectives and adverbs
5 & 6 - Noun, proper noun, adjective, verb, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection