The Twits Chapter 4 - Using Adjectives
This resource is chapter 4 of The Twits book looking at using adjectives and similes to describe Mrs Twit’s character.
It is a PowerPoint and can be amended accordingly.
The Twits Chapter 5-6 Structure of a story
The Twits Chapters 5 and 6 focus on structure of a story and using this to be able to identify how to create your own story.
Speech is also explored in this lesson.
The Twits Chapter 7 Structure and suffixes
The Twits Chapter 7 looks at how students can use the structure from the previous lesson and using speech to understand the structure and relate it to real life. Students to their own mischief tricks using language skills.
They will then move on to suffixes.
The Twits Chapter 8 Instructions & Imperative Verbs
The Twits chapter 8 focusses on command words and how to write a set of instructions focusing on different imperative verbs to use.
The Twits Chapter 9 Character viewpoints
The Twits chapter 9 focusses on character viewepoints and understanding what recounts are from different character perspectives.
The Twits Chapter 10 conjunctions
The Twits chapter 10 focusses on co-ordinating conjunctions using chapter 10 of the book. There are basic activities for the students to complete.
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The Twits Chapter 11 Informal letters
The Twits chapter 11 teaches students how to write informal letters and discussing the purpose and layout of the letters.
They will also link information in the texts.
The Twits Chapter 14 writing to discuss
The Twits Chapter 14 writing to discuss:
To be able to understand different types of writing.
To be able to understand how to write to discuss.
To be able to understand two different points of view.
To start forming two different points of view arguments.
The Twits Chapter 16 Adjective/First person voice
The Twits chapter 16 adjecitves and first person voice includes:
To be able to use the first person active voice
To be able to use adjectives to describe things that have already taken place
The Twits Chapter 15 Settings
The Twits Chapter 15 settings includes:
To be able to write a setting’s description of The Twit’s garden
To use powerful language to set settings for The Twits
The Twits Chapter 12 Formal Letters
The Twits Chapter 12 formal letters:
-Discuss the different types of letters and link it to the story
-Understand the structure of the letter and purpose of the letter
-To link information to the story
The Twits Chapter 13 expanded noun phrases
The Twits Chapter 13 looks at expanded noun phrases:
Using expanded noun phrases to add extra details to writing
Identify nouns and noun phrases
Expanding noun phrases in writing
The Twits Chapter 23 Tenses
The Twits Chapter 23 Tenses includes:
To be able to use the past and present tense correctly in writing
To be able to identify sentences that are written in the past tense
To be able to change verbs into the past tense
To be able to identify sentences that are written in the present tense
To be able to change verbs into the present tense
To be able to use tenses correctly and consistently in writing
The Twits Chapter 21 Up level sentences
The Twits Chapter 21 Up level sentences includes:
To understand how to uplevel sentences
To be able to add the correct punctuation to your sentences
To place expanded noun phrases in the correct order
To be able to use conjunctions to add more information to sentences
The Twits Chapter 24 planning a story
The Twits Chapter 24 planning a story includes:
To be able to plan ideas for stories
To be able to identify Roald Dahl’s style of writing
To be able to use Roald Dahl’s style of writing to plan your own writing
The Twits Chapter 22 Features of instructions
The Twits Chapter 22 Features of instructions includes:
To be able to write a set of instructions using the features of text type
To be able to use the features of instructions to create a strong set of instructions
The Twits Chapter 20 Acrostic poems
The Twits Chapter 20 Acrostic poems contains:
To recognize the features of acrostic poems
To understand that acrostic have the topic as the first letter
To look for the poem’s theme by reading the first letters vertically
To understand that acrostic poems don’t have to rhyme
The Twits Chapter 17 - Poetry/Limericks
The Twits chapter 17 - poetry/limericks includes:
To recognize the features of limerick poetry
To know how limericks start and end
To understand that limericks have 5 very rhythmic lines
To understand certain lines should rhyme.
The Twits Chapter 19 Poetry/Alliteration
The Twits Chapter 19 Poetry/Alliteration contains:
To learn what alliteration is
To be able to understand what alliteration is
To be able to recognize alliteration in a text
To be able to make your own examples of alliteration
The Twits Chapter 18 Poems/rhyming couplets
The Twits Chapter 18 Poems/rhyming couplets contains:
To identify and create rhyming couplets
To work with your teacher to create some more rhyming couplets
The Twits Chapter 28 Dilemma in story writing
The Twits Chapter 28 Dilemma in story writing includes:
To be able to understand the writing in the style of Roald Dahl
To be able to write the dilemma as a continual to the beginning and build up in the style of Roald Dahl