Lesson Focus: To recount snow day

1. Lesson Focus: To recount snow day WALT: Use descriptive skills effectively

2. What is an adjective? • A word that describes a noun (object) • For example: glittery snow What is an adverb? • A word that describes a verb (action) • For example: The snow falls softly

3. Appeal to the reader’s senses: Task: Complete the acrostic poem with interesting adjectives and adverbs S N O W

4. What is a simile? • It compares one thing to another, often using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’. • For example: The goalkeeper is likea rock What is a metaphor? • It compares one thing to another, stating that one thing is something else. • For example: My baby brother is a little monkey

5. The Snowby Mrs Patel (aged 13) The snow does lie on the cold, hard ground. The air as clear and cool as a peppermint. All around, the trees and buildings are dusted with soft snow. The snow is dry and fine, like caster sugar which glints in the bright sunshine, and fresh footsteps lie crisp in the otherwise untouched snow.

6. ‘Paint a picture’ for the reader: • Task: Use imagery to add precision and detail to your description • Create a group poem about snow using similes and metaphors • For example: Snow is like a sprinkling of caster sugar (simile), snow is a blanket (metaphor)

7. Add more imagery… • What is personification? • It’s when an inanimate object is given human qualities • For example: The tree wept, the chair groaned, the train whistled • Extension: Include some personification in your group poem about snow

8. As the nights draw in…by Mrs Patel (2009) You wear a coat of blazing beauty; flaming reds and golden hues. Regally you stand, glory emanating from every inch of your being, heralding in the season. As the nights draw in shrouding us in darkness, you are like a beacon burning brightly, offering succour to all who care to gaze in wonder.