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My name is Mrs Wood

My name is Mrs Wood. DO NOW: Write down on your MWB anything you know about Milner Field. We will put our hands up. We will be kind. We will listen. In groups , write words and phrases that describe your picture. Don’t let the other groups see your picture!. Old building.

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My name is Mrs Wood

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  1. My name is Mrs Wood

  2. DO NOW: Write down on your MWB anything you know about Milner Field.

  3. We will put our hands up We will be kind We will listen

  4. In groups, write words and phrases that describe your picture. Don’t let the other groups see your picture! Old building Gothic style

  5. Milner Field WALT: To retrieve information and evidence from different texts and to explore descriptive writing.

  6. In groups, write words and phrases that describe your picture. Old magnificent building Moss covered turrets Gothic style arch windows CLEVER CLOGS BOX: Build your descriptions, using adjectives and nouns.

  7. In groups, write words and phrases that describe your picture. Pointy/ sharp – like needles Chimney smoke – wood/ coal The wind whistled through the chimneys Triangle roofs Old magnificent building Moss covered turrets Gothic style arch windows Smell of damp CLEVER CLOGS BOX: Build your descriptions, using the senses. Dark shadows Hedges stopped the sunlight

  8. In groups, write words and phrases that describe your picture. The top of the roof had steeples that looked like needles. Pointy/ sharp – like needles Chimney smoke – wood/ coal The wind whistled through the chimneys Triangle roofs Old magnificent building Moss covered turrets Gothic style arch windows Smell of damp CLEVER CLOGS BOX: Can you improve any of your descriptions to make them into similes and metaphors? Dark shadows Hedges stopped the sunlight Hedge walls stopped any sunlight breaking through.

  9. In groups, write words and phrases that describe your picture. The top of the roof had steeples that looked like needles. Pointy/ sharp – like needles Chimney smoke – wood/ coal The wind whistled through the chimneys Triangle roofs Old magnificent building Moss covered turrets Remove your picture and give your description to another group. Gothic style arch windows Smell of damp Dark shadows Hedges stopped the sunlight Hedge walls stopped any sunlight breaking through.

  10. In groups, write words and phrases that describe your picture. The top of the roof had steeples that looked like needles. Pointy/ sharp – like needles Chimney smoke – wood/ coal The wind whistled through the chimneys Triangle roofs Old magnificent building Moss covered turrets Gothic style arch windows Smell of damp Dark shadows Hedges stopped the sunlight Hedge walls stopped any sunlight breaking through.

  11. In groups, write words and phrases that describe your picture. The top of the roof had steeples that looked like needles. Pointy/ sharp – like needles Chimney smoke – wood/ coal The wind whistled through the chimneys Triangle roofs Old magnificent building Moss covered turrets Gothic style arch windows Smell of damp Are they similar or different, to the original? Dark shadows Hedges stopped the sunlight Hedge walls stopped any sunlight breaking through.

  12. What do you think happened?

  13. The Curse of Milner Field… ?

  14. In groups, arrange the tragic events in chronological order.

  15. Answers:

  16. CLEVER CLOGS BOX: 1) This extract is from the Bingley Guardian newspaper. What form of writing is it? 2) How could you change it to make it into a descriptive story? What would you add to it? 3) What if Milner Field actually is cursed? Perhaps the curse is still there today – what will happen at Milner Field next?

  17. Write your introduction to the story of the next event at Milner Field. Remember to use: • Adjectives • Sensory language • A simile • A metaphor • An adverb

  18. Write your introduction to the story of the next event at Milner Field. Remember to use: • Descriptive words (adjectives). • The senses – what you can see, feel, hear, smell and taste. • A simile – making a comparison to something else using ‘like’ or ‘as’. • A metaphor – making a comparison to something else but saying it is that thing. • An adverb (a word that describes the way an action is carried out) – try to start one of your sentences with an adverb.

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