a person, animal, being, creature or thing in a story

tells the reader the action is happening now

a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense

a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and most often ends with a full stop

Exploring the characters' emotions in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'

English

In this unit, pupils learned how to use first person when writing in character for the purpose of writing a letter. In, 'The Journey', pupils will continue to write in character for the purpose of writing a diary.

 - In ‘The Man on the Moon’, pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils learn how to use complex sentences when giving an opinion and a reason. 

'The Day the Crayons Quit': reading and writing persuasive letters

Is this statement true or false? 'All the crayons were feeling the same emotions.'

Duncan was using it for the wrong drawings. 

Why was the red one frustrated with Duncan?

Which of the following are true of a simple sentence?

Which of these sentences is written in the **progressive** present tense?

Which of these sentences is written in the **perfect** present tense?

What kind of text is 'The Day the Crayons Quit'?

What is the name of the author of 'The Day the Crayons Quit'?

What objects are the main characters in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'?

Select the verb in this sentence: 'The crayon was annoyed.'

Select the sentence written in the present tense. 

Which sentence shows the character's emotion?

This lesson will soon be taken down.

Exploring the characters' emotions in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'

Lesson outcome