a naming word for people, places and things

a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens

a punctuation mark used to separate nouns in a list or adjectives in an expanded noun phrase

Writing a postcard from Paddington listing places and feelings

English

In 'Wild', pupils will apply this descriptive writing to write a narrative with a beginning, middle and end. 

As part of 'Looking After Pets', pupils learnt to understand the interests and motivations of a character. In 'Paddington', pupils will build on this by writing character descriptions based on appearance and personality and joining these ideas together using 'and'.

'Paddington': reading and writing

Which words could you use to start a postcard?

Which of these are features of a postcard?

Which words should you use if you are writing in the first person perspective?

I saw a park, a tower and the River Thames.

I saw a park, a tower, and, the River Thames.

I saw a park, a tower, and, the ,River Thames.

I saw, a park, a tower and the River Thames.

Which of these nouns are listed correctly using the correct punctuation?

Which of these are fronted adverbials of time?

Big Ben, the London Eye and the River Thames

Which of these are expanded noun phrases?

Match each word class to its example in the following sentence: 'I saw a green park.'

Paddington felt curious in the train station.

Paddington felt shocked when he slipped on the cake.

Paddington felt relaxed when he was on the sofa in the house.

Put the main events and feelings of Paddington in the story in the correct order.

Which of these sentences is correctly punctuated?

Starter Quiz