a group of words with no verb that adds detail to a noun

Writing the opening of the animated story 'Otherwise'

English

In this unit, pupils have learned how to write compound sentences using co-ordinating conjunctions. In 'Lucky Dip: Narrative Writing', pupils will learn how to use joining conjunctions to write complex sentences. 

In 'Jack and the Beanstalk', pupils learned how to write a series of mostly simple sentences to form a narrative. In this unit, pupils will begin to extend their ideas by writing compound sentences. 

'Otherwise': narrative writing

Fill in the missing word. Stories can be structured on a 'story {{ }}'.

The first part of a story staircase is the ...

A descriptive opening will contain lots of ...

Which of these is an example of an **expanded noun phrase**?

Use punctuation even if we don’t know the rules.

Which of these do we always try to do when writing?

Match the type of word to the correct example.

The opening is the first section of a story.

Anders tries to shake hands with the green chameleons.

The green chameleons ignore him and walk away.

Order the key events from the opening of 'Otherwise'.

When I write, I should just copy out my plan.

Which of the following is an expanded noun phrase?

a naming word for people, places or things

Match the type of word to the correct definition.

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