Considering sentence structures in Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

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In 'Step into the Unknown', pupils learn how to use a variety of sentences for deliberate effect. In the 'Dystopian Settings' unit, pupils will continue to use a range of sentence structures, to create atmospheric descriptions.

In 'When the Sky Falls' pupils write narratives inspired by a text. In 'Step Into the Unknown', using extracts from texts from the literary canon, pupils write descriptions of settings.

Step into the unknown: fiction reading and creative writing

Depiction of scary, confusing or unsettling events or characters placed in danger, including creation of a scary atmosphere through the use of music and sound.

Depiction or discussion of upsetting content

Which of the following words is an adjective?

Prowling back and forth, the tiger stared at Asha.

The tiger, prowling back and forth, stared at Asha.

The tiger stared at Asha while prowling back and forth.

Which of the following sentences uses an embedded clause?

In Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird', the tiger's skin was described as...

a group of words that do not make sense on their own

a group of words with a subject and a verb

a group of words with a subject and preposition

In Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird', the notion of Asha inching "forward" towards the tiger indicates...

the person, place or object that is doing the action

to write in a detailed and interesting way

What is the purpose of descriptive writing?

it sparkled and shone like the rising sun

Which of the following uses the triple technique?

a word that shows direction and place etc.

the person, place or thing that is doing the action

a word that modifies an adjective, verb or adverb

Which of the following adjectives creates an intimidating impression?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of upsetting content

Adult supervision recommended

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