Describing yourself
I can describe my own skills and personality in a sentence.
Describing yourself
I can describe my own skills and personality in a sentence.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- An adjective describes a noun, including ourselves, such as "I am helpful."
- Adjectives are describing words
- A person's character traits make that person who they are
- Someone's personality or character traits may be different to others'
- Certain character traits are better suited to some jobs, such as bravery for a firefighter
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to describe themselves.
Before describing themselves, model sentences by describing your pupils providing them with vocabulary, 'You are...'.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word of people, place or things
Adjective - describes a noun
Describe - add detail to
Character traits - the special qualities that make a character themselves
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2020 Hodder Children's Books edition of 'A Superhero Like You' by Dr. Ranj.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
I
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helpful
Exit quiz
6 Questions
an uppercase letter that starts a sentence
a punctuation mark that often ends a sentence
a space used in between words