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Year 1

Writing captions about people who help us

I can name and write captions for people who help us in the community.

New
New
Year 1

Writing captions about people who help us

I can name and write captions for people who help us in the community.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. A noun is a naming word, such as a "dentist"
  2. A noun is a person, place or thing
  3. If a noun has a specific name of someone or something, it needs a capital letter, such as "Lily" or "England"
  4. Sounding out a word before writing helps to spell a word
  5. Reading back writing is important to check it is correct and makes sense

Common misconception

Pupils may be unsure of what a noun is and so, unable to understand their caption is a noun.

Teach the 'Year 1 Word Class Grammar Unit' at the same time as this so the children can have explicit teaching of nouns and word class.

Keywords

  • Caption - a brief description or word labelling an image

  • Noun - a naming word for people, places or things

  • Common noun - a naming word that does not need a capital letter

  • Proper noun - a naming word that always has a capital letter

  • Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter

Make use of your school's phonics scheme visuals and strategies to support writing. Encourage sounding out and plausible spelling based on their phonics teaching. If necessary, provide a word bank for pupils as an additional scaffold.
Teacher tip

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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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the character, setting and plot to the correct descriptions or words.
Correct Answer:character,Lily

Lily

Correct Answer:setting,city

city

Correct Answer:plot,people who help us

people who help us

Q2.
Which of these jobs does Lily imagine that she has in the story "A Superhero Like You"?
racecar driver
Correct answer: carer
Correct answer: air ambulance pilot
singer
Q3.
How many sounds are in the word 'vet'?
Correct answer: 3
2
4
Q4.
How many sounds are there in the word 'keeper' like shop keeper?
Correct answer: 4
5
6
Q5.
Which of these words has the capital letter in the right place?
aIsha
Correct answer: Aisha
aisha
AISHA
Q6.
Which of these words is a naming word naming a person, place or thing?
hopping
Correct answer: shop
Correct answer: author
helped

6 Questions

Q1.
Complete the sentence. A noun is a naming word that names __________, places and things.
race cars
Correct answer: people
dogs
dancing
Q2.
Which of these words are nouns?
helping
Correct answer: vet
kind
Correct answer: Postman Pat
Q3.
Which of these are proper nouns?
Correct answer: Dr Ranj
doctor
Correct answer: Lily
firefighter
Q4.
Which of these are common nouns?
Correct answer: scientist
Correct answer: truck
James
Victoria Hospital
Q5.
What can a caption label?
words
Correct answer: photo
Correct answer: drawing
Correct answer: diagram
Q6.
Place the strategy for word writing in the correct order.
1 - Say the word.
2 - Sound the word out.
3 - Count the number of sounds in the word.
4 - Write the word.
5 - Read the word back by sounding out to check.