Key learning points

1. a character description of yourself can be made about your personality and your appearance
2. describing your personality is about what you are like on the inside and how you feel, such as "curious", "resilient"
3. describing your appearance is about what you look like such as "curly, brown hair"
4. descriptions can create expanded noun phrases or be listed as nouns separated by a comma, like ‘socks, jumper and hat’
5. using verbs and adverbs can help to explain the adjectives you have chosen to describe yourself

Keywords

• Character - a person or animal in a story

• Description - using words to help someone imagine what something is like

• Adjective - a word that describes a noun

• Adverb - a word that describes a verb

• Joining word - a word that joins words or ideas

Common misconception