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Writing a postcard with descriptions and questions

I can write a postcard from Paddington's perspective, including descriptions and questions.

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Year 1

Writing a postcard with descriptions and questions

I can write a postcard from Paddington's perspective, including descriptions and questions.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Adding descriptive language to a postcard helps the reader imagine what the place is like.
  2. Two adjective sentences need a comma in between the two adjectives, such as 'black, zooming taxi'.
  3. Asking a 'Did you know ...?' question teaches someone a fact about something, in this case, London.
  4. A postcard should end with naming who the postcard is from, in this case, Paddington.

Keywords

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

  • Question - a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark

  • Question mark - a punctuation mark used at the end of a question

  • Fact - something that is known to be true or proved

Common misconception

Pupils may struggle to generate descriptions or facts.

Refer back to the setting description lesson and have pupils use their word banks and senses maps to help join ideas together. Facts are 'drip-fed' throughout the lesson. Keep referring back to them and tell pupils that they can choose one of these.

Get pupils to continue to write on their postcard template from the previous lesson, so that it feels like a completed piece of writing. Allow pupils to draw an image of Paddington in London on the other side.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You will need a copy of the 2014 Harper Collins Children's Books edition of 'Paddington' by Michael Bond, illustrated by R. W. Alley for this lesson.

Licence

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match each punctuation mark to its name.
Correct Answer:.,full stop

full stop

Correct Answer:!,exclamation mark

exclamation mark

Correct Answer:?,question mark

question mark

Correct Answer:,,comma

comma

Q2.
Which of these words might you use if you are writing from Paddington's point of view?
Correct answer: I
they
Correct answer: mine
and
Q3.
Identify the expanded noun phrase in the following sentence: 'I travelled in a black, zooming taxi.'
I
travelled
black
Correct answer: black, zooming taxi
taxi
Q4.
Which of these words are adjectives?
Correct answer: huge
cake
Correct answer: sweet
felt
Q5.
Match each sense to its past tense verb.
Correct Answer:touch,felt

felt

Correct Answer:hearing,heard

heard

Correct Answer:taste,tasted

tasted

Correct Answer:smell,smelt

smelt

Q6.
Which of these are questions?
Correct answer: Did you know that London is a city?
There are taxis in London.
Correct answer: Where are you?
I tasted smooth, creamy cake.

6 Questions

Q1.
What do word banks of adjectives help us with?
Correct answer: using a range of adjectives
remembering what punctuation to use
Correct answer: spelling words correctly
remembering to join two ideas using 'and'
Q2.
Which word would you use to end a postcard?
To ...
Correct answer: From ...
Dear ...
and
Q3.
Identify the expanded noun phrase in the following sentence: 'I heard noisy, chatty people.'
heard
noisy
people
Correct answer: noisy, chatty people
Q4.
Which of these are questions?
I love London.
Correct answer: Did you know that London has lots of skyscrapers?
Skyscrapers are tall.
Correct answer: Did you know that London has a train station called Paddington Station?
Q5.
Which question is correctly punctuated?
did you know that London has lots of parks?
Did you know that London has lots of parks.
Did you know? that London has lots of parks
Correct answer: Did you know that London has lots of parks?
Q6.
Which compound sentence is correctly punctuated?
Correct answer: I tasted sweet, creamy cake and I felt sticky, delicious marmalade.
I tasted sweet, creamy cake. And I felt sticky, delicious marmalade.
I tasted sweet, creamy cake And I felt sticky, delicious marmalade.
I tasted sweet, creamy cake and i felt sticky, delicious marmalade.