Writing a setting description based on 'A Christmas Carol'
I can write a narrative setting description based on 'A Christmas Carol'.
Writing a setting description based on 'A Christmas Carol'
I can write a narrative setting description based on 'A Christmas Carol'.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The purpose of a setting description is to provide rich detail that creates an atmosphere for the reader.
- Precise vocabulary, sensory details and personification support in creating a desired atmosphere.
- Prepositions help to describe the setting in a precise way by telling the reader where a noun is.
- Using a range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
Keywords
Atmosphere - the tone or mood created in a narrative
Sensory details - descriptions that include touch, sight, taste, sound and smell
Personification - a way of describing a non-living thing as if it acts or feels like a human
Preposition - a word or words that tell the reader where a noun is
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to identify or develop appropriate prepositions to precisely describe details about nouns within the setting.
After revealing the prepositions 'beneath' and 'towards', brainstorm a range of helpful prepositions as a class and create a shared bank that the children can use.
Licence
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
The melodic sound of tuneful carollers echoed.
Children gazed into shop windows and they admired shiny new toys.
The sound of tuneful carollers echoed as eager shoppers hustled.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a sentence made of just one main clause with just one idea
a sentence formed of two main clauses and a coordinating conjunction
a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause