Exploring vocabulary for a setting description in 'Sherlock Holmes'
I can explore vocabulary that relates to Victorian London and suggest ways of including it in setting descriptions.
Exploring vocabulary for a setting description in 'Sherlock Holmes'
I can explore vocabulary that relates to Victorian London and suggest ways of including it in setting descriptions.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- Vocabulary can be planned to precisely match a setting.
- We can mention items from the appropriate time period in order to show the historical context of a setting.
- We can use fronted adverbials and preposition phrases to show where items are in a setting.
Common misconception
Pupils may believe that all fronted adverbials of place are preposition phrases.
Some are ('In the distance,'), but others are not ('Everywhere,'). A preposition phrase contains a preposition followed by a noun phrase and preposition phrases can often be placed at the start of a sentence to make a fronted adverbial of place.
Keywords
Setting description - a detailed description of the location where a narrative is set
Historical context - the events, lifestyle and living conditions that existed at a particular time in history
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Preposition phrase - a phrase composed of a preposition and a noun phrase that follows it
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a moral; gods and mortals; set in the distant past
a journey; a hero; action and threats
magic; alternate worlds; impossible situations
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a form of transport pulled by a horse
thick smoke that fills the sky
street children
a kind of bicycle
stones lining a street
calm and peaceful
grand, impressive; towering over you
impossible to see through
stay hidden in order to attack
confusion and chaos
in a state of ruin
disgusting; making you feel sick
a strong and unpleasant smell