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.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
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.
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
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.
Licence
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Lesson video
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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