Describing the setting in 'The Borrowers'
I can write a setting description from ‘The Borrowers’.
Describing the setting in 'The Borrowers'
I can write a setting description from ‘The Borrowers’.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The setting of ‘The Borrowers’ is the Clock family home, which is underneath the floorboards of an old, English house.
- A preposition of place is a word or words that can tell the reader where a noun is.
- Prepositions and precise vocabulary are crucial for describing an intricate setting.
- Relative complex sentences are useful for adding details about nouns within a setting.
Keywords
Setting - where the story takes place
Preposition - a word or words that can tell the reader where a noun is
Relative complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and a relative subordinate clause
Repurposed - to use something for a different purpose to the one for which it was originally intended
Common misconception
Pupils may start describing the details of the Clock home in the frst paragraph.
Clearly remind pupils that paragraph one should be describing where the Clock family home is located in relation to the main house. Paragraph two will give details of their home.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2014 Puffin Books edition of ‘The Borrowers’ by Mary Norton for this lesson.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
father of the Clock family
mother of the Clock family
13 year old daughter of the Clock family
Exit quiz
6 Questions
underneath the kitchen floorboards.
through a hole at the bottom of the hallway clock.
from the human "beans" upstairs.
wallpaper
art on the wall
sofa/bench