Exploring the characters' emotions in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'
I can understand the reasons that the different characters write a letter in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by exploring their emotions.
Exploring the characters' emotions in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'
I can understand the reasons that the different characters write a letter in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by exploring their emotions.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The crayons in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ use letters to explain to Duncan why they are going to quit.
- They all share different emotions in their letters.
- Simple sentences can be written in the simple present, progressive present and perfect present tense.
- A simple sentence is formed of a main clause; a main clause contains a verb and makes sense by itself.
- One type of simple sentence is the statement: it tells the reader a fact or an opinion.
Keywords
Character - a person, animal, being, creature or thing in a story
Emotion - the way a person is feeling
Present tense - tells the reader the action is happening now
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Statement - a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and most often ends with a full stop
Common misconception
Pupils may think that simple sentences that are statements can only give facts.
Simple sentences can be used to state facts, opinions and emotions.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2016 Harper Collins edition of ‘The Day the Crayons Quit', written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers 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).
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