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More rich vocabulary associated with cold words

I can use the words 'frosty', 'numbing' and 'penetrating' effectively in multiple contexts.

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Year 4

More rich vocabulary associated with cold words

I can use the words 'frosty', 'numbing' and 'penetrating' effectively in multiple contexts.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. 'Frosty' is an adjective which means freezing or icy.
  2. 'Numbing' is an adjective which means ice-cold or freezing.
  3. 'Penetrating' is an adjective which means piercing or sharp.

Keywords

  • Noun - a naming word for people, places or things

  • Adjective - a word that describes a noun

  • Synonym - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

  • Word pair - words that often appear together

  • Etymology - the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time

Common misconception

Pupils might find it difficult to understand how a 'stare' or a 'silence' could be described as 'frosty'.

Ensure pupils understand that 'frosty' can also be used to describe something as 'unwelcoming'.

You could discuss how positive/ negative each word is. Numbing is an interesting one because numbing cold might seem like a negative thing and yet it would be a good thing to have some numbing cream ahead of an injection.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which image represents the word brisk?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q2.
Which image represents the word biting?
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q3.
Which image represents the word excruciating?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q4.
Select the correct definition of brisk.
extremely painful
Correct answer: sharp or crisp
bitter cold or harsh
Q5.
Select the correct definition of biting.
extremely painful
sharp or crisp
Correct answer: bitter cold or harsh
Q6.
Select the correct definition of excruciating.
Correct answer: extremely painful
sharp or crisp
bitter cold or harsh
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6 Questions

Q1.
What adjective does this image represent?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: frosty
blustery
crisp
Q2.
What adjective does this image represent?
An image in a quiz
gust
scorching
Correct answer: numbing
Q3.
What adjective does this image represent?
An image in a quiz
frosty
numbing
Correct answer: penetrating
Q4.
Match each word to its word pair.
Correct Answer:frosty,silence

silence

Correct Answer:penetrating,voice

voice

Correct Answer:numbing,injection

injection

Q5.
Which of the following adjectives might you use to describe an odour?
Correct answer: penetrating
frosty
numbing
Q6.
Which word would you use in the following sentence? 'The audience’s __________ stares made it clear that they didn’t find the comedian very funny.
numbing
Correct answer: frosty
brisk
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