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Year 4

Planning a stormy scene

I can plan a descriptive scene about a dark, stormy night.

New
New
Year 4

Planning a stormy scene

I can plan a descriptive scene about a dark, stormy night.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Descriptive and ambitious vocabulary related to the five senses can be included in the plan.
  2. Linguistic devices such as figurative language (similes and personification) should be planned.
  3. Notes are used in planning and they are not written in full sentences.
  4. The 'zoom-in' structure guides the descriptive writing paragraph.

Common misconception

Planning needs to be detailed and plans should be written in full sentences.

Planning should log precise and ambitious vocabulary, linguistic devices and be written in note form.

Keywords

  • Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text

  • Notes - written out of full sentences

  • Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose

  • Figurative language - the use of simile and personification to paint vivid pictures for the reader

Find pictures and video clips showing stormy weather for engagement and to support further understanding.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which are examples of figurative language?
expanded noun phrase
Correct answer: simile
'zoom-in' structure
Correct answer: personification
Q2.
What is the definition of a simile?
a device that gives human qualities and characteristics to non-human ideas
Correct answer: a device that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
exaggerating for emphasis or effect
a direct comparison between two unlike things
Q3.
Which of these are similes?
Correct answer: The wind howled like a banshee in the night.
The wind was blustery and powerful.
Correct answer: The storm roared like an angry lion.
The storm raged all through the night.
Q4.
What is the definition of personification?
Correct answer: a device that gives human qualities and characteristics to non-human ideas
a device that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
exaggerating for emphasis or effect
a direct comparison between two unlike things
Q5.
Which of these is an example of personification?
The rain poured heavily this morning.
Correct answer: The rain whispered secrets to the soil.
The rain poured relentlessly!
The rain made a pitter patter sound on the roof.
Q6.
Match the linguistic device to its example.
Correct Answer:expanded noun phrase,incessant, torrential rain

incessant, torrential rain

Correct Answer:simile,The rain fell like a cascade of silver bullets.

The rain fell like a cascade of silver bullets.

Correct Answer:personification,The rain cried a river of tears.

The rain cried a river of tears.

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following words has the same meaning as ‘windy'?
incessant
howl
electrifying
Correct answer: blustery
Q2.
Which of these words are verbs?
Correct answer: howl
ominous
electric
Correct answer: splattered
Q3.
Which expanded noun phrase best describes thunder in a storm?
blistering, baking thunder
Correct answer: rumbling, deafening thunder
gentle, peaceful thunder
soft, wispy thunder
Q4.
Match each noun to the appropriate personification.
Correct Answer:The branches,reached out in desperation.

reached out in desperation.

Correct Answer:The storm clouds,gathered together menacingly.

gathered together menacingly.

Correct Answer:The lightning,sped eagerly across the sky.

sped eagerly across the sky.

Correct Answer:The thunderstorm,boomed with authority.

boomed with authority.

Q5.
What is the 'zoom-in' technique?
a technique that starts with a complex idea that gradually gets more simple
Correct answer: a technique that paints a big picture first then gradually hones in on details
a technique that starts with a narrow idea that widens
Q6.
Match the noun with its corresponding descriptive vocabulary.
Correct Answer:rain,torrential, splattered

torrential, splattered

Correct Answer:wind,blustery, howling

blustery, howling

Correct Answer:lightning,electrifying, blinding

electrifying, blinding

Correct Answer:storm,ominous, tempestuous

ominous, tempestuous