New
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Year 7

Using accurate sentences to describe dystopian settings

I can use complete sentences to write an interesting description.

New
New
Year 7

Using accurate sentences to describe dystopian settings

I can use complete sentences to write an interesting description.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. A complete sentence needs a subject and a verb
  2. A subject is a person or thing doing the action and a verb is the word which describes this
  3. A sentence fragment is grammatically incorrect because it does not include either a subject or a verb
  4. Sentence fragments should be identified and corrected if they are found in your writing
  5. Subjects and verbs need to be in agreement with each other, meaning the verb needs the correct ending

Common misconception

Students may use sentence fragments in their work

Showing exactly how sentence fragments obscure meaning and explaining why they should not be used

Keywords

  • Subject - the person or thing performing the verb

  • Verb - an action, to describe what someone or something does

  • Nightmarish - scary and haunting

  • Courageous - to be courageous, means to be brave

  • Hopeless - if you are hopeless, you do not believe things will get better

You may want to address particular misconceptions relating to subject-verb agreement that students in your class have been having. e.g. if a lot of pupils struggle with plural verbs, draw attention to this.
Teacher tip

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is a verb?
a person, place or thing
a word to describe a noun
the person who does an action
Correct answer: an action word, to tell us what something or someone does
Q2.
What is a subject?
The person or thing that does not perform the main verb.
Correct answer: The person or thing that performs the main verb.
Any noun within a sentence.
Q3.
Which of the below is a not an example of a verb?
Correct answer: car
drove
trudged
surveilled
Q4.
Which sentence below contains the subject 'Darren'?
Molly knocked on Darren's door.
Correct answer: Darren knocked on Molly's door.
The knock startled Darren.
Q5.
Which of the below is not a dystopian convention?
Correct answer: equality
lack of freedom
rebellion
suffering
Q6.
Which word means the opposite of dystopia?
Correct Answer: utopia, Utopia

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the words with the correct definition.
Correct Answer:subject,The person or thing that performs the action.

The person or thing that performs the action.

Correct Answer:verb,An action word.

An action word.

Correct Answer:complete sentence,A sentence with a subject and verb.

A sentence with a subject and verb.

Correct Answer:sentence fragment,An incomplete sentence. It lacks a subject or verb.

An incomplete sentence. It lacks a subject or verb.

Q2.
Which verb must go with the singular subject 'she'?
stroll
Correct answer: strolls
Q3.
Which sentence does not have correct subject and verb agreement?
The rain falls dismally.
Correct answer: The citizens mourns their vibrant city.
Skye creeps out of her house to gather food.
She worries there may not be enough food.
The wind howls like a savage beast.
Q4.
What is the error in the following sentence: 'The cameras'?
It is missing a subject.
Correct answer: It is missing a verb.
It is missing an object.
Q5.
Choose the most appropriate sentence to create a dystopian description.
She skipped into the forest.
She strolled into the forest.
She relaxed in the forest.
Correct answer: She crept into the forest.
Q6.
Why is 'the citizens were tracked' a better dystopian sentence than 'the citizens were watched'?
The verb 'tracked' links to the citizens having freedom.
Correct answer: The verb 'tracked' links to the citizens having lack of freedom.
The verb 'watched' is boring.