Key Stage Two : English : Extra : Spooky Night : Lesson One – Nighttime


This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and suggest changes to descriptive vocabulary used in a poem to describe spooky sights and sounds during the night. The class can make lists of vocabulary that can be used to describe different nouns on a specific theme.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to explore and suggest changes to descriptive vocabulary used in a poem to describe spooky sights and sounds during the night

Learning Objectives

Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination. Noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives.

Learning Outcomes

I can identify adjectives used to describe nouns in a poem. I can select descriptive adjectives to describe a range of nouns.

Nighttime

Teaching sequence to help the children explore and suggest changes to descriptive vocabulary used in a poem to describe spooky sights and sounds during the night

Nighttime Walk

Shared reading text for whole class discussion to help the children identify descriptive vocabulary used to describe spooky sights and sounds at nighttime

Nighttime Words

Activity to help the children select and record a list of adjectives that can be used to describe nouns related to nighttime

Nighttime Words (support)

Activity cards to help the children select and record a list of adjectives that can be used to describe nouns related to nighttime

Nighttime

Interactive activity to help the children explore and suggest changes to descriptive vocabulary used in a poem to describe spooky sights and sounds during the night

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to explore and suggest changes to descriptive vocabulary used in a poem to describe spooky sights and sounds during the night

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