Year 4 have been writing some character descriptions. After reading some examples, the class thought about the type of vocabulary that creates a good descriptions.
Here are a few ideas we experimented with:
Use adjectives to describe the physical details of a character.
His scaly, wrinkled nose sniffed the air.
Nouns to fit the personality of the character.
Clothes, particularly need to match the personality of the character.
scruffy, torn trousers
The way a character moves gives much away about their personality or feelings.
Shoulders hunched, feet dragging he shuffled towards the darkened windows of home.
Then, the children thought about including prepositions. These can be used for the following:
To show the position of something.
Her bag was under the chair.
The dog crawled between us and lay down at our feet.
His flat was over the shop.
To note the time when something happens.
They arrived on Sunday.
The class starts at 9 a.m.
To the way in which something is done.
We went by train.
They stared at each other without speaking.
Some prepositions are made up of more than one word, for example:
They moved here because of the baby.
We sat next to each other.
The hotel is perched on top of a cliff.
With all this in mine, the children wrote some impressive sentences. We based our descriptions on a legendary hero, Beowulf. Using this famous warrior as our focus, proved to be a great link to our current topic.
Lots of the children searched for ambitious and appropriate words to use in their writing. There are some superb examples below.
A brown, leather belt was draped around his strong waist. Phoebe
The fierce, Anglo Saxon warrior came upon the hideous creature.
The gem encrusted, silver sword lay in his hand.
Noah
A mighty, fearless warrior sailed across the choppy seas. Liam
The revolting, three headed beast flew over the seven seas.
He held his powerful, dangerous dagger in the palm of his hand.
The fearsome warrior hides his silver sword behind his back.
Sakina
The brave hearted warrior trawled through the seas as if he was immortal.
Felix
The ugly, hunched backed monster lurked in the shadows.
Daisy
His bright, yellow, blood shot eyes gleam wickedly in the light of the moon.
Jemima