Year 8 Remote Learning Narrative Writing 1
Thomas Head Tell Me a Tale: Creative Writing
Answer TRUE or FALSE to the following statements
TRUE
FALSE
Describing words are called Adjectives
Action words are called Adverbs
A noun can be a person, place or thing
An adverb describes how or how often something is done
A verb is an action or 'doing' word
All sentences end in full stop
Shock, surprise, anger or shouting can be expressed using an exclamation mark
? is used at the end of a question
'and' 'because' 'although' 'but' are all conjunctions
Capital letters are only used to start a sentence
Spoken words are placed between apostrophes
Read the following sentences and then re-write them using the correct punctuation/capital letters
who was the first person to land on the moon
i hope the christmas holidays come soon
stop hitting me she shouted
my g.p. is called dr singh
it is the 6th of december today
I love walking in the garden it's so beautiful out here
where is the pavilion theatre is it in weymouth or portland
my favourite superhero is thor
He looked at her, smiled and said, hey you
Read the following statements and pick the correct punctuation from the drop-down list
What has been your favourite film of the year so far
Be quiet, now!
the teacher shouted
"Help me
"
Suddenly
he dashed across the room and slapped the cat with a wet fish.
casting silver sparks into the salt-sprayed air
The sun shone brightly on the sea
Tomorrow is
Choose a SYNONYM and ANTONYM for each of the following words and come up with a SYNONYM of your own.
WORD
Synonym
Antonym
My Synonym
My Synonym in a Sentence
Angry
Awful
Mean
Beautiful
Begin
Brave
Bright
Calm
Hot
Big
Walked
Tasty
Imagine that you find yourself in the same place as the girl in the picture below.
Write a list of key words you could use to describe the LOOK, FEEL, SMELL and EMOTIONS connected with this place.
On the next page, produce a piece of descriptive writing about the picture. Tick off each word on your list as you use it
Words to describe the SETTING
Words to describe PHYSICAL FEELINGS
PLAN you Story
Words to describe EMOTIONS
Words to describe SMELLS
Creative Writing Task
Write a piece of creative writing based on the image on the previous page - use the key words you have come up with
Email your work to [teachername]@allsaints-academy.co.uk
Mrswest@allsaints-academy.co.uk
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