Year 4 - Describing Our Palaces

L.O. To include a metaphor in a location description.

You've designed some brilliant Palaces for the Queen of the Blazing World. In class, we began to describe them, but we only concentrated on using metaphor.

Homework: There are two parts to the homework:

1. Complete the 'Metaphor' sheet we began in class - come up with 7 or 8 metaphors to describe your palace.

2. Then write a full description of your palace, using the five senses, colours and similes - and make sure you've included at least one metaphor from the list you began in class!

Download and print another copy of our 'Metaphor Game' by clicking here.

Year 4 Fiction - Story with Description

L.O. To use all of our descriptive techniques to set the scene at the beginning of a short story

It is so important to 'set the scene' for your readers at the beginning of a short story. Click here and here to learn more!

Here was your prompt...

Whilst sailing across 'The Blazing World', your submarine chances upon a desert island. You climb out of your boat - only for your crew to sail off, leaving you stranded!

Plan and write the story of your first night alone, remembering to include a paragraph describing the desert island. You've already written the first 10 lines or so - now continue to describe your first night. Think about:

- How do you build a shelter?
- What do you eat?
- How do you protect yourself?

We'll redraft next week!

Want to see the original worksheet? Need to print it out again? Or not a pupil at FSg, and want to have a go at this fun task? Click here to download a copy of the original worksheet that you can print out at home - all thanks to box.net!

Due: Wednesday