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English-Writing

Project 6Week Commencing: 06.07.20

Monday 6th July 2020

Adverbial Phrases

What is an adverbial phrase?

Adverbial phrases help to add more information to a sentence. They can describe how something happened or will happen. They

can show time and tell us where something happened. They can also explain why.

Examples of adverbial phrases:

Your first task...

Underline the adverbial phrase in each sentence below.

Continued...

Journaling

Can you answer the question correctly below and explain how you know it is correct?

Remember to include examples to support your explanation.

Tuesday 30th June 2020

Prepositional Phrases

What are prepositions?Let’s find out!

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What are Prepositional Phrases?

A prepositional phrase includes the object that the preposition in a sentence is referring to and any other

words that link it to the preposition.

For example: "He hid beneath the duvet."

A prepositional phrase usually includes a preposition, a noun or pronoun and may include an adjective. It does not

include the verb.

More examples of prepositional phrases:

Your first task...

Your second task...

Look at each image on the sheet, there is a question next to the image. Write a sentence, which includes a prepositional phrase for each question.

Below is an example:

Journaling Can you answer the question correctly below and explain how you know it is correct?

Remember to include examples to support your explanation.

Wednesday 1st July 2020And

Thursday 2nd July 2020

Diary Entry - First Day at Secondary School

Over the next two days, we are going to be writing to enter a competition for Now Press Play!

Here are some topics you may want to include in

your diary entry.

Here is an example of a diary entry!

Dear Diary,

You will never believe it but today was my first day at Secondary School! How did I feel you ask? Well, if the butterflies in my stomach were any indication of my feelings this morning, then I would have to say that I felt nervous, anxious and excited all at the same time. Leaving Primary School was a bittersweet moment for me; I left behind all my friends and teachers (they were a second family to me and my second home), however knowing that Secondary School was the next step ahead in my future felt refreshing and exciting.

As I anxiously approached my new school, I could hear footsteps stomping towards the entrance, the squeak of an antique gate being pushed open and sweet, chirpy voices of my fellow peers who were excited to see each other again. For me personally it felt a little overwhelming, my heart was racing a hundred miles an hour as sweat was dripping down my back, I was yet to find someone that I knew or a friendly face. Plastering a smile on my face, I waved good-bye to my parents who had come to support me with my new beginning. Slowly and steadily, I ambled into my new school which was filled with loud chatter and a buzzing atmosphere.

Gently opening my new diary and scanning through my timetable to locate where my registration class would be, a thousand questions popped into my mind, ‘Where is this room? Who will I ask for help? Will I be able to make new friends?’ As I stood there contemplating what to do, an adult with a gentle smile pointed me in the right direction, this was the first time since I stepped into school that I felt my worries slipping away. DING, DING, DING! That was the school bell telling us to get to registration, the hustle and bustle of the corridor grew louder as friends promised to see each other again during break time.

Nervously, I stepped into my registration room, the teacher was at the door welcoming us all in, as I glanced into room I was taken back with all new faces that I saw, the comforting part was everyone had the same look on there face, the look which told me that they felt the unease that I did. As I made my way to a desk, I began speaking to some of my classmates, we spoke about how different primary school was and I started to feel better when I realised that everyone felt the same. Our form teacher was lovely and went through what to expect at this school, next thing I knew was it was break time.

As I stepped into the playground, I felt the gentle breeze of the wind and the heat from the sun rays. When I scanned around I realised we didn’t have a climbing frame here or equipment to play with, I couldn’t understand what we would do during our break, then as more students began to pour out of the building I realised that people were sitting on benches or standing around and talking, the playground around me began to get louder and louder but everyone seemed happy and content. DING, DING, DING! We had to get back to class.

Hesitantly, I made my way to my Maths Class, this is when I realised my peers were different, again I sat down and got to know more people from my year group; my teacher seemed a little strict but it was obvious that she cared about our learning. As the new expectations were set my mind was blown away, I had homework nearly everyday! I was stunned to silence, how was I going to manage this?

As the day went on my nervousness slowly faded away, my new beginning began to become my new normal. This is when I knew that I could do this, as my teacher always said ‘change is always good’. The one thing I realised about Secondary School was that I was much bigger, louder, busier but an important step in my life.

I will let you know how my day goes tomorrow,Bye!

Your task...

Write a diary entry about your first day at Secondary school!

Remember to include a range of descriptive writing features:● Sentence openers● Ambitious vocabulary● Fronted adverbials/adverbs● Onomatopoeia ● Figurative language (similes/metaphors)● Complex sentences● Direct/indirect speech● Rhetorical questions● Range of punctuation