Y5/6: Spring Term Fiction 1A: Short stories: Spooky Stories Grammar All these slides are based on the teaching outlined in the document ‘Teaching_1_Pronouns’ available from Hamilton. It is essential to read the teaching before using this powerpoint presentation. Y5/6: Spring Term Fiction 1A: Short stories: Spooky Stories

Adverbials build suspense by revealing ideas more slowly create cohesion by linking ideas build suspense by revealing ideas more slowly All these slides are based on the teaching outlined in the document ‘Teaching_1_Pronouns’ available from Hamilton. It is essential to read the teaching before using this powerpoint presentation. add detail Week 1 Thursday Grammar 1

Adverbials tell us more about a verb. Adverbials can be a word, a phrase, or a clause. hungrily between the cracks after the song ended

Adverbials Adverbials tell us more about a verb. The creature prowls. The creature prowls with hungry eyes. The creature prowls beneath the bed. The creature prowls during the night. In each sentence, the verb is modified by the adverbial.

Adverbials for cohesion can answer the questions… Where? When? In what order?

Adverbials can answer the question: Where? The creature prowls. The creature prowls behind the dark wood. The creature prowls through the gravestones. The creature prowls in my nightmares. Adverbials can answer the question: Where?

Adverbials can answer the question: When? The creature prowls. The creature prowls at midnight. The creature prowls on lonely nights. The creature prowls later. Adverbials can answer the question: When?

Adverbials can answer the question: In what order? The creature prowls. The creature prowls first. The creature prowls secondly. Lastly, the creature prowls. Adverbials can answer the question: In what order?

Adverbials Adverbials often open with a preposition. The creature prowls with hungry eyes. The creature prowls through the long grass. The creature prowls during the night. The preposition links the adverbial to the sentence.

Adverbials You can change the position of adverbials. The creature prowled with hungry eyes. With hungry eyes, the creature prowled. The creature prowled through the grass. Through the grass, the creature prowled. When an adverbial appears in front of the sentence it is modifying… it is called a fronted adverbial. In the moonlit garden, the creature prowled. Fronted adverbials are separated from the main clause by a comma.

Adverbials in Short Stories Answers Adverbials in Short Stories Read these sentences from Short! Can you spot the verb and adverbial modifying it? She peeped between the curtains. At midnight, she heard the grandfather clock whirr and strike. He even followed her into her own driveway. Next morning, the girl got ready to go to school. First, she went to the jeans department. What question does each adverbial answer? When? Where? In what order?

Adverbials in Short Stories Read these sentences from Short! Can you spot the verb and adverbial modifying it? She peeped between the curtains. At midnight, she heard the grandfather clock whirr and strike. He even followed her into her own driveway. Next morning, the girl got ready to go to school. First, she went to the jeans department. What question does each adverbial answer? When? Where? In what order?

The small shape drifted. Your Turn! Modify the verb drifted with an adverbial. You can choose an adverbial for time, place or number. Try placing it at the beginning and end of the main clause to see which sounds best. The small shape drifted.

Some example sentences Your Turn! Which was your best adverbial? Did you remember to use a comma with fronted adverbials? The small shape drifted. Some example sentences As we hid in the dark, the small shape drifted. First, the small shape drifted. Every night I watched, the small shape drifted. The small shape drifted at midnight. The small shape drifted above the bed. Through the graveyard, the small shape drifted.

Linking Paragraphs All these slides are based on the teaching outlined in the document ‘Teaching_1_Pronouns’ available from Hamilton. It is essential to read the teaching before using this powerpoint presentation. Week 2 Monday Grammar 2

When do we start a new paragraph? Change of place/setting Change of time/ flashbacks Change of topic/theme Change of viewpoint Change of speaker Introduce a new character Add suspense or change the mood

Showing a jump in time or topic Showing a mismatch between ideas Using a wider range of Adverbials Adverbials tell us how, when, where and in what order verbs happen. They also help to link sentences and paragraphs in other ways. Adding ideas Summing up Contrasting Showing a jump in time or topic Showing a result Showing a mismatch between ideas also overall on the other hand meanwhile as a result besides furthermore in conclusion instead by the way anyway therefore in contrast now consequently however moreover anyhow Week 2 Monday Grammar 2 Y6

Showing a jump in time or topic Showing a mismatch between ideas Using a wider range of Adverbials Many of these are better for formal, non-fiction writing. Adding ideas Summing up Contrasting Showing a jump in time or topic Showing a result Showing a mismatch between ideas also overall on the other hand meanwhile as a result besides furthermore in conclusion instead by the way anyway therefore in contrast now consequently however moreover anyhow A few of these can be useful in creating cohesion in fiction.

Relative Clauses All these slides are based on the teaching outlined in the document ‘Teaching_1_Pronouns’ available from Hamilton. It is essential to read the teaching before using this powerpoint presentation. Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 3

Relative Clauses Relative clauses can give more information about a noun or pronoun. They usually begin with a relative pronoun. The man went down the road. Tell me more about the man. The man, who was covered in cobwebs, went down the road. The man, who was trembling with fear, went down the road. The man, who had been following them, went down the road. Relative Pronouns who, which, where, when, whose, that

Relative Clauses Relative clauses can give more information about a noun or pronoun. They usually begin with a relative pronoun. The man went down the road. Tell me more about the road. The man went down the road which was strangely silent. The man went down the road which he had not noticed before. The man went down the road where nothing was as it seemed. Relative Pronouns who, which, where, when, whose, that

Some example sentences Your Turn! Try adding a relative clause to describe the girl or the wood. The girl walked through the wood. Some example sentences Commas separate the relative clause if it is embedded in the main clause. The girl, who was following the wolf, walked through the wood. The girl walked through the wood which seemed to be watching her. The girl, who would never been seen again, walked through the wood. Relative Pronouns who, which, where, when, whose, that

Punctuating Relative Clauses Y5 Punctuating Relative Clauses When the relative clause comes after the main clause, we do not usually separate the clauses with a comma. main clause relative clause Rosie stroked the puppy which was hovering above her lap. A comma would create an unnecessary break in the sentence.

Punctuating Embedded Relative Clauses Sometimes the relative clause is embedded in the main clause. main clause Emma ate the spaghetti. The relative clause needs to be next to the noun: Emma. Tell me more about Emma.

Punctuating Embedded Relative Clauses Sometimes the relative clause is embedded in the main clause. main clause main clause Emma , who did not know about the joke, ate the spaghetti. The main clause splits to make space... Tell me more about Emma.

Punctuating Embedded Relative Clauses Sometimes the relative clause is embedded in the main clause. main clause relative clause main clause Emma, who did not know it was haunted, ate the spaghetti. Commas separate the clauses because the relative clause breaks up the main clause. The main clause splits to make space... for the relative clause. Tell me more about Emma.

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