Today we are going to learn about words which end with ‘le’

‘I smuggled them over in large packaging cases with holes in them, and they got here safely. They are wonderful workers’. ‘What a terrible country it is! Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world!’ ‘When I went out there I found the little Oompa-Loompas living in trees.’

ACTIVITY ONE:

Today we are going to make our sentences more interesting! We’ll let our friend Charlie explain….

It is very poor style to repeat the same kind of sentence-beginning over and over again, it makes for boring reading. In a lot of writing, too many sentences begin with: He, She, They or It And A time word such as Next, Then, Soon, Afterwards, Suddenly or When. Why not start some of your sentences with the action word (verb). It will make your sentences a lot smoother!

“Charlie looked up and he saw Augustus Gloop drinking chocolate from the edge of the river” Look at the changes made to the sentence. “Looking up, Charlie saw Augustus Gloop drinking chocolate from the edge of the river.” The second sentence is much smoother because Charlie is mentioned only once instead of twice and we get rid of the ‘and’.

Lets look at another example: “Willy Wonka patted the Oompa Loompa on the head and he gave him a cacao bean.” This sentence is too confusing! Too many ‘he's and ‘hims’. How could we make it clearer? That’s right! “Patting the Oompa Loompa on the head, Willy Wonka gave him a cacao bean”.

ACTIVITY TWO: Improve these sentences so that the subject is only mentioned once. 1: I looked through the window and I saw the big black limousine gliding down the drive. 2: Quickly Sue swung back on to the ledge and she grabbed the rope just in time. 3: The boy made a loud splash when he jumped into the swimming pool. 4: I got up the next morning and I dressed for school, as usual. 5: Charlotte was changed first and she dashed out into the frosty air. 6: The adventurers looked at the map and they decided to continue to travel eastwards. 7: Dominic was looking through some magazines when he saw the article on how to make dynamite. 8: The water crashed in through the window and swirled around the room before it burst out through the door.

Today we are going to continue getting rid of any unwanted words.

Here is an example of repetitive and boring sentence beginnings. I went to the cinema last night to see “Lord of the Rings’. I paid my money, went in and found a seat at the front of the balcony. The adverts came on first. I thought these were boring so I went to get an ice-cream. I was making my way back down the steps to my seat when I fell and the ice-cream flew over the edge of the balcony. I dared not look to see the commotion below so I quickly slid down into my seat. Re-write this passage to create a variety of sentence-beginnings altering the word order in some sentences, using the verb to start others and by missing out unnecessary words. Extension: Finish the paragraph describing what happened next.

This is what Charlie would write: Last night I went to the cinema to see ‘Lord of the Rings’. Having paid my money, I went in and found a seat at the front of the balcony. The adverts came on first. Thinking these were boring, I went to get an ice-cream. On my way back down the steps to my seat, I fell and the ice-cream flew over the edge of the balcony. I dared not to look to see where it went. Hearing a commotion below, I quickly slid down into my seat.

Today we are going to write a description using a variety of interesting sentences.

Describe the Oompa-Loompas. Only one sentence can begin with ‘His’ or “Her’, only one with ‘The’ and only one with ‘He’ or ‘She’. You must write at least six sentences.