Friday 13th June
Grammar Warm Up
LC: to identify accurate subject verb agreement
The boys play cards on Friday.
The boy plays football on Saturday.
Talk to your partner:
- Why does the second verb have an s on the end?
- Why is this different to sentence A?
Read these sentences:
The children go swimming on Monday.
The child goes to mosque every day.
The dogs bark in the park.
The dog barks at night.
The teacher is in the playground.
The teachers are in the playground.
Highlight the
- subject
- verb
in different colours.
What happens to the ending of the verb?
Why?
LC: to identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning
Look at the telling of this story.
What do you notice about the paragraphs?
Discuss with your talk partner:
- are they long or short?
- what is the opening sentence of each paragraph?
- do these opening sentences link to what is in the rest of the paragraph?
Look at this opening sentence:
From then on, both Macbeth and his queen began to suffer long, sleepless nights filled with hideous dreams.
The word 'suffer' tells us that the couple are having a difficult time because of their previous actions. The rest of the paragraph could be about what effect these sleepless nights have on the mental health of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and what they plan to do next.
Look at these opening sentences of paragraphs from the retelling:
For each one, write what you expect to happen in the rest of the paragraph.
a) Macbeth set out across the heath on another night of thundering skies.
b) As Macbeth stood watching, three apparitions arose from the cauldron.
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