Teacher Copy (Adverbials in Red)

1.Describing setting / 2.Describing people
/ 3.Dialogue

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Teacher copy (adverbials in red)

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Not far from where I live, there is a queer old empty wooden house standing all by itself on the side of the road. / The Witches
In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black coats and they ride on broomsticks. / The Twits
What a lot of hairy faced men there are around nowadays. When a man grows hair all over his face, it is impossible to tell what he really looks like.
Georges Marvellous Medicine
‘’I’m going shopping in the village’ George’s mother said to George on Saturday morning. / James and the Giant Peach
Until he was 4 years old, James Henry Trotter had a happy life. He lived peacefully with his mother and father in a beautiful house beside the sea. / Esio Trott
Mr Hoppy lived in a small flat high up in a tall concrete building. He lived alone. He had always been a lonely man.
Matilda
It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. / Fantastic Mr Fox
Down in the valley there were three farms. The owners of these farms had done well. They were rich men. They were also nasty men. All three of them were about as nasty and mean as any men you could meet. / Danny the champion of the world
When I was 4 months old, my mother died suddenly and my father was left to look after me all by himself.

Roald Dahl story openings

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Not far from where I live, there is a queer old empty wooden house standing all by itself on the side of the road. / The Witches
In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black coats and they ride on broomsticks. / The Twits
What a lot of hairy faced men there are around nowadays. When a man grows hair all over his face, it is impossible to tell what he really looks like.
Georges Marvellous Medicine
‘’I’m going shopping in the village’ George’s mother said to George on Saturday morning. / James and the Giant Peach
Until he was 4 years old, James Henry Trotter had a happy life. He lived peacefully with his mother and father in a beautiful house beside the sea. / Esio Trott
Mr Hoppy lived in a small flat high up in a tall concrete building. He lived alone. He had always been a lonely man.
Matilda
It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. / Fantastic Mr Fox
Down in the valley there were three farms. The owners of these farms had done well. They were rich men. They were also nasty men. All three of them were about as nasty and mean as any men you could meet. / Danny the champion of the world
When I was 4 months old, my mother died suddenly and my father was left to look after me all by himself.

Noughts and crosses

Play in two teams with two players in each

You will need:

¨ One set of ‘story opening cards’ between four

¨ Five counters of a single colour for each pair

How to play

¨ Lay the cards in a 3x3 grid like noughts and crosses

¨ Play the game like noughts and crosses

¨ Take turns to lay the counters on the cards

¨ ‘Say it when you lay it!’ When you lay your counters, say how the story starts (dialogue, setting or character)

¨ You could also point out the adverbials

¨ The first pair to get three in a straight line wins