Tuesday
LI: Identify adjectives within a sentence and discuss alternative choices. Identify appropriate synonyms.
SC:
1) I can identify the adjectives in a sentence.
2) I can find a rule for where adjectives sit in a sentence.
3) I can think of synonyms for certain words and rank them.
Task 1:
Watch the start of the film version, The Lost Thing (up to 3:45.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpak6ktsux4&list=PLM_4edBexkoAg3av8ihWtkk8g-Aalm9iI
You would have heard this line:
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As the hours slouched by it became less and less likely that anyone was coming to take the thing home. Soon, there was no denying the unhappy truth. It was lost. |
Can you identify any adjectives? Can you identify any verbs? Can you identify any nouns?
Task 2:
Watch my video.
Task 3:
Identify the noun, the two verbs and two adjectives in the sentence below. What synonyms could you use instead of these adjectives? Can you rank them?
I mean, I couldn't just leave it wandering the streets. Plus I felt kind of sorry for it.
Write the next sentence or two that could come after this one. What nouns, verbs and adjectives will you use?