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The Big Picture

To write a character description about your own 'Lost Thing'.

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Describe what you can see in this image using the following word categories. See following slides for layout

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Nouns e.g. hat

Challenge

Use the words which you have written to create a sentence including a preposition.

Nouns and verbs e.g. hat

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Nouns, verbs and adjectives e.g. spectacles, slumped

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LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

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Nouns Verbs Adjectives

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How can you use a colon? Challenge: Use one within a sentence. LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

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A colon can be used to introduce a list... The lost thing has: an immense metal body; long muscular limbs; scarlet spikes emanating from it's top and multiple doors covering its metal shell. A colon can be used to separate two independent clauses when the second clause explains or elaborate the first clause... The lost thing was enormous: it was ten times the size of the average human being.

Challenge: What punctuation is this similar to?

How is it different/similar?

LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

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LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

The lost thing was enormous: it was ten times the size of the average human being.

Rules: There needs to be two independent clauses. The second main clause needs explain or to elaborate on the first main clause. Elaborate means to go into more detail about something

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An independent clause is a clause that can stand on its

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The thing was enormous. An independent (or main) clause always has a noun + a verb = a complete thought.

LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause is a clause that can stand on its

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The thing was enormous. An independent (or main) clause always has a noun + a verb = a complete thought.

LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

What is an independent clause?

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LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

Step 1: Create a simple main clause e.g. The sea lapped at the shore. Step 2: Create a second main clause: it has to expand upon the information in the first clause. e.g. Its turquoise waves invited people to paddle. Step 3: Join the sentences together. Remember to replace the full stop with a : and remove the capital letter. e.g. The sea lapped at the shore: its turquoise waves invited people to paddle.

Teacher shared

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LO: To use a colon before an explanation. Step 1: Create a simple main clause e.g. Shaun peered into the distance. Step 2: Create a second main clause: it has to expand upon the information in the first clause. e.g. He could just make out the outline of a strange creature.

Teacher shared

Step 3: Join the sentences together. Remember to replace the full stop with a : and remove the capital letter. e.g. Shaun peered into the distance: he could just make out the outline of a strange

creature.

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LO: To use a colon before an explanation. Step 1: Create a simple main clause e.g. Step 2: Create a second main clause: it has to expand upon the information in the first clause. e.g.

Your turn!

Step 3: Join the sentences together. Remember to replace the full stop with a : and remove the capital letter. e.g.

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LO: To use a colon before an explanation. Step 1: Create a simple main clause e.g. Step 2: Create a second main clause: it has to expand upon the information in the first clause. e.g.

Now have another go:

Step 3: Join the sentences together. Remember to replace the full stop with a : and remove the capital letter. e.g.

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LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

They enjoyed lazing on the beach: he doesn't like swimming. I enjoyed my swim this morning the sea: felt lovely. Posters covered the walls: you couldn't see the brick beneath. Clouds floated through the sky: they formed swirling patterns as they streaked across.

Is the colon correct or incorrect in these sentences? Challenge: Explain your answer.

Complete before moving

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answers.

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LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

They enjoyed lazing on the beach: he doesn't like swimming. The two clauses do not relate to each other. I enjoyed my swim this morning the sea: felt lovely. Colon should come after 'morning' to separate the two clauses. Posters covered the walls: you couldn't see the brick beneath. Two independent clauses separated by a colon where the second clause explains or elaborates the first. Clouds floated through the sky: they formed swirling patterns as they streaked across. Two independent clauses separated by a colon where the second clause explains or elaborates the first.

Is the colon correct or incorrect in these sentences? Challenge: Explain your answer.

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LO: To use a colon before an explanation.

Bronze

Put a colon in the correct place in the sentences. Once completed move onto

• silver. The lost thing felt happy: he had been found! Answers on next slide.

Silver

Challenge:

Complete bronze. Add a second clause explaining or elaborating the first

• clause. Shaun felt curious: what was this strange thing?

Gold

Complete Silver. Write five of your own sentences to express Shaun and the lost thing's feelings using a colon to separate clauses. Complete Gold. Then, consider whether you think a colon is effective within your own writing? Justify your answer. From my perspective, I believe that the colon ... effective because ... I could use a colon ... for example ...

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Bronze answers

Shaun slumped against the railing: he was tired. The lost thing gulped down everything Shaun threw into his mouth: he was so hungry! Ebbing and flowing, the waves rolled ever closer: the tide was coming in. Feeling melancholy, the lost thing trudged after Shaun: he did not want to leave him. Shaun’s mother shrieked in alarm: she had never seen a thing like it.

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........, from my perspective, I am exceptionally pleased that I was able to ....... because ......