Term 1 Writing update from 3rd Class

In English this week we completed studying the structure of narratives by looking at complications and resolutions. We looked at ‘okay’ endings and ‘super’ endings before children were given a complication and asked to write a resolution. At the same time, we have developed knowledge of narrative features by practising making noun groups using adjectives. We also looked at writing descriptions of settings which may be included in narratives. We read and created examples of noun groups that engage the five senses and used them to describe a city landscape. Adverbs were also discussed and it’s wonderful to see children starting to use them with intention in their writing. We revised how to correctly punctuate direct speech – a tricky skill! In Spelling we looked at the digraph ‘ey’ making long vowel /a/ at the end of words. Each week we also look at irregular words and morphology (rules about

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