60 second challenge list as many objects as you can name in this picture Choose a head noun t o describe in more d etail eg beast Place a determiner a nd one or two adjectives i n front of the noun eg ID: 727654
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DESCRIBING DRAGONS
Playing with noun phrases for descriptionSlide2
60 second challenge: list as many objects as you can name in this pictureSlide3
Choose a head noun
t
o describe in more
d
etail e.g. beastPlace a determiner and one or two adjectives in front of the noun e.g.the spitting, snarling beast
Creating noun phrases for descriptionSlide4
Make a new adjective
b
y
using a hyphen:
steel-ribbed skinsharply-pointed teethleather-like wingsTry placing a pair ofadjectives after the noun:teeth
, sharp and pointed,s
kin, ribbed and scaly,
Creating noun phrases for descriptionSlide5
Determiner
s
a
this
one
their
an
her
the
his
your
our
many
some
my
those
every
any
its
another
these
thatSlide6
Try out different
d
eterminers:
t
hose terrible clawsseveral spiked hornsits neck, strong and scaly,Creating noun phrases for descriptionSlide7
Prepositions
o
n
of
over
o
n top of
under
in
for
beside
after
before
from
between
at
through
beyond
with
to
l
ike a…
as…as a…Slide8
Add a prepositional
p
hrase e.g. starting ‘with’
or ‘of’:
a spitting, snarling beastwith a forked tongueMerlin’s magic cloak of protection
Creating noun phrases for descriptionSlide9
Use ‘as’ or ‘like’ to make
a simile:
scales as strong as armour
s
cales like chain mailCreating noun phrases for descriptionSlide10
Use one noun to modify
a
nother:
t
he mighty dragon withclaws of steel a flickering tongue of fire
Creating noun phrases for descriptionSlide11
Add detail after the noun
with a relative pronoun
who, whose, which, that
c
laws that scraped the stonyfloorhis cloak, which was woven from magic threads
Creating noun phrases for descriptionSlide12
D
eterminers and
adjectives:
a
nother fierce creature our brave, determined heroPrepositional phrases:the earth under its feeteyes of fireRelative pronouns:
a tongue that flicked out
t
he dragon, which spat flames,
Different ways of creating a noun phrase Slide13
Uther
Pendragon
, brave and
determined, approached the cavern where the legendary Kilgharrah dwelt. Without warning, a terrible creature with eyes of flame reared up before him.
An arched neck, which was covered in thick
scales,
thrashed from side to side as
blade-like talons
clawed the ground.
Could
the cloak that was woven with
magic threads
protect Uther Pendragonnow?
Using noun phrases in sentences Slide14
He stared at the creature in front of him.
Using noun phrases for description: can you carry on the story by describing the dragon? What do you want your reader to see, think or feel?Slide15
Nouns can be expanded in many ways
Additional information can be added before the noun and after the noun (pre and post-modification)
Nouns can be expanded with single words, phrases and clauses
The choice of vocabulary used within a noun phrase determines the mood/picture in the reader’s mind/information conveyed
Big Ideas: Noun Phrases