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The Highwayman

• Different types of sentences

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DAY 1 WALT To understand metaphors and how they
can be used. WILF I can write sentences using
metaphors.
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What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a way of describing something. It
  is when we say something becomes something else.
• E.g. The sun is a ball of orange flame.
• A baby is a soft, cuddly blanket.

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Find the metaphor

• Here is the first verse of The Highwayman.
  Read it and write the metaphors on your
  whiteboards.
• The wind was a torrent of darkness among the
  gusty trees,
• The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon
  cloudy seas,
• The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the
  purple moor,
• And the highwayman came riding,
• Riding, riding
• The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn
  door.

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Were you right?

• The metaphors were
• The wind was a torrent of darkness
• The moon was a ghostly galleon
• The road was a ribbon of moonlight
• In each of these the object described has become
  something else.

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Find the metaphor again

• There is a metaphor in this verse. Can you find
  it?
• And dark in the old inn yard a stable wicket
  creaked
• Where Tim the ostler listened his face was white
  and peaked
• His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like
  mouldy hay,
• But he loved the landlords daughter,
• The landlords red-lipped daughter
• Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the
  robber say -

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Metaphor fun!

• In your books, write metaphors that could be used
  to describe these
• A dog
• A baby

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What did you write?

• Some ideas could be
• A dog is a snapping crocodile, its coat is the
  white, crisp snow, its growl is a roaring lion,
  and its ears are soft, silky purses.
• A baby is a soft, cuddly blanket, its skin is
  fluffy cotton wool, its eyes are round, blue
  buttons, and its face is a chubby, round peach.

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Metaphor fun!

• In your book write metaphors to describe the
  following
• Your teacher
• Your mum/dad
• Your pet, or a friends pet
• The weather
• Your friend
• The sun
• The wind

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How did you get on?

• Come and share some of your metaphors here

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DAY 3 WALT To investigate different types of
sentences. WALT I can use Inside/outside, As
a and Show not tell sentences to write a
description.
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Different types of sentences

• Over the past weeks we have been looking at
  different types of sentences.
• Double AA sentences (two adjectives)
• Show not tell sentences
• E.g. Bess loosened her shining, black hair,
  allowing it to tumble out of the dark, dusty
  window, and the highwaymans face burnt like a
  brand.
• Bess shook with anticipation, her heart beat
  rapidly in her chest.

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Different types of sentences

• We are now going to look at two more sentences.
• Inside/outside sentences.
• E.g. Bess eagerly awaited the arrival of the
  highwayman, (inside, however, she was more
  terrified than ever).

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As a sentences

• These sentences use similes. A simile is when we
  say something is like something else.
• E.g. The sun was as red as a rose.
• Tims hair was like mouldy hay.
• His sword shone like a gleaming jewel.
• Her hair was as black as the dark, velvet night.

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Have a go!

• Can you use as a sentences to describe the
  following?
• The moon was as .a
• Bess eyes were as the sky.
• The football crowds cheer was as .a

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What did you write?

• Here are some ideas. You may have better ones!
• The moon was as bright as a shiny, gleaming
  pearl.
• Bess eyes were as blue as the sky.
• The football crowds cheer was as loud as a
  thousand roaring lions.

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DAY 4 WALT To use different sentences to write
about a character. WILF I can use As a and
Show not tell sentences to write a description
of Tim.
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• You will need to think about
• Tims feelings for Bess.
• What he thinks about the highwayman.
• What Tim looks like.
• Why he was there in the dark inn-yard. What were
  his motives?

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How did you get on? Come and share some of your
ideas here!
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DAY 5 WALT To describe a characters
feelings. WILF To write a diary entry as Bess,
telling of her feelings for the highwayman.
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Sustained Writing Task

• Your task is to write a diary entry as Bess.
• You are waiting for the highwayman.
• Think about
• What you can see, what you can hear, how you are
  feeling, what you are thinking.

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Sustained Writing Task

• I shall be looking for the following in your
  work
• Double AA sentences
• Show not tell sentences
• As a sentences
• At least one metaphor

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Heres one I wrote earlier

• I wondered, would he come? I sat waiting by the
  draughty, cold casement. The moon was a pearl
  set in a dark, velvet sky. The stars were like
  twinkling diamonds set on a royal crown. My
  heart beat rapidly in my chest, I could barely
  breathe. I waited eagerly for his arrival,
  (inside, however I felt terrified at the prospect
  that he would not come).

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Theres more!

• Suddenly I heard a sound in the distance. I
  peered out of the window, leaning as much as I
  dared. My fingers trembled as I plaited the
  dark, red love knot in my long, shining, black
  hair.
• What was that? Another sound, much closer this
  time! Was he here at last? My breath caught in
  my throat as I heard the horses hooves
  clattering and clashing in the yard. My heart
  leapt as I heard tapping on the shutters and the
  familiar whistle the one I loved so well.