Working with Wording

We had a recap and a Year 8 English lesson.


VERB - a doing word e.g. run
ADJECTIVE - a describing word e.g. beautiful
NOUN - an object or thing e.g. dog, can, ball
PRO NOUN - comes before a noun e.g. a, the
SUBJECTIVE PERSONAL PRO NOUN - e.g. he, she, it, her, his, they
ADVERB - it describes the verb e.g. running fast, drank quickly


Sentence Examples using the above;


He was running really fast
The fat cat sat on the mat
The ipod is on the table
There is a squirrel on the fridge
The man ate his own head
He was running fast


The next exercise was to condense a X-Factor newspaper article into 140 characters


'Katie reads everything written to make amends after leaking saucy story of rival Matt. "I can make improvements on what people don't like"

A similar exercise where we had to condense a longer paper article on Roonie down to 160 characters in a text to a friend


Fergy refused to answer questions about Waynes future, wayne Rooney told untd he didnt want new contract. His future came under scutiny after breakdown reports.