2:

Add the missing capital letters and full stops.

1. i went to the laundrette to do my washing because it was wednesday

2. wednesday was washing day

3. i was tired as it was late

4. suddenly, i noticed something strange in the washing machine

5. it was a fish

Now try as part of a paragraph.

slowly i got out of my seat and went to have a closer look i saw it again my sock had transformed into a fish and there were schools of them did i own that many socks after that, i opened the door.

Verb Word Bank

Drift

Swim

Glide

Float

Dart

Spin

Whirl

Rush

Dance

Travel

1. Make a list of adjectives, nouns and verbs found in the text below or underline each in a different colour.

Tall, strong seaweed towers grow towards the light, standing still in the strong current. Shoals of stripy, colourful sock fish dart up and down. Bright rays of sunshine dance and sparkle in the water. A large t-shirt octopus with long tentacles drifts by. The glittering seabed stretches as far as the eye can see. Small, woolly hat turtles swim past slowly. Bubbles travel to the surface before bursting…POP!

Bronze: Which words are nouns and which words are adjectives?

colourful

hat

fish

large

t-shirt

stripy

woolly

eye

2. Using your expanded noun phrases, write your own version of what you could see when you travelled through the washer.

Planning Sheet

What am I going to write about?

What will happen?

What will I describe?

Paragraph One

Describing the underwater world

Paragraph Two

Following the yellow sock fish and meeting the jeans shark.

Paragraph Three

Swimming away and returning to the laundrette.

Success Criteria

Bronze Success Criteria

Child

Adult

Have I checked my work for capital letters and full stops?

Have I described the underwater world?

Have I told the reader about the yellow fish and the jeans shark?

Have I told the reader about swimming away and returning to the launderette?

Silver Success Criteria

Child

Adult

Have I used expanded noun phrases?

Have I checked my work for capital letters and full stops?

Have I written in the first person? (e.g. I)

Have I described the underwater world?

Have I told the reader about the yellow fish and the jeans shark?

Have I told the reader about swimming away and returning to the launderette?

Gold Success Criteria

Child

Adult

Have I used expanded noun phrases?

Have I used some of the powerful vocabulary?

Have I checked my work for capital letters and full stops?

Have I written in the first person? (e.g. I)

Have I described the underwater world?

Have I told the reader about the yellow fish and the jeans shark?

Have I told the reader about swimming away and returning to the launderette?

Word Mats

Story Opening

I went to the launderette to do my washing because it was Wednesday. Wednesday was washing day. I was tired as it was late. Suddenly, I noticed something strange inside the washing machine. It was a fish! Was I dreaming? It can’t be a fish, surely it was just a sock.

Slowly, I got out of my seat and went to have a closer look. Shocked, I saw it again. My sock had transformed into a fish and there were schools of them! Did I own that many socks? After that, I opened the door. Carefully, I reached out and touched the bubble of water leading to the underwater world. Then, I took a deep breath and put my head inside. I swam through a dark, narrow tunnel and that’s when I saw it…