Learning objective

  • To compose a written description of a portrait.

Success criteria

  • I can apply appropriate vocabulary to describe hair

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Creating noun phrases Display the Presentation: Noun-adjective agreement, listing facial features and colour adjectives, and hand out the whiteboards and pens. Arrange the children in pairs and invite them to use the words shown on the slide to match each feature with the corresponding colour adjective, ensuring they agree in form. The children can copy…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing support 

Should use the Knowledge organiser for vocabulary and grammar support in all sections of the lesson; should label their portraits with descriptive noun phrases rather than writing a description in full sentences.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should enhance their initial portrait description by including additional features using a Spanish-English bilingual dictionary; could find and use additional colours or adjectives to describe their portrait’s facial features, applying their knowledge of adjectival agreement to generate the correct form.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using a variety of language to describe

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Knowledge outcomes

 

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Vocabulary

  • No new vocabulary in this lesson.

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