Grammar

Y5/6: Spring Term Fiction: Plan 3A Short stories: Spooky Stories

 Adverbials build
create
suspense by
cohesion by
revealing
linking
ideas more
ideas
slowly
add detail

Week 1 Thursday Grammar 1

 Adverbials
Adverbials tell us more about a verb.

Adverbials can be
a word,
a phrase, between the
hungrily
cracks
or a
clause.
after the song ended
 Adverbials
Adverbials tell us more about a verb.

The creature prowls.

The creature prowls with hungry
eyes.
The creature prowls beneath the
bed.
In each sentence, the verb is modified by the
The creatureadverbial.
prowls during the
night.
 Adverbials
Adverbials for cohesion can answer the questions

Where?

When?

In what
order?
 Adverbials Where?
The creature prowls.
The creature prowls behind the dark wood.
The creature prowls through the
gravestones.
The creature prowls in my
nightmares.

Adverbials can answer the

question: Where?
 Adverbials When?
The creature prowls.
The creature prowls at midnight.
The creature prowls on lonely
nights.
The creature prowls
later.

Adverbials can answer the

question: When?
 Adverbials In what
order?
The creature prowls.
The creature prowls first.
The creature prowls
secondly.
Lastly, the creature prowls.

Adverbials can answer the question: In

what order?
 Adverbials
Adverbials often open with a preposition.

The creature prowls with hungry

eyes.
The creature prowls through the
long grass.
The preposition linksprowls
The creature the adverbial to the sentence.
during the
night.
 Adverbials
You can change the position of adverbials.

The creature prowled with hungry eyes. With hungry eyes, the
creature prowled.
The creature prowled through the grass. Through the grass, the
When an prowled.
creature adverbial appears in front of the sentence it is modifying
it is called a fronted adverbial.

In the moonlit garden, the creature prowled.

Fronted adverbials are separated from the main clause by a

comma.
 Answers
Adverbials in Short Stories
Read these sentences from Short!
Can you spot the verb and adverbial modifying it?

She peeped between the curtains.

At midnight, she heard the grandfather clock whirr and strike.
He even followed her into her own driveway.
Next morning, the girl got ready to go to school.
First, she went to the jeans department.

What question does each adverbial answer? When? Where? In

what order?
 Adverbials in Short Stories
Read these sentences from Short!
Can you spot the verb and adverbial modifying it?

She peeped between the curtains.

At midnight, she heard the grandfather clock whirr and strike.
He even followed her into her own driveway.
Next morning, the girl got ready to go to school.
First, she went to the jeans department.

What question does each adverbial answer? When? Where? In

what order?
 Your Turn!
Modify the verb drifted with an adverbial.
You can choose an adverbial for time, place or number.
Try placing it at the beginning and end of the main clause to see
which sounds best.
The small shape drifted.
 Your Turn!

Which was your best adverbial?

Did you remember to use a comma with fronted adverbials?

The small shape drifted.

Some example
sentences
As we hid in the dark, the small shape drifted. First, the small shape drifted.

Every night I watched, the small shape drifted. The small shape drifted at midnight.

The small shape drifted above the bed. Through the graveyard, the small shape drifted.
 Linking
Paragraph
s

Week 2 Monday Grammar 2

When do we start a new paragraph?

Change of place/setting
Change of time/ flashbacks
Change of topic/theme
Change of viewpoint
Change of speaker
Introduce a new character
Add suspense or change the mood
 Using a wider range of Adverbials
Adverbials tell us how, when, where and in what order
verbs happen.
They also help to link sentences and paragraphs in other
Adding
ways.
Showing Showing a
Summing Contrasti a jump in Showing mismatch
ideas up ng time or a result between
topic ideas
also overall on the other hand meanwhile as a result besides
furthermore in conclusion instead by the way therefore anyway

moreover in contrast now consequently however

anyhow

Week 2 Monday Grammar 2 Y6

 Using a wider range of Adverbials
Many of these are better for formal, non-fiction writing.

Showing Showing a
Adding Summing Contrasti a jump in Showing mismatch
ideas up ng time or a result between
topic ideas
also overall on the other hand meanwhile as a result besides
furthermore in conclusion instead by the way therefore anyway

moreover in contrast now consequently however

anyhow

A few of these can be useful in creating cohesion in

fiction.
Relative
Clauses

Week 2 Wednesday Grammar 3

 Relative Clauses
Relative clauses can give more information about a noun
or pronoun.
They usuallybegin with a relative pronoun.
Tell me more about the
The man went down the road. man.

The man, who was covered in cobwebs, went down the road.
The man, who was trembling with fear, went down the road.
The man, who had been following them, went down the road.
Relative Pronouns
who, which, where, when,
whose, that
 Relative Clauses
Relative clauses can give more information about a noun
or pronoun.
They usuallybegin with a relative pronoun.
Tell me more about the
The man went down the road. road.

The man went down the road which was strangely silent.
The man went down the road which he had not noticed before.
The man went down the road where nothing was as it seemed.
Relative Pronouns
who, which, where, when,
whose, that
 Your Turn!
Try adding a relative
clause to describe the
The girl walked through the wood.
girl or the wood.
Some example
sentences Commas separate
the relative clause
The girl, who was following the wolf, walked through the wood. if it is embedded
in the main clause.
The girl walked through the wood which seemed to be watching her.
The girl, who would never been seen again, walked through the wood.

Relative Pronouns
who, which, where, when,
whose, that
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Punctuating Relative Clauses
When the relative clause comes after the main
clause,
we do not usually separate the clauses with a
main relative clause
clause comma.
Rosie stroked the puppy which was hovering above her lap.

A comma would create an unnecessary break in

the sentence.
 Punctuating Embedded Relative Clauses
Sometimes the relative clause is embedded in the
main clause.

main clause

Emma ate the

spaghetti.

Tell me more about The relative clause needs to

be next to the noun: Emma.
Emma.
 Punctuating Embedded Relative Clauses
Sometimes the relative clause is embedded in the
main clause.

main main
clause clause

Emma , who did not know about the joke, ate the
spaghetti.

Tell me more about The main clause splits to make

space...
Emma.
 Punctuating Embedded Relative Clauses
Sometimes the relative clause is embedded in the
main clause.

main clause relative clause main

clause

Emma, who did not know it was haunted, ate the

spaghetti.
Commas separate the clauses because the relative clause breaks
up the main clause.
Tell me more about The main clause splits to make
space...
Emma.
for the relative clause.
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