Past Perfect Story Analysis

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📚 WALT: Identify past perfect tense and analyse viewpoints

Success Criteria: I can spot past perfect verbs, understand different characters' feelings, and use modal verbs effectively.

1. Find the past perfect verbs in this sentence: "The children had already settled into their seats when the new girl had arrived at the door."

2. What evidence shows the teacher's viewpoint about the new girl? Choose the best answer:

She welcomed her warmly

She seemed uncertain about what to do

She immediately found her a seat

3. Complete with modal verbs (must, should, could, will): The children _______ be curious about their new classmate, but they _______ also feel nervous.

4. Write thought bubbles for two children in the class. What questions and feelings might they have?

Child 1 thinks: _________________________________

Child 2 thinks: _________________________________

✏️ WALT: Use punctuation for parenthesis and write empathetically

5. Year 5: Write a sentence about the story using brackets, dashes, or commas to show extra information.

6. Year 6: Write a sentence about the story using a colon to introduce an explanation or list.

7. Write a friendly note to the little girl using present perfect questions and informal language:

Year 5: Write 2-3 sentences

Year 6: Write 4-5 sentences with varied sentence structures

8. Predict what will happen next in the story. Use adverbs like 'undoubtedly', 'certainly', 'surely':

🌟 Extension & Greater Depth Challenge

9. Greater Depth: Write a formal letter from the teacher to the head teacher arguing for OR against allowing the girl to join the class. Use persuasive language and modal verbs.

10. Extension Activity: Rewrite the key sentence using 'but' to show contrast, then explain why the author chose to use this conjunction:

Differentiation Support:

• Emerging: Use word banks and sentence starters provided by teacher

• Developing: Complete activities with peer support

• Secure: Add extra detail and explanation to answers

• Greater Depth: Complete formal letter task and analyse author's language choices