Checkpoint lesson 5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

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Adjective recap

Collective noun

Writing your article

Find an object, take a picture, upload and describe using adjectives...

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So what is a collective noun:

A word used to represent a group of people, animals, or things

e.g. team, crowd , flock, choir, group

People:

a band of musicians

a team of players 

a crowd of people

a gang of thieves

a pack of thieves

a class of students

a board of directors

Animals:

an army of ants, 

a flock of birds, 

a flock of sheep, 

a herd of deer, 

a hive of bees, 

a litter of puppies, 

a pack of wolves, 

a murder of crows.

things:

a bouquet of flowers

a bunch of flowers

a fleet of ships

a forest of tress

a galaxy of stars

a pack of cards

a pack of lies

a pair of shoes

a range of mountains

Sometimes the collective nouns can be shared across the categories,

e.g. a pack of thieves, a pack of wolves, a pack of lies, a pack of cards, a pack of hounds

A collective noun can be singular or plural

The shoal was moving north

shoal is singuar- considered as one unit

The shoal were darting in all directions

shoal is plural considered as lots of individuals

There is always an incredible crowd that follows me ( boxer Mohamed Ali)

Top Tip 

you can use the wrong collective noun as a literary technique

 

A swarm of protesters ran from the police

Swarm

- angry, 

-unorganised, 

-large number, 

-in a frenzy

You can't always switch the collective nouns like:

a bouquet of wolves, a swarm of students, a litter of ships

 ?

A swarm of students 

( image of lots of students in a frenzy)

A pack of ships

( ships hunting like wolves or thieves- it brings pirates to mind)

A forest of soldiers 

( thousands of soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder)

What is the collective noun name for...

Players

Drinks

Lions

Steps

Dancers

Books

Cars

Writing an article

The introduction - LIGHT UP MY BRAIN!

Ideas

First sentence - light up your readers brain or they switch off

Keep it short and:

Ask a question or

Tell a story or

Tell them a shocking fact or

Tell them a very short anecdote

Tell the reader to imagine...

Examples

Imagine if you will. After a long day at school, and a long evening ahead of you that in the touch of a button help is at hand. I want to tell you about how learning to plan changed my life, how it gave me more time for fun and ow my grades are increasing with minimum effort. Sounds too good to be true right? Well read on for the best life hacks!

This article is all about how to plan your life. I will discuss how it may give you more time, how you may get to see your friends more and how important planning is. Teenagers are not good at planning. Here is how you should learn to plan to be better at it.

Your turn

Write an introduction paragraph for the Checkpoint article

Remember to include a headline

The introduction should also 'introduce' what you will write about in the article

Now write!

Finish writing your article for the next lesson

Due Tuesday 25th of January

Length? Around 500 words - 1.5 sides of a4

You will get feedback on this!