Through words and language Nobody can be truly

Through words and language… Nobody can be truly distanced Language is used to: - Communicate - Connect - Construct

Root of the week: Ad To, towards (when something comes towards, nearby or happens to something else) An adversary is a person who goes against you in some way, such as an opponent in a contest or a personal enemy in a conflict. The advent of something new, such as an invention, marks the beginning of its arrival or appearance to the world at large When something is adjacent to something else, it lies close to or neighbours it. If you undergo adversity in life, you suffer from trouble, misfortune, and hardship.

Root of the week: Ad The English prefix ad- means “to, towards. ” Examples using this prefix include admit and adjust. An easy way to remember that the prefix ad- means “towards” is through the word advertise, for when you advertise you try to turn potential buyers “towards” the product you are selling.

Adverbs bring extra meaning towards verbs. They can modify (change) the verb. • Harry clapped enthusiastically for the NHS and care workers. • Harry clapped endlessly for the NHS and care workers; they deserved it. Adverbial phrase

We know that adverbs modify verbs • The solution reacted quickly. • The coastal wall is gradually eroded. • Jonathan Small spoke bitterly about the treasure. • The French navy reacted aggressively.

Adverbials are phrases that contain adverbs They answer the questions: • • How? In what way? When? Where? To what extent? With what? Why? These are the types of questions you need to consider when communicating clearly the knowledge that you possess. Without them, your writing is basic and only offers a fraction of what you actually know.

When? To what extent? Why? In what way? • After the sugar was introduced, the solution reacted quickly. • The coastal wall is gradually eroded to the point of danger. • Since he had lost out, Jonathan Small spoke bitterly about the treasure. • The French navy reacted aggressively through frequent brutal attacks.

Where are the adverbials in this passage? Sobbing uncontrollably, Lady Camilla threw herself down on her huge bed. Her emerald green dress was torn and dirty where she had been dragged along the ground and she was sore where her necklace had been wrenched violently from around her neck. Hovering in the doorway, Jim did not know what to do to help his mistress. He couldn’t bear to see her so miserable, but he help as helpless as a kitten. As the pirates made off in the moonlight, he had only caught glimpses of them. Cunningly, they had got away with the most treasured items from the house, including Lady Camilla’s priceless emerald necklace. Look out for those at the start of sentences – these are fronted adverbials and must be followed by a comma.

Sobbing uncontrollably, Lady Camilla threw herself down on her huge bed. Her emerald green dress was torn and dirty where she had been dragged along the ground and she was sore where her necklace had been wrenched violently from around her neck. Hovering in the doorway, Jim did not know what to do to help his mistress. He couldn’t bear to see her so miserable, but he help as helpless as a kitten. As the pirates made off in the moonlight, he had only caught glimpses of them. Cunningly, they had got away with the most treasured items from the house, including Lady Camilla’s priceless emerald necklace.

Where are the adverbials in this passage? They tell the reader: How? In what way? When? Where? To what extent? With what? Why? Without moving a muscle, he crouched on the steps behind an open door. Before he could find a better place to hide, he heard heavy footsteps approaching. Black Jack himself strode boldly into the room, his lilac neckerchief tied around his neck and his tarry pigtail hanging down beneath his red bandanna. His black beard and staring eyes made Jim gape in horror. Black Jack raised his right hand in triumph. In it was the diamond necklace, glittering like a star in the lamplight.

Without moving a muscle, he crouched on the steps behind an open door. Before he could find a better place to hide, he heard heavy footsteps approaching. Black Jack himself strode boldly into the room, his lilac neckerchief tied around his neck and his tarry pigtail hanging down beneath his red bandanna. His black beard and staring eyes made Jim gape in horror. Black Jack raised his right hand in triumph. In it was the diamond necklace, glittering like a star in the lamplight.

Your journal entries have been fantastic! Have a read of my weekend entry on the next slide. See if you can identify where I have used words that have the root of the week. What are they and what do they mean? Also look out for where I have used adverbial phrases to establish: How? In what way? When? Where? To what extent? With what? Why?

Mr Still’s Diary - Saturday 2 nd May It would be easy for Saturday to seem just the same as every other day of the week if I allowed it to. But I try to make it different to the other days, to make it the end of the week reward it always was. I just have to be prepared to adapt things a little. I can’t go to football, but I can play it (well, I can’t play it but I have a go). Setting up the temporary football pitch in my garden today, I startled my old adversary – the fox. He isn’t strictly an adversary because I still mean to befriend him. He clearly doesn’t like me, however. He dives into the bushes as if I am one of those ridiculous red jacketed buffoons who sit on horses blowing trumpets (or whatever they blow). I have been speaking softly, to let him know that I am kind of nature. Anyway, I set up a game for two versus two. It’s usually me and Mrs Still (combined age of 76) against Hunter and Imogen (10 years in total). It is practically a pensioner versus a speedy child. For this reason, I usually take it upon myself to be referee and adjudicate. Some of my decisions have been questioned of late so I let my wife have the whistle and set of red and yellow cards taken from the Monopoly set. 2 minutes in I was admonished for a late – and high - challenge on Imogen (4 years) and then sent off for handling a cross. To be honest, I thought this rather foolhardy of Mrs Still who then became a team of one. However, from my position in the dressing room (or upstairs bathroom) I noted that she rang rings around the others and recorded a handsome 5 -2 victory. We all had dinner afterwards and chatted about the game. In terms of excitement and, indeed, quality of football – it wasn’t too different to an afternoon at Millwall. I will return to working online tomorrow in the all the weird hours this new life takes me. But for today, the weekend was the weekend.