Truth is Stranger than Fiction Lesson Two Understand

Truth is Stranger than Fiction Lesson Two: Understand how descriptive detail can be created in a newspaper article through careful choice of adjectives, nouns and verbs. Be able to develop descriptive detail through careful choice of adjectives, nouns and verbs.

Write a newspaper headline based on something that happened to you yesterday.

Adjective Noun Verb Mystery beast seen at hell-hound’s haunt Preposition Noun

Demon of Dartmoor A groups: Underline the facts about the beast in the article. What is the balance of fact and opinion? B groups: Highlight the verbs used to describe what the beast or dogs do. What’s the effect of these? C groups: Highlight the adjectives used to describe aspects of the beast or dogs. What’s the effect of these?

Any facts about the Beast? Adjectives Legend has it that a four-legged fiend with glowing eyes and a bloodcurdling howl stalks this very spot. Verb

What effect do these verbs and adjectives have? Verbs: stalks raced roamed tear breathing prey roam howling prowling Adjectives: glowing blood-curdling mystery thick, shaggy rounded large wild black grey thick, long blunt small feline bear-like black glowing red demonic

A: Create a bank of verbs that describe movement e. g. Creeping, Shuffling B: Create bank of nouns that describe a strange creature e. g. Fiend, Monster http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=bm 78 r 2 innn. E

Design your writing Invent a mysterious creature which has been spotted in your local area. ¡ Write a paragraph describing the creature. ¡ Who is the reader? ¡ What effect/s do you want to create? ¡

Think/Pair/Share ¡ Why do people like to read articles like this? What makes this sort of subject so popular?