WALT identify the key features of a riddle

WALT: identify the key features of a riddle

Starter • • My transport is a boat. My teeth are often crooked or missing. I love jewels and gold. My pet is a parrot. What am I? Click to reveal the answer!

Today, we are going to be looking more carefully at the structure and language features of a riddle in preparation for writing our own.

Structure of ‘What Am I? ’ Riddles Let's look at some more riddles. What do you notice? Are there any words or phrases which are repeated? What other features do they have that are the same? 44 clues Ends with ‘What am I? ’ Answer I can whistle, but I don’t have a mouth. I am strong like a wrestler but as furry as a fox. I can move objects easily, even though I have no arms. I have pointed, blood-drenched teeth as sharp as razor blades. I can be felt although I cannot be seen. I can catch my dinner in an instant. I blow leaves off trees. I hunt for my dinner in forests and lakes. What am I? I am the wind. I am a bear.

Language features of ‘What Am I? ’ Riddles I can whistle but I don’t have a mouth. I am strong like a wrestler but as furry as a fox. I can move objects easily, even though I have no arms. I have pointed, blood-drenched teeth as sharp as razor blades. I can be felt although I cannot be seen. I can catch my dinner in an instant. I blow leaves off trees. I hunt for my dinner in forests and lakes. What am I? I am the wind. What am I? I am a bear. ‘I’ sentence starters Similes ( when we compare something to something else) Conjunctions ( words that join ideas together e. g. and, but, so, or, although) 2 a phrases ( describing words) Adverbs ( describes an action) What am I?

Your Main Task Working on your own or with an adult, you are going to find and colour the key language features of the riddles. EXT: Can you begin to write a riddle for one of the images below including some of the features you found about one of the images?