Look at the news article and talk
about what you think the article
will be about. Talk about what the
headline, the picture and the caption
tell us about the article. What information
does the lead paragraph give us?

Read the newspaper article and answer
  these questions. Discuss the answers.

What
is the name of the newspaper?
What
is the headline?
What is the by-line?
What
is the date of the newspaper?
When
did the fire happen?
What
caused the fire?
Who
is the article about?
What
did she do?


Look back at the words in bold in the newspaper article and the story on page 10. They are all adjectives describing nouns. Underline the nouns they describe. Use 8 of these words to form sentences. Write them in your exercise book.

Now write down adjectives that describe the following pictures.


book

giraffe

tortoise

flower

car

cake

dog

building

match

weight

jersey

coffee




Use four of the adjectives to form sentences.