• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Adjectives). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Which word is an adjective (it describes a noun)? The fluffy kitten slept. (kitten / fluffy / the / slept) → fluffyPrompt: Find the noun first.
2. Choose the adjective that fits the gap. The ___ elephant splashed in the river. (splashed / enormous / elephant / quickly) → enormousPrompt: The gap comes before a noun. What word could describe it?
3. Which word is an adjective (it describes a noun)? A tall giraffe ate leaves. (leaves / tall / giraffe / ate) → tallPrompt: Find the noun first.

• Show a sentence with the grammar point used wrongly and ask what sounds odd.
• Share the objective: Noun phrases that paint a picture (the tiny green frog). Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Read the question. Which group of words is a noun phrase that describes a thing?
• Step 1: A noun phrase is a group of words built around a noun, like 'the tiny green frog'.
• Step 2: So the answer is: the old wooden bridge
• Answer: the old wooden bridge
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Read the question. Which group of words is a noun phrase that describes a thing? (loudly / sang all day / on the branch / the noisy blue parrot) → the noisy blue parrotPrompt: A noun phrase has a noun (a thing) at its heart.
2. Read the question. Which noun phrase gives the reader the clearest picture? (a bee / the busy little bee / something / the bug) → the busy little beePrompt: Which one tells you the most about how the thing looks?

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 2 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Read the question. Which group of words is a noun phrase that describes a thing? (over the river / creaked loudly / at night / the old wooden bridge) → the old wooden bridgePrompt: A noun phrase has a noun (a thing) at its heart.
2. Read the question. Which noun phrase gives the reader the clearest picture? (a mushroom / some stuff / a spotty red mushroom / the thing) → a spotty red mushroomPrompt: Which one tells you the most about how the thing looks?

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-2.