Expanded noun phrases: Portuguese man o'war
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Copy and improve the first sentence by putting an adjective before each noun.
Challenge 2
Expand the second sentence with more information about the man o’ war, and replace the adjectives with some great alternatives.
Challenge 3
Using some of the words from the Word Wall, write your own scintillating sentence about the man o’ war featured in the film clip. It must include one (or more) expanded noun phrases. See if you can also include either a prepositional phrase or a relative clause.
Whiteboard Challenges
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1) Among the man o’ war’s ______tentacles lurked a _______ man o’ war fish.
2) The alien-like man o’ war, with _____ , was drifting across the turquoise sea.
Word Wall
Portuguese man o'war
tentacle
lethal
muscular
stinging cells
trailed
armed
paralysed
lurked
reeled
digested
scaly husk