Students combine their cumulative learning of sensing verbs, prepositional phrases, and comparisons to co-construct and independently draft a descriptive paragraph about a river landscape, utilizing a multi-tiered writing frame.

Students learn how prepositional phrases give information about 'where' and 'when' events occur, practicing adding them to simple sentences containing sensing verbs to build descriptive detail.

Students investigate sensing verbs related to the five senses, identifying how the author uses them to share the main character's thoughts and feelings, and brainstorming sensory details about a river.

Students explore how authors use figurative language to paint 'word pictures' by identifying comparisons using 'like' and 'as' in the text, and co-constructing similes about the natural world.

Students activate prior knowledge of narrative structures and sequence the key events of 'I Talk Like A River' using a simplified narrative planner, exploring how personal experiences shape their feelings about the text.