Success criteria

Can I embed a relative clause in 3-5 sentences?Can I punctuate the sentence correctly?Can I alter the perception of the character?Can I discuss my sentence using the relevant vocabulary?

Example

Cinderella mopped the floor carefully.

Relative pronouns

that who

which whose

whom

Example

Cinderella, who was planning slippery revenge on her sisters, mopped the marble floor carefully.

Sentence 1

The fairy godmother waved a glittering wand over the girl.

Sentence 2

Snow White opened the door to a strange woman selling apples.

Sentence 3

The prince held a glass slipper in his hands.

Sentence 4

Robin Hood swiped the bag of gold from the sherrif’s table.

Sentence 5

Little Red Riding Hood picked white flowers.

Sentence 6

The wolf knocked at the door of Grandma’s cottage.

Sentence 7

The ugly sisters shouted at Cinderella.

Sentence 8

The giant chased Jack to the top of the beanstalk.

Sentence 9

The sheriff took the widow’s last coins.

Sentence 10

The ogre grinned at the terrified children.

Extension – improve the text by embedding relative clauses and using

subordinating conjunctions.

The dog darted through some railings. It vanished into the bushes. Mike and Amy ran round to the gates. It was dusk. The park was about to close. They walked down the path. They listened for sounds of Mike’s dog. Amy heard a bark. The sound led them off the path. They scrambled through the trees and shrubs. Mike pointed, “Look I think I can see him.” Amy and Mike hurried to where Mike had pointed. There lay Mike’s dog. It wagged its tail.