Here is a quick writing idea to try out with your class all about collective nouns.
Explain to the children that a collective noun is the term we use for a group of things. For example, a flock of sheep, a bunch of flowers, a class of students.
Here are some rarer ones they might not know:
a tissue of lies,
a hand of bananas,
a murder of crows,
an ambush of tigers,
a blessing of unicorns,
a kingdom of rats
Search the Internet for lots more.
All of these collective nouns – and many, many more – were invented in the past. Now it is the children’s turn. You are going to get them to make up some new collective nouns.
How many can they invent? Get them to write down lots to start with – quickly. Then look back through them all and choose the best ones. Keep between eight and ten.
To get them started, here are six nouns:pirates, drink cans, snails ambulances computer games dentists
Invent a collective noun to describe a group of any of them.
Have fun!
This idea is taken From David Horner’s book, ‘Cracking Creative Writing’. It contains 100+ activities to inspire children to write creatively and independently.
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