Fronted adverbials with our friends Suzy and baby Alan!

This morning the children got to meet Suzy crab. Suzy helped the children to add fronted adverbial phrases in to their Roman soldier letter. I explained how Suzy was the Mum crab and so was the main 'clause'. She always makes sense by herself. For example

'We marched towards Hadrian's wall'.

She also had a son called baby Alan. Baby Alan doesn't make sense by himself

'With determination'

So Mummy crab has to hold his hand, they stay together using a bit of seaweed (comma). Together they make sense and form a fronted adverbial phrase.

'With determination, we marched towards Hadrian's wall'.

The children really enjoyed meeting the crabs...wait for it....