--- title: "Year 4 English - Character Thoughts and Dialogue" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-28-year-4-english-character-thoughts-and-dialogue" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 4 English - Character Thoughts and Dialogue ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/unnamed_(27).jpg) 28 November 2024 ![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/unnamed_(27).jpg) This week in English, we have been continuing our learning about The Little Shoemaker. We have been working hard on using adverbs to start sentences, and we also thought about the difference between thoughts and speech. The children did a fantastic job or inferring the character's speech and thoughts in different ways! [Year 4](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-4) [English](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Screenshot_2024-11-27_13.14.30.png)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-27-nursery-music-experimenting-with-loud-and-quiet-sounds) Previous ### [Nursery - Music - Experimenting With Loud And Quiet Sounds](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-27-nursery-music-experimenting-with-loud-and-quiet-sounds) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2024-12-02_17_17_30.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-12-02-year-1-english-using-envoys-to-communicate-facts) Next ### [Year 1 - English - Using Envoys To Communicate Facts](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-12-02-year-1-english-using-envoys-to-communicate-facts) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)