Back to Back Yes - Statements, Questions and Exclamations
This game is designed to assist young students with understanding and identifying statements, questions and exclamations.
This game is designed to be played in two different ways. It can be used as a whole class activity, in which students will play in pairs. Alternatively, it can be played in groups of 5 players allowing for it to be used successfully as a rotation activity.
Learning goals
- We are learning to understand the difference between commands, statements and questions (both open and closed).
- We are learning to understand the purpose of punctuation in sentences.
- We are learning to recognise the impact that facial expressions and gestures have when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands.
- We are learning to understand the purpose of punctuation in different sentence types.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E1LA01
9
Understand how language, facial expressions and gestures are used to interact with others when asking for and providing information, making offers, exclaiming, requesting and giving commands
AC9E1LA10
9
Understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns
ACELA1446
8.4
Understand that there are different ways of asking for information, making offers and giving commands
ACELA1449
8.4
Recognise that different types of punctuation, including full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, signal sentences that make statements, ask questions, express emotion or give commands
EN1-1A
old
Communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations
EN1-9B
old
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
EN1-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
EN1-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
EN1-REFLU-01
new
Sustains reading unseen texts with automaticity and prosody and self-corrects errors
VCELA190
Recognise that different types of punctuation, including full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, signal sentences that make statements, ask questions, express emotion or give commands
VCELA199
Understand that language is used in combination with other means of communication
VCELA200
Understand that there are different ways of asking for information, making offers and giving commands
VCELA201
Explore different ways of expressing emotions, including verbal, visual, body language and facial expressions
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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