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Better Word Choices - VERBS
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Better Word Choices - VERBS

Not only is this a very colourful word wall for your classroom making a super quick and engaging display, but it is highly functional.

Students should be encouraged to use alternative verb choices in their creative and informative writing tasks.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to demonstrate a range of feelings and positions by building vocabulary (including technical words) to express judgements about characters and events using modal verbs and adverbs.
  • We are learning to demonstrate a range of feelings and positions by building vocabulary to express judgements about characters and events using modal verbs and adverbs.
  • We are learning to use adjectival and adverbial clauses to build descriptions in texts and understand that a complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause joined by a subordinating conjunction, e.g. because, if, that.
  • We are learning to use noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases to build descriptions in texts.
  • We are learning to understand how to make an action more vivid through careful verb choice, elaborated tenses and to use adverb groups/phrases to provide important details about a happening or state.

Curriculum alignment

EN2-9B old Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts EN3-6B old Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies EN2-OLC-01 new Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting EN2-VOCAB-01 new Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words EN2-RECOM-01 new Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension EN3-RECOM-01 new Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
VCELA273 Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs VCELA323 Understand the difference between main and subordinate clauses and that a complex sentence involves at least one subordinate clause VCELA292 Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases VCELA351 Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/phrases

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

Differentiation

Modifications

For lower students, you may wish to place a gold star sticker beside the one or two best words you'd like them to focus on for each chart. Taking this one step further, you can create a reward chart for individual students where you reward them with a star on their personal chart for each time they take the initiative to use one of the words from the classroom charts. For students on the autism spectrum, take a photo of the student holding the reward they will earn and attach this to their reward chart so they can see what they are working towards.

Extensions

To make a quick game, split students into teams, give them a few seconds to look at one of the posters before you take it away. Challenge groups to write each of the synonyms for that feeling. Award points for the number each group accurately recalled.

Teach it your way

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