Better Word Choices - Adjectives & Emotions
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 more vivid and descriptive adjectives in their creative and informative writing tasks.
We have also included alternative word choices for a number of emotions.
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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.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E3LA10
9
Extend topic-specific and technical vocabulary and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts
AC9E4LA06
9
Understand that complex sentences contain one independent clause and at least one dependent clause typically joined by a subordinating conjunction to create relationships, such as time and causality
ACELA1484
8.4
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs
ACELA1493
8.4
Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases
ACELA1532
8.4
Understand the use of punctuation to support meaning in complex sentences with prepositional phrases and embedded clauses
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
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
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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