Common Noun Hunt
This worksheet has been designed to encourage your students to identify common nouns within basic sentences.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise parts of speech used to structure a sentence.
- We are learning to recognise parts of speech used to structure a sentence.
- We are learning to use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to structure a sentence and make it more vivid.
- We are learning to use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to structure a sentence and make it more vivid.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E1LA06
9
Understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea
AC9E1LA07
9
Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
ACELA1451
8.4
Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘What state is being described?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances
ACELA1452
8.4
Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
EN1-4A
old
Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
EN1-9B
old
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
EN1-RECOM-01
new
Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning
EN1-CWT-01
new
Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
VCELA178
Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances
VCELA179
Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
If some students are overwhelmed, encourage them to find the common noun that matches the picture clue only.
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