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Describe it!
F 1 2 Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets English Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas Examining Literature Creating Texts 4 Pages

Describe it!

This worksheet builds students’ ability to use descriptive language in narratives. Kindergarten students identify adjectives, Year 1 students use adjectives in sentences, and Year 2 students expand sentences using noun groups. Activities encourage vocabulary development, sentence fluency, and creative writing. Fast-finisher tasks provide additional practice in real-world applications.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning that in narrative and informative texts, the words and pictures work together to create meaning.
  • We are learning to use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to structure a sentence and make it more vivid.
  • We are learning to identify visual representations of characters’ actions, reactions, speech and thought processes in narratives and to consider how these images affect the meaning of the words.
  • We are learning that in narrative and informative texts, the words and pictures work together to create meaning.
  • We are learning to use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to structure a sentence and make it more vivid.
  • We are learning to identify representations of characters’ actions, reactions, speech and thought processes in narratives and to consider how they affect the meaning of the words.

Curriculum alignment

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 ENe-8B old Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter EN1-9B old Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts EN1-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them EN1-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions 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
VCELA145 Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts 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) VCELA215 Identify visual representations of characters’ actions, reactions, speech and thought processes in narratives, and consider how these images add to or contradict or multiply the meaning of accompanying words

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

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