Evaluative Language Continuum
This resource has been designed to explore evaluative language and shades of meaning. It will allow students to begin using vocabulary that will express a greater precision of meaning in student writing. Simply cut out the words and order them on the continuum according to the level of their strength, modality or meaning. Use the What Does it Mean? template, included in the pack, to deepen their understanding of new vocabulary.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to examine how evaluative language can be varied to be more or less forceful.
- 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.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E3LA02
9
Understand how the language of evaluation and emotion, such as modal verbs, can be varied to be more or less forceful
AC9E3LA10
9
Extend topic-specific and technical vocabulary and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts
ACELA1477
8.4
Examine how evaluative language can be varied to be more or less forceful
ACELA1484
8.4
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs
EN2-7B
old
Identifies and uses language forms and features in their own writing appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts
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
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
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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