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Once Upon a Time - Narrative Adjectives
1 2 3 Pre & Primary Essentials Classroom Displays Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas Examining Literature 1 Page

Once Upon a Time - Narrative Adjectives

The narrative scene can be displayed in the classroom to demonstrate adjective choices students can use in their imaginative writing. 

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Learning goals

  • 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.
  • We are learning to understand the different purposes of images in various text types and how they contribute to meaning.
  • We are learning to understand the different purposes of images in different text types and how they contribute to meaning.
  • We are learning to describe the settings in texts and character traits using descriptive adjectives that influence the mood of the narrative.
  • We are learning to describe the settings in texts and character traits using descriptive adjectives that influence the mood of the narrative.

Curriculum alignment

EN1-9B old Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts EN2-8B old Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter EN1-7B old Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter EN2-UARL-01 new Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts EN2-RECOM-01 new Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension EN2-OLC-01 new Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting 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 EN1-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions EN1-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure 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
VCELA180 Compare different kinds of images in narrative and informative texts and discuss how they contribute to meaning 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) VCELT253 Discuss how language is used to describe the settings in texts, and explore how the settings shape the events and influence the mood of the narrative

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

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