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Shades of Meaning
2 3 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources English Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas Text Structure & Organisation Language for Interacting With Others 5 Pages

Shades of Meaning

These charts were created by request and provide examples of synonyms that demonstrate shades of meaning in various words.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to understand how language features such as personal and possessive pronouns can be used to leave out words in a text that can be inferred, e.g. Sam went to school. She had a lovely day. (‘at school’ is inferred).
  • We are learning to understand how language features such as synonyms, antonyms and word associations make texts cohesive.
  • 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

EN1-9B old Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts 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 EN2-7B old Identifies and uses language forms and features in their own writing appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts 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 EN2-RECOM-01 new Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension 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-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
VCELA272 Examine how evaluative language can be varied to be more or less forceful VCELY223 Analyse how different texts use nouns to represent people, places, things and ideas in particular ways VCELA273 Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs VCELA224 Understand how texts are made cohesive by the use of resources, including word associations, synonyms, and antonyms

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

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