Spaceship Synonyms Boardgame
'Spaceship Synonyms' requires students to read words and then think of a synonym for that word.
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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.
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
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-UARL-01
new
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
Consider using this game in conjunction with our board game, 'Alligator Antonyms'. Link this learning to an understanding of how texts are made cohesive through language features, such as word associations, synonyms and antonyms. You might like to select a character and create a bank of synonyms that can be used to create vivid descriptions of that character.
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