Australian Curriculum V8
ACELA1482
Understand that verbs represent different processes, for example doing, thinking, saying, and relating and that these processes are anchored in time through tense
Elaborations
- identifying different types of verbs and the way they add meaning to a sentence (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- exploring 'doing' and 'saying' verbs in narrative texts to show how they give information about what characters do and say (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- exploring the use of sensing verbs and how they allow readers to know what characters think and feel (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- exploring the use of relating verbs in constructing definitions and descriptions (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- learning how time is represented through the tense of a verb, for example 'She arrived’, ‘She is arriving’ and adverbials of time, for example ‘She arrived yesterday’, ‘She is arriving in the morning’ (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
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teaching resources for those 'aha' moments
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Cut and Paste Matching Verb Tense Worksheet
Practise identifying past, present and future tense in verbs using this set of cut and paste worksheets.
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Verb Tense Puzzle Pop Activity
Grow your students' knowledge of the tense of verbs with this puzzle pop matching activity.
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Creature Creator - Verb Tense Task Cards
Create a mystery creature using past, present and future tense verbs.
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Verb Tense Regular and Irregular Sorting Activity
Help students understand the difference between a regular and irregular verb tense group with this hands-on verb sorting activity.
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Modelled Writing - Improving Procedure Texts
A 60 minute lesson in which students will improve a procedure text by applying knowledge of procedure text structure and language features.