The narrative scene can be displayed in the classroom to demonstrate adjective choices students can use in their imaginative writing.
Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
Compare how images in different types of texts contribute to meaning
Discuss how an author uses language and illustrations to portray characters and settings in texts, and explore how the settings and events influence the mood of the narrative
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)
Compare different kinds of images in narrative and informative texts and discuss how they contribute to meaning
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
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter
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
Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts
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)
Compare different kinds of images in narrative and informative texts and discuss how they contribute to meaning
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