This auto-timed quiz allows students to demonstrate their understanding of how simple sentences are structured. It is a terrific way to check in on student understanding towards the end of the Simple Sentences unit.
Can be used as an informal assessment 1-on-1 or with the whole class. Students can use paper or mini-whiteboards to record their answers.
Understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea
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)
Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘What state is being described?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances
Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
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
Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances