T2 Grammar, Vocabulary & Punctuation

EN2-9B uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Your teacher will talk to you about different kinds of sentences.  Some sentences are very short and simple and just contain one idea.  Other sentences (compound sentences) combine two or more ideas, sometimes using words like and, because, but, so, when, etc.

After you have had a discussion about these, you will find an activity on Seesaw which allows you to decide which sentences are simple and which sentences are compound.

Objective: Learn the meaning of new words, which improves our understanding of texts and so that we can eventually use these words in our own writing.

Prevent means to stop from happening, to not allow it to happen.

Recall means to remember something that has happened before.

To retrieve something means to find it or get it again.

To purchase something means to buy it.

Now complete the vocabulary worksheet.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Identify and colour code the nouns, verbs adjectives and adverbs in the sentence below.  

Try to improve the sentence by adding WOW words.

Then try to write a sentence following a similar pattern for some writing of your own.

 Needless to say, I am being horribly mistreated.

Objective: Learn the meaning of new words, which improves our understanding of texts and so that we can eventually use these words in our own writing.

Here is a review of our vocabulary words for this week.

Tender means gentle or not tough.  Meat can be described as tender.  The way a mother talks to her baby can be described as tender.

Spiral means something that winds around in a circle that is getting bigger or smaller.  The lines that curl around on a snail's shell are a spiral.

Stealth means without anyone seeing you, a bit like "sneaky".  A lion uses stealth to try and catch its prey without being noticed until it is sure it will be able to catch its dinner.

Stalk - to stalk its prey means that the lion is following its prey, getting ready to catch it.

Then complete the worksheet below.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Remember that a verb is a word that tells us the action in a sentence.  Can you think of some verbs that describe how the different animals from our book For All the Creatures might move?

Objective: Learn the meaning of new words, which improves our understanding of texts and so that we can eventually use these words in our own writing.

Brutal - means very cruel.  The sailors who landed on Macquarie Island lived "brutal lives" - the way they treated the seals and penguins was very cruel.

Century - a century usually means one hundred years.  Those of you who watch or play cricket will have heard about players scoring a century - this means that they score 100 runs (points) for their team.

Haven - a haven is a safe place.  Macquarie Island is a described as a haven / safe place for animals in the ocean.

Launch - to launch something means to start it off.  A newly built ship is "launched" when it is put into the water for the first time.

Now complete the vocabulary sheet which has these words on it.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Identify and colour code the nouns, verbs adjectives and adverbs in the sentence below. 

Try to improve the sentence by adding WOW words.

Then try to write a sentence following a similar pattern for some writing of your own.

A speck of green, in the vast, windswept sea, it is a haven for many creatures that live above and below the waves.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Every sentence needs a verb.  Have a go at this fun activity where you need to use some of these nouns and verbs to make sentences.  They can be funny or silly if you like!

Objective: Learn the meaning of new words, which improves our understanding of texts and so that we can eventually use these words in our own writing.

Sacred - something that is holy or very special.  Can you remember what was sacred in the book 14 Cows for America?  Cows were sacred to the Maasai, and the ceremony to give the cows to the diplomat was sacred.

Remote -  something that is at a distance.  We operate TV's from a distance when we use a remote control.  Something that is remote means far away.

Injustice - means unfair.  

Wounded - something or someone that is hurt or injured.  Who was wounded in the book 14 Cows for America?  The Americans after the planes crashed into the skyscrapers.

Now complete your vocabulary worksheet.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Identify and colour code the nouns, verbs adjectives and adverbs in the sentence below. 

Try to improve the sentence by adding WOW words.

Then try to write a sentence following a similar pattern for some writing of your own.

The children run to him with the speed and grace of cheetahs.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Adjectives are describing words.  Think of as many adjectives that were used in 14 Cows for America as you can.  Then complete the exercise below.

Objective: Learn the meaning of new words, which improves our understanding of texts and so that we can eventually use these words in our own writing.

All our vocabulary words this week are verbs (action words).

To produce something means to make something.  William wanted to produce electric wind.

To scorch something means to burn it a bit (but not usually enough to set it on fire).  The sun scorched the maize.

To doubt someone means to not really believe them.  The villagers doubted that William would be able to make electricity.

To require something means to need it, or to feel that it is necessary.  The windmill required a fan and a generator to make electricity.

Now complete your vocabulary sheet and glue it into your book.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Can you think of some words that would describe William?

Let's try to come up with some really interesting WOW words to use as adjectives in the activity below.

Objective: Learn the meaning of new words, which improves our understanding of texts and so that we can eventually use these words in our own writing.

Perform - if you perform for people, your entertain them by singing, playing an instrument or acting.  Yo-Yo Ma performs for people by playing his cello.

Compose - to compose something means to create or write something.  Yo-Yo Ma's father was a composer - someone who wrote music.

Seldom means almost never.  Yo-Yo Ma seldom went wrong with his music.

Regret - to regret something means to wish it had never happened, or to feel really bad about something you did.  Yo-Yo Ma did not regret his decision to travel less and to spend more time with his family.  He was glad he made that decision.

Complete the worksheet with perform, compose, seldom and regret and glue it into your vocabulary books.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Cities, people, countries and many places have their own special names - we call these Proper Nouns, and when we write tham we use a capital letter at the beginning.  What proper nouns were included in Yo-Yo Ma?

Objective: Learn the meaning of new words, which improves our understanding of texts and so that we can eventually use these words in our own writing.

Peasant - a peasant is a very poor person.  Usually someone who lives outside of the city and who has to grow as much of their own food as possible because they don't have naough money to buy food

Quiver - something that quivers is shaking gently, either from fear or from the cold

Bleak - something that is bleak is gloomy and doesn't look very inviting or cheerful

Survive - to survive means to keep going or to keep living in difficult situations

Now complete your vocabulary sheet and glue it into your book.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Identify and colour code the nouns, verbs adjectives and adverbs in the sentence below. 

Try to improve the sentence by adding WOW words.

Then try to write a sentence following a similar pattern for some writing of your own.

I was one of the worst students, and I felt so shy, lost in an ocean of loneliness.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Adverbs tell us how, when or where actions happen - they describe the verbs/action words.  They help to make our writing more interesting.

Your teacher will give you some flaps to glue into your Literacy books.  Then you will cut out some words and place them under the appropriate flap.  Your work should look a bit like the picture below.

Objective: Learn the meaning of new words, which improves our understanding of texts and so that we can eventually use these words in our own writing.

Gratitude - to be thankful

Approach - to move towards something, or to start something

Function - a function is a formal or official ceremony or program.

Drenched - something that is drenched is soaking wet.

Now complete your vocabulary sheet and glue it into your book.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Identify and colour code the nouns, verbs adjectives and adverbs in the sentence below. 

Try to improve the sentence by adding WOW words.

Then try to write a sentence following a similar pattern for some writing of your own.

Even though we were poor and the house was crowded, I was happy because there were always lots of people to play with me.

Learning objective: use effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Adverbs tell us how, when or where actions happen - they describe the verbs/action words.  They help to make our writing more interesting.

Try to find some adverbs in one of the books you are reading.  Then complete the task below.