Writing meaningful text: vocabulary knowledge resources

The focus of this resource is the use of simple conjunctions. Students decide which conjunction to use to combine two ideas to make one sentence.

Students create a vignette with a focus on writing that is brief, descriptive, and set in one point in time. They should not be concerned with plot. As the emphasis is on quality rather than quantity, students need to show a controlled and elegant skill in writing, and to use figurative language to 'show' rather than 'tell'.

This resource provides information on students’ ability to write a string of adjectives in the correct order.

This grammar resource has a focus on verbs. Students identify verbs in sentences, and answer questions on the active or passive voice.

Students are assessed on their knowledge of parts of speech. They work through a short text and identify the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

Students explain what an adjective is and identify adjectives in some sentences.

This task assesses student understanding of how the form of a word affects the way it is used, i.e., whether a word is used as a noun or a verb.

Students select answers that demonstrate their understanding of alphabetical order.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

Students are given an example of ordering adjectives in an advertisement. They use this example to develop a list of adjectives that they order as they create their own advertisement .

From given examples, students define four root words then complete a chart of root words and their meanings.

Students create a character vignette with a focus on writing pieces that are brief, descriptive, and set in one point in time. They should not be concerned with plot. As the emphasis is on quality rather than quantity, students need to show a controlled and elegant skill in writing, and to use figurative language to 'show' rather than 'tell'.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

The focus of this resource is on selecting prepositions appropriate to the context.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

This resource provides information on students’ ability to write a string of adjectives in the correct order.

Students use a video clip as the stimulus for completing a poem. Scaffolds are provided for this process.

Using a picture as stimulus, students use nouns and verbs to create well-formed sentences.

This resource provides information on students’ ability to write a string of adjectives in the correct order.

Students identify common spelling errors, taken from the essential word lists, and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

Students identify common spelling errors, taken from the essential word lists, and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students identify prepositions used in twelve sentences.

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students complete a table giving definitions and examples of proper, common, collective, and abstract nouns.

This is a grammar knowledge resource where students match nine parts of speech and their definitions.