Ginger

Ginger

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This task is about identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

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Read the story below and then follow the instructions.
  • Nouns are naming words. Nouns name things. Highlight all the nouns in yellow.
  • Verbs are doing words. Verbs name actions. Highlight all the verbs in green.
  • Adjectives are words used to describe nouns. Highlight all the adjectives in blue.
  • Adverbs are words used to describe verbs. Highlight all the adverbs in pink.
illustration: ginger cat
  • noun
  • verb
  • adjective
  • adverb
Ginger could smell dinner cooking. On the bench was a pan of meat.
He leapt up and grabbed a big, juicy sausage. Ginger crawled sneakily under the couch and quickly gobbled it all without anyone noticing.
He licked his lips and crept quietly away with a bulging stomach.
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online.
If using pencil and paper students will need highlighter pens in four different colours (preferably yellow, green, blue, and pink).
Copyright: 
Photo by Adrian RA from Pexels
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, parts of speech, grammar knowledge, vocabulary
Description of task: 
Students are assessed on their knowledge of parts of speech. They work through a short text and identify the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • demonstrate knowledge of how language works
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Writing meaningful text: vocabulary knowledge, set 4
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (11/2001)

a)

Nouns
Ginger
dinner
Bench
pan
meat
sausage
Ginger
couch
lips
stomach

10 correct – very difficult

8-9 correct – difficult

6-7 correct – moderate

4-5 correct – easy

b)

Verbs
smell
cooking
leapt
grabbed
crawled
gobbled
noticing
licked
crept

9 correct – very difficult

7-8 correct – difficult

5-6 correct – easy

c)

Adjectives
big
juicy
bulging

3 correct – very difficult

2 correct – difficult

1 correct – moderate

d)

Adverbs
sneakily
quickly
quietly

3 correct – very difficult

2 correct – difficult

1 correct – moderate