Robo's work

Robo's work

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This task is about building sentences with nouns and verbs.
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This is a household robot called Robo. He is holding lots of tools. Finish the list of seven things Robo could do with the tools. Use the first sentence as an example.

Question 2Change answer

1.  Robo could dig the garden with the spade
2.  Robo could  the  with the .
3.  Robo could  the  with the .
4.  Robo could  the  with the .
5.  Robo could  the  with the .
6.  Robo could  the  with the .
7.  Robo could  the  with the .
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online.
Copyright: 


Illustration from Headwork Book 3 by Chris Culshaw (Oxford University Press, 1984), used by permission of the publisher.

Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
sentences, grammar, nouns, verbs, sentence structure, grammar use
Description of task: 
Using a picture as stimulus, students use nouns and verbs to create well-formed sentences.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • generate content that is relevant to the task
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, sets 2-3
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y4 (11/1999)

Combinations of noun, verb, and noun that match. Completed sentence must make sense, e.g., Robo could mix the cake with the beater. Not: Robo could vacuum the house with the drill. 

Note: in 1999 when this resource was trialled, students were asked to complete up to 7 sentences.

6 correct difficult

5 correct moderate

4 correct easy

3 correct very easy