Verbs 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about identifying verbs. Question Change answer Verbs are doing words. They often give a name to the actions we do. Highlight all the verbs in the story below. The first verb has been circled for you. Verbs are doing words. They often give a name to the actions we do. Highlight all the verbs in the story below. The first verb has been circled for you. verbs Jack slowly the steps to the high diving board. His legs shook and a drop of sweat slid down his forehead. Even though the sun shone brightly Jack shivered. At the top he shuffled forward to the edge of the board and peered over. Jack gasped! Then without waiting a minute longer, he closed his eyes, held his nose, and leapt. As he hit the water all the rest of his class clapped and cheered. Task administration: This task can be completed online or with pencil and paper. If using pencil and paper students will need highlighter pens. Copyright: Photo by Jess Zoerb on Unsplash Public Domain Level: 3 Curriculum info: English, Creating meaning, Writing Key Competencies: Using language, symbols, and texts Keywords: grammar, parts of speech, verbs, grammar knowledge, vocabulary Description of task: Students are required to identify the verbs in a short story about a boy jumping off a diving board. Curriculum Links: This resource can be used to help to identify students’ ability to create texts to meet the writing demands of the New Zealand Curriculum. 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 FrameworksThis 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 (11/2002) shook slid shone shivered shuffled peered gasped waiting closed held leapt hit clapped cheered 12-14 correct – very difficult 9-11 correct – moderate 6-8 correct – easy 3-5 correct – very easy Ginger Two short poems
