Resource Seven Section A

Educator is to guide conversation using questioning:-

How would you describe a comma?
Could you provide an example?
What is a verb?
Do you think you could list five verbs?
Who can explain an adverb?
What are the varying types of adverbs?
Can you provide examples of past tense?
Can you provide examples of present tense?
What are the difference between past and present tense?
How does evaluative language work?
Do you think you could explain what evaluative language is?
Can you provided an example of evaluative language?
What types of words have you created?
Did you use a suffix of previous known words?
What other example of words have you discovered?








Resource Seven Section B

All questions have been sourced formed the focus text:
Wheatley, N., & Searle, K. (2011). Playground: Listening to stories from country and
from inside the heart. East Melbourne, Vic: Allen and Unwin.

Quiz Questions: -
Can you place the commas in the grammatically correct places?
1. We make a fire then dig a hole next to it.
2. In fact we used to call him a whale.
3. Whenever we go to Walgett we always go fishing.
4. Theyd tell us stories along the way true ones and legends of the area.
5. Wed go into the bush to look for fruit sugar bag and other bush tucker.
Can you locate the verbs, adverb groups/phrases and tense?
1. We used to out with the family to search for grubs.
2. Sometimes we find eggs amongst the nests, which we happily cook.
3. Among the gumtrees, there are always koalas that sleep on the branches.
4. Occasionally its rains heavily, forcing the sticks to break and wash away.
5. When we were younger, we used to go to the waterhole.
Are you able to circle the evaluative language?
1. The owls howled through the night; I was shocked by the sound.
2. We all thought he was a lovely man; highlighting racial segregation.
3. I felt relieved when we had completed the leaf dance.
4. We were all involved in creating the drawings.
5. The kangaroo looked pleased, when we released he tail.