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Character Adjective Concertina Template - The Gingerbread Man
A fun and creative way to learn about how adjectives can be used to describe a character’s appearance and personality.
Use this template when learning about the different parts of a sentence and how adjectives are used in writing to provide information about nouns.
This teaching resource is ideal to use in the classroom when reading, deconstructing and responding to the Fairy Tale of The Gingerbread Man.
After enjoying a shared reading experience of The Gingerbread Man:
- discuss how adjectives are used to give information about characters in the story
- identify adjectives within the text
- brainstorm adjectives that describe the Gingerbread Man
- complete the steps to create a character concertina
- make a vibrant classroom display.
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NSW Curriculum alignment
- EN1-9B
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCELA216
Understand that nouns represent people, places, things and ideas and include common, proper, concrete or abstract, and that noun groups/phrases can be expanded using articles and adjectives
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELA1468
Understand that nouns represent people, places, concrete objects and abstract concepts; that there are three types of nouns: common, proper and pronouns; and that noun groups/phrases can be expanded using articles and adjectivesElaborationsexploring ...
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My class loves it so whoever made it thanks for it
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Fabian Ferretti De Luca · Jul 1st, 2019
Hi Fabian, thanks for the positive feedback. I loved making this resource and am so happy that your class are enjoying it.
Have a great day.
Alison
Alison Smith · Jul 4th, 2019
So looking forward to use this! I know the kids would love it. Thank you.
Zuriette Du Plessis · May 2nd, 2018
Hi Zuriette, thanks for your positive comment. I love this resource too and can’t wait to see inspiring photos of Character Concertinas being created in classrooms in many different ways. I hope that your class has great fun using this resource.
Have a great day,
Alison
Alison Smith · May 3rd, 2018