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Grammar and Punctuation Tails - Active Learning

PDF | 14 pages|Grades: 2 - 5 | Starter Sheet

An active game that requires students to use their basic grammar and punctuation knowledge.

In this fun, active game, students grab each other’s tails and obtain them using their basic grammar and punctuation knowledge.

This teaching resource is a great way for students to review the standard conventions they have been learning throughout the year.

This resource includes:

game instructions
30 animal tails (each with a sentence containing an error)
3 blank animal tails
an answer key.

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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
In English Stage 1 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context
EN2-9B
Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
In English Stage 2 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context
EN3-6B
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
In English Stage 3 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context

Victorian Curriculum alignment

VCELA214
Understand that simple connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with two or more clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunction
In English Level 2 Reading and Viewing Language
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
In English Level 2 Reading and Viewing Language
VCELA261
Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb and that these need to be in agreement
In English Level 3 Writing Language
VCELA292
Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases
In English Level 4 Writing Language
VCELA323
Understand the difference between main and subordinate clauses and that a complex sentence involves at least one subordinate clause
In English Level 5 Writing Language
VCELA324
Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or idea
In English Level 5 Writing Language
VCELY258
Analyse how different texts use verb groups to represent different processes (action, thinking, feeling, saying, relating)
In English Level 3 Reading and Viewing Literacy

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACELA1467
Understand that simple connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with two or more clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunctionElaborationslearning how to express ideas using compound sentences (Skills: Literacy, Criti...
In English Year 2 Language Expressing and developing ideas
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 ...
In English Year 2 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1481
Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb and that these need to be in agreementElaborationsknowing that a clause is basically a group of words that contains a verb (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative ...
In English Year 3 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1482
Understand that verbs represent different processes, for example doing, thinking, saying, and relating and that these processes are anchored in time through tenseElaborationsidentifying different types of verbs and the way they add meaning to a ...
In English Year 3 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1493
Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrasesElaborationscreating richer, more specific descriptions through the use of noun groups/phrases (for examp...
In English Year 4 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1507
Understand the difference between main and subordinate clauses and that a complex sentence involves at least one subordinate clauseElaborationsknowing that complex sentences make connections between ideas, such as: to provide a reason, for example 'H...
In English Year 5 Language Expressing and developing ideas
ACELA1508
Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or ideaElaborationslearning how to expand a description by combining a related set of nou...
In English Year 5 Language Expressing and developing ideas

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