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Wonderful words, creative stories: pets

Wonderful words, creative stories: pets

TLF ID L8740

Add descriptive words to two simple sentences about a cat and a fish to make the sentences more interesting. Substitute different descriptive words in each sentence. Notice how your choice of words affects the animations for the sentences. Use your two lively sentences as the start and ending of an imaginative story. Check your word choices to see if the story could flow better. Then complete the following extension activities: describe a pet-related image; use a new set of words to create another vivid sentence; extend your story about pets.

Tags: adjectives adverbs EAL ESL sentence building setneces writing
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Educational details

Educational value
  • Demonstrates how visual language enriches meaning and enhances reader engagement.
  • Provides lists of adjectives and adverbs for students to use to enhance two simple sentences.
  • Allows students to substitute adjectives and adverbs in sentences and see the impact of the changes.
  • Provides immediate visual feedback on students' word choices.
  • Provides hint pop-ups to assist students when creating new text.
  • Includes an option for students to print their imaginative story.
  • Includes three optional extension activities on powerful words, each with a free text-entry field and a print feature.
Year level

2; 3; 4; 5

Topics Adverbial phrases Adverbs Word meanings Linguistic modality
Learning area
  • English

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  • Contributor
  • Name: Liquid Interactive
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  • Address: QLD, AUSTRALIA
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  • Name: Dr Eileen Honan\; University of Queensland
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  • Address: QLD, AUSTRALIA
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  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Person: Jenni Connor
  • Description: Subject matter expert
  • Person: Emily Chen
  • Description: Script writer
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
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  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Colour independence
  • Device independence
  • Hearing independence
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia (CC BY-SA 3.0 AU) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/.