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Wonderful words, creative stories: food

Learning objects Wonderful words, creative stories: food

TLF ID L8742

Add descriptive words to two simple sentences about a chef and a lady in a restaurant to make the sentences more interesting. Experiment by substituting different descriptive words in each sentence. Notice the impact of your word choices on the accompanying animation for each sentence. 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 dinner-related image; use a new set of words to create another vivid sentence; extend your story about the meal. This learning object is one in a series of four objects.

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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 experiment with 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 Meanings (Words)
Learning area
  • English

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Liquid Interactive
  • Organisation: Liquid Interactive
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • Name: Dr Eileen Honan\; University of Queensland
  • Organisation: Dr Eileen Honan\; University of Queensland
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.uq.edu.au/
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia
  • Organisation: Jenni Connor
  • Organisation: Emily Chen
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au
  • 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. Unless otherwise indicated, this material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.