Understand that verbs represent different processes (doing, thinking, saying, and
relating) and change depending on tense
WALT: Understand that verbs change depending on tense
TIB: My writing needs to make sense
Students will create a list of verbs. A discussion will follow where students are to think about
how verbs change depending on the tense of the text they are writing or speaking. Students
will write all of their verbs as past, present and future. Students will then vocalise the tenses
into different sentences.
WILF: Correct verb tense in writing
Understand that verbs represent different processes (doing, thinking, saying, and
relating) and change depending on tense
WALT: Understand that verbs change depending on tense
TIB: My writing needs to make sense
Revisit verb tense. Complete verb tense activity based on level. In pairs, students will speak
in a specific tense. They will have the same conversation in a different tense practicing their
new understanding. They will then write up a paragraph making sure they are using the
correct tense.
WILF: Correct verb tense in writing
Understand how adverbs and phrases are used to provide details about an activity
WALT: Understand the role of adverbs TIB: They provide details in writing
Create an anchor chart split into three sections of “how, when, where”. Together students
will create a new list of verbs. They will discuss the importance of adverbs where they are
describing the verb. In groups of three, students will play a game. One student calls out a
verb and the other two players call out an adverb. They discuss how much of a clearer
description an adverb creates.
WILF: Adverbs in writing
Understand how adverbs and phrases are used to provide details about an activity
WALT: Understand adverbs and phrases
TIB: They provide details in writing
Students revisit previous lesson and continue to fill in the anchor chart. Students will look at
their work using Show Me and identify verbs that could benefit from having an adverb added.
They will discuss how it is an adverb and how the adverb makes their reading more
interesting.
WILF: Adding adverbs to your writing
Understand how noun groups and adjective groups can be expanded in a variety of
ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or idea
WALT: Understand the purpose of nouns
TIB: They provide a fuller description
Create an anchor chart of nouns. A deep discussion on what makes a noun a noun and why
it is important to be able to recognise nouns. Students have a race to write down as many
nouns as possible. Students will play celebrity head using the nouns where students will
describe certain nouns without giving the answer away.
WILF: Use of nouns in writing
Understand how noun groups and adjective groups can be expanded in a variety of
ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or idea
WALT: Understand the purpose of nouns and adjectives
TIB: They provide a fuller description
Introduce adjectives through the use of the 5 senses to verbally describe an object the
teacher brings in. Students to
select a word from the noun anchor chart and use adjectives to describe it. They are to write
a paragraph describing a noun of their choice without giving the information away. They are
to highlight all the nouns and adjectives they used in the paragraph to describe their topic.
WILF: Use of nouns and adjectives in writing
Understand how ideas can be expanded and improved through careful choice of
verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups
WALT: Expand ideas through the use of verbs, tenses and adverbs
TIB: It makes writing more interesting
Teachers will model how a simple sentence can be expanded in different ways. They will
demonstrate the changing of verbs, adverbs and tense to make their writing more exciting
for the reader. Students are given a list of simple sentences and are to make them more
interesting by adding adjectives and adverbs.
WILF: Use of interesting adjectives and adverbs to expand simple sentences