20876 ACE Language (Yr 1) Simple Texts

Text structure
and organisation
Understand patterns of repetition and contrast in simple texts
(ACELA1448)
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Answers
Loawnu the wise woman ..................... pages 46–47
Nouns that name people, places or things—day, China, children,
fi elds, sky, ground, Laownu, woman, fi eld, pieces, festival, celebration,
village, men, women, husbands, wives, people, smile, morning, night,
surprise, light, spaces
Pronouns that stand in place of nouns—They, we, I, you, them,
Some, they, she
Adjectives that describe nouns—One, warm, spring, some, wise,
important, young, secret, clear, blue, big, dark, bright, twinkling,
missing
Verbs that show action—went, found, ran, said, do, smiled, Go,
collect, was, picked, took, are, told, worried, woke, looked, were, got,
fi lled (NOTE: For simplicity, only a selection of very obvious verbs
have been included.)
Adverbs that describe verbs—sweetly, quickly, sadly, cleverly (NOTE:
Only obvious adverbs of manner have been included.)
Interesting words—Teacher check
Punctuation and Illustrations, diagrams or graphics—All should be
ticked.
Healthy snack ........................................ pages 50–51
Topic words—cup, spoon, knife, bowl, cutting board, microwave,
electric frying pan, popping corn, dried apricots, dried apple, sultanas
Command verbs that give instructions at the beginning of steps—
Make, Chop, Place, Microwave, Stand, Mix, Enjoy.
Punctuation—Capital letters are employed for the command verbs at
the beginning of sentences and for ‘You’, ‘Test’ and ‘Does’; There are
full stops at the end of all but two sentences; There is one question
mark after ‘good’ and one exclamation after ‘Enjoy’.
Illustrations, diagrams or graphics—This should be ticked. Teacher
check student comments about the illustrations.
A monster of a machine ....................... pages 48–49
Rhyming words—socks/shock, that/fat, jocks/box, tried/hide, fl oor/
door, care/swear, can/plan, dread/bed
Interesting word pictures/Imagery—The washing machine is likened
to a monster who eats the washing. Washing is likened to food.
Interesting words—Answers will vary
Punctuation—Punctuation in poetry can be very subjective. However,
capital letters at the beginning of each line are included, as well as
those for the proper nouns Dad and Mum, and personal pronoun I;
There are also a number of exclamation marks. Full stops are placed
at the end of each sentence, although these may not be at the end of
each line. There are no question marks in the poem.
Illustrations, diagrams or graphics—This should be ticked. Teacher
check student comments about the illustrations.
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