Year 1 Descriptive Writing Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 1 Descriptive Writing Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Descriptive Writing Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 1 Descriptive Writing Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

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Australian Curriculum v9.0
AC9E1LA07 understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
AC9E1LA10 understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns
AC9E1LY06 create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one- and two-syllable words
Australian Curriculum v8.4
ACELA1452 Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
ACELA1449 Recognise that different types of punctuation, including full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, signal sentences that make statements, ask questions, express emotion or give commands
ACELY1661 Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multimodal elements, for example illustrations and diagrams
ACELY1662 Re-read student’s own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation
ACELY1664 Construct texts that incorporate supporting images using software including word processing programs
Victorian Curriculum 2.0
VC2E1LA07 understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives), relationships in time and space (prepositions) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
VC2E1LA10 understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for proper nouns
VC2E1LY13 create short narrative and informative texts, written and spoken, on personal and learnt topics, including using some topic-specific vocabulary, appropriate multimodal elements, and a structure with an opening, middle and conclusion
VC2E1LY14 re-read their own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation
New South Wales
EN1-RECOM-01 EN1-CWT-01 EN1-OLC-01 EN1-REFLU-01 EN1-VOCAB-01 EN1-SPELL-01 EN1-PHOKW-01 EN1-HANDW-01 EN1-UARL-01
Western Australia
WA1ELALA2 Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details, such as when, where and how (adverbs)
WA1ELALA5 Understand that written language uses punctuation, such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns
WA1ELYC1 Create, re-read and co-edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion, or recount a real or imagined event or experience, and use imagination to tell, retell or adapt a story, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one‑ and two‑syllable words
WA1ELYC4 Explore features of familiar digital tools to create or add to texts
New Zealand
NZ-Y2-ENG-OL-VG-V-1 NZ-Y2-ENG-OL-VG-V-2 NZ-Y1-ENG-OL-VG-V-1 NZ-Y1-ENG-OL-VG-V-2 NZ-Y2-ENG-R-WR-COP-3 NZ-Y2-ENG-W-C-SSP-4 NZ-Y1-ENG-R-WR-COP-3 NZ-Y1-ENG-W-C-SSP-4 NZ-Y2-ENG-W-WP-R-1 NZ-Y2-ENG-W-WP-R-2 NZ-Y2-ENG-W-WP-E-1 NZ-Y2-ENG-W-C-WTI-1 NZ-Y2-ENG-W-C-WTP-1 NZ-Y2-ENG-W-C-WTE-1 NZ-Y2-ENG-W-C-SSP-3
United Kingdom
UK-KS1-Y2-ENG-W-V Pupils should be taught to: develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by: learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly - see English appendix 2, including full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular) learn how to use: sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command expanded noun phrases to describe and specify [for example, the blue butterfly] the present and past tenses correctly and consistently, including the progressive form subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but) the grammar for year 2 in English appendix 2 some features of written Standard English use and understand the grammatical terminology in English appendix 2 in discussing their writing
UK-KS1-Y2-ENG-W-C Pupils should be taught to: develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by: writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional) writing about real events writing poetry writing for different purposes consider what they are going to write before beginning by: planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about writing down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence make simple additions, revisions and corrections to their own writing by: evaluating their writing with the teacher and other pupils rereading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form proofreading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation (for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly) read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear
UK-KS1-Y2-ENG-W-T-H Pupils should be taught to: form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another start using some of the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined write capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower-case letters use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters
US Common Core (CCSS)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.b CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.d CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.e CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.f CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.i CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.c CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.g CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.h CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.4.a CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.5 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.5.a CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.5.d CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.a CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.b CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.c CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.1.a CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.d CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.5 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.8
Texas (TEKS)
TEKS-ELAR-G1-11D TEKS-ELAR-G1-3D TEKS-ELAR-G1-1C TEKS-ELAR-G1-3B TEKS-ELAR-G1-3C TEKS-ELAR-G1-10A TEKS-ELAR-G1-11C TEKS-ELAR-G1-7B TEKS-ELAR-G1-12B TEKS-ELAR-G1-7E TEKS-ELAR-G1-12 TEKS-ELAR-G1-13 TEKS-ELAR-G1-13A TEKS-ELAR-G1-13B TEKS-ELAR-G1-13C
Ontario
CAN-G1-LANG-B3.2 CAN-G1-LANG-B3.1 CAN-G1-LANG-B3.3 CAN-G1-LANG-B2.7 CAN-G1-LANG-B2.8 CAN-G1-LANG-D2.1 CAN-G1-LANG-D2.5 CAN-G1-LANG-D3.1 CAN-G1-LANG-D3.2 CAN-G1-LANG-D3.3 CAN-G1-LANG-D1.3 CAN-G1-LANG-D1.5

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Help Year 1 students build descriptive writing skills by exploring adjectives, verbs and adverbs. Students practise adding detail to nouns and actions, choosing stronger words, matching clues to descriptions, and writing short sentences that help readers picture an idea.

This Australian Curriculum-aligned English unit supports descriptive language, vocabulary development, noun groups, verbs, adverbs, sentence meaning, punctuation and short written descriptions.

What’s Included

  • 17-page unit plan PDF
  • Editable 14-slide PowerPoint presentation
  • Editable 10-question PowerPoint quiz with 22 slides
  • Delightful Descriptions classroom display
  • Description Trail and Verb and Adverb Charades games and activities
  • Five student worksheets: Adjective Builder, Verbs in Motion, Add an Adverb, What Am I? Clue Match and Picture the Details
  • Worksheet and assessment answer pages
  • Describe the Garden Visitor assessment task
  • Year 1 marking rubric

Learning Focus

  • Add adjectives to nouns and noun groups
  • Choose precise verbs and helpful adverbs
  • Build vocabulary and sentence meaning
  • Use punctuation in short written descriptions
  • Create sentences that help readers picture an idea

Classroom Use

Use the editable presentation for explicit teaching, the colour display and games for guided practice, and the black-and-white worksheets for independent consolidation. Finish with the assessment and rubric to gather evidence of student learning.

This is a digital resource supplied in PDF and editable PowerPoint formats. No physical product will be shipped.

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