ACLASFU158
Elaborations
- exploring different semantic types of verbs in a text, for example by showing how:
- doing (WALK, WRITE) and saying (TELL, CALL-OUT ANNOUNCE?) verbs in narrative texts give information about a characters’ actions
- sensing (SEE, THINK) or possessing (BELONG, OWN) verbs indicate what characters think, feel or own
- relating verbs identify or describe a noun, for example, HAVE in PRO3 HAVE LONG-HAIR
- understanding how DSs and adverbs can give extra information about an activity
- noticing that some signs modify the meaning of verbs, such as READ CAREFUL and that these are called adverbs
- contributing examples of signs that tell
- when a verb happens (IN-2-WEEKS PRO1 HOLIDAY or WANT LUNCH NOW)
- where a verb happens (PRO3 RUN FAR or COME HERE)
- how a verb happens (FAST or SLOW or PRO2 QUICK FINISH)
- understanding that, in terms of meaning, a basic clause represents: a happening or a state (verb), who or what is involved (noun or nouns) and the surrounding circumstances (adverb or adverbs)
- knowing that signing involves either telling with signs or showing with DSs and periods of CAMAN WALK SLOWDS(point):man-walks-slowlyCA:man-swinging-arms-nonchalantly
