:Shimbir
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Approach:  Station Level: Year 8
Focus:  Identifying nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Resources: Book ‘Shimbir’.
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Questions/instructions:
Read the story book ‘Shimbir’.

On the copy of the story right:
1. (Circle) the nouns (naming words).
2. Underline the verbs (doing words).
3. Put a dotted line ..... under the adjectives (describing words).

Shimbir

The shimbir lives in trees.
It eats red berries.
It has a blue head and yellow wings.
We are happy when we see the shimbir because it is so beautiful.
Every morning and every evening the shimbir sings.
It has a wonderful song.
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% responses
y8
Nouns circled:
 Line 1:
shimbir
 
86
Line 1:
trees
 
63
Line 2:
berries
 
71
Line 3:
head
 
55
Line 3:
wings
 
57
Line 4:
shimbir
 
81
Line 6:
morning
  
27
Line 6:
evening
 
26
Line 6:
shimbir
 
77
Line 7:
song
 
34
Verbs underlined:
Line 1:
lives
 
49
Line 2:
eats
 
85
Line 3:
has
 
5
Line 4:
are
 
2
Line 4:
see
 
27
Line 4:
is
 
2
Line 6:
sings
 
85
Line 7:
has
 
3
Adjectives dotted:
Line 1:
red
 
58
Line 3:
blue
 
69
Line 3:
yellow
 
69
Line 4:
happy
 
48
Line 5:
beautiful
 
72
Line 7:
wonderful
 
71
Word incorrectly circled:

none
 
50
1–2
 
22
3–11
 
29
Words incorrectly underlined:
none
 
56
1–2
 
28
3–9
 
16
Words incorrectly dotted:
none
 
58
1–2
 
22
3–9
 
20

Commentary:
Very few students identified the verbs ‘to be’ and ‘to have’. Overall, 37 percent of the students scored half marks or lower on this task as a whole, and only 8 percent got 80 percent or more of the maximum score.
 
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