Get students generating vocab beyond 'yellow sun' for their summer recounts. Give students this recording chart to brainstorm what they saw, heard, smelt, felt and tasted. Challenge them to add a range of interesting adjectives and verbs. At the end of the day though, if you still get "I went to the beach. It was hot." at least you tried.
Subjects
Start of Term
Year Levels
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8