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6.3.1 Word Classes: Interjections

Indigenous Languages · Grade 11 · 6 lessons in the design

What you will be able to do

  • outline how interjections are used in communication
  • use interjections relevant to the linguistic community in speech and writing
  • embrace the use of interjections for effective communication

Key questions

“Why do we use interjections in communication?”

Lessons

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  1. What interjections are and what they do
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Explain how interjections are used to express emotion in communication and identify them in texts.
  2. Building a collection of community interjections
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Team up to build a collection of interjections that show emotions from your community.
  3. Displaying interjections on a language wall for peer review
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Display interjections on the language wall and review each other’s entries honestly and constructively.
  4. Sentences with interjections on gender roles
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Construct sentences on gender roles using different interjections to show emotion.
  5. Word puzzles and a portfolio on interjections
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Solve word puzzles on different interjections and organise the puzzles in a portfolio.
  6. Writing a paragraph and performing a skit with interjections
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Use interjections to form a coherent paragraph, compose a skit and perform it at a class exhibition; answer the key inquiry question.