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English keywords

English Bank
 

Visual Language     Written Language     Oral Language
 

VISUAL LANGUAGE KEYWORDS

NEMP
PISA
School Journal
acronym
advertisement
alliteration
article
audience
body language
book cover
brochure
camera angle
camera shots
caption
cartoon
cartoon techniques
colloquialism
colour
comic
comparison
comprehension
contrast
diagram
dialogue
dominant image
ellipsis
emphasis
facial expressions
feelings
films
focus
font
foreground
graph
greeting cards
heading
headline
humour
icons
illustration
impact
inference
infographic
information skills
instructions
interpretation
irony
labels
layout
library
logo
main idea
main message
message
metaphor
mood
movement
moving image
newspaper
nouns
onomatopoeia
pamphlet
personification
perspective
photograph
poem
point of view
postcard
poster
presenting
pun
purpose
repeated image
repetition
report
rhyme
rules
scale
sequence
shape
sign
speech bubbles
static image
stereotypes
storyboard
symbols
target audience
thought bubbles
title
transactional writing
typical features
verbal cues
verbs
visual cues
visual image
website
work samples
zoom
 
WRITTEN LANGUAGE KEYWORDS

Applications
Choices
Connected Series
ESOL
Junior Journal
NEMP
PISA
Ready to Read
School Journal
abbreviations
acknowledgements
acting
adjectives
adverbs
advertisement
alliteration
alphabetical order
ambiguity
analysis
answer phone message
antonyms
apostrophes
application
argument
article
audience
author's purpose
authors purpose
biography
blurb
body language
book review
brackets
capital letters
caption
catalogue
categories
character
checklist
choices
clarity
classification
cloze
colons
commas
comparison
comprehension
contact details
contents page
contractions
conversation
debate
decision making
dewey decimal system
dialogue
dictionary
direct speech
directory
discussion
drama
editing
ellipsis
emphasis
essential word lists
evaluating
evidence
exclamation mark
explanation
fable
fact
false
feelings
figurative language
figures of speech
fluency
font
form
full stops
gender
glossary
grammar
graphics
haiku
headline
homophones
humour
ideas
illustration
index
inference
information research
information skills
initial sound
instructions
interviewing
invitation
journal
junior journal
key competencies
key ideas
keywords
layout
learning intentions guide
legend
letter
library
list
locate information
main idea
message
metaphor
mind map
mood
narrative
news
newspaper article
note taking
notetaking
nouns
onomatopoeia
opinion
organisation
paragraphs
parts of a book
parts of speech
peer assessment
peer-assessment
personal viewpoint
personification
persuade
persuasive
play
plot synopsis
plurals
poem
point of view
possessive pronouns
poster
prediction
prefix
prepositions
problem solving
pronouns
proofreading
punctuation
puns
question marks
questions
re-telling
recount
reference
repetition
report
report text
research
retrieval chart
retrieve
rhyme
root words
samoa
scaffolding
school issue
script
self-assessment
sentences
sequence
setting
shared book
short story
simile
skim reading
slogan
speech bubble
speech marks
spelling
static image
storyboard
style
summarising
superlative
supporting ideas
syntax
synthesis
target audience
techniques
text
text features
thesaurus
title
tone
transactional
transactional writing
true
verbs
visual cues
visual language
visualising
vocabulary
 

ORAL LANGUAGE KEYWORDS

NEMP
School Journal
article
book review
comprehension
debating
drama
factual comprehension
farewell
impromptu speech
information skills
instructions
introduction
legend
listening comprehension
meetings
narrative
peer assessment
personal viewpoint
persuasion
play
poem
prepared speech
presenting
procedure
pronouns
proverbs
purpose
recall
report
script
show and tell
social speech
speech
teacher rating
techniques
thank you

  

  
Maths keywords

Maths Bank
 

Algebra    Measurement    Number    Statistics    Geometry
 

ALGEBRA KEYWORDS
Animal strips
Cuisenaire rods
NEMP
Number patterns
PISA
Spatial patterns
addition
additive identity
algebraic expressions
area
arithmetic operations
arrays
breakeven points
calculator
changing subject
co-ordinates
commutativity
division
equal to
equality
equations
expansion
factorisation
flowcharts
fractions
fractions as operators
functional rules
gradient
graph construction
graph interpretation
greater than
grid interpretation
indices
inequations
intercepts
less than
line graphs
linear equations
mapping diagrams
model construction
money
multiplication
number lines
number pairs
number patterns
number sentences
number sequences
order of operations
ordered pairs
patterns
perimeter
plotting co-ordinates
problem solving
properties of one
properties of zero
relational thinking
relationships
rules
simplify
slope
spatial patterns
story problems
substitution
subtraction
table interpretation
 

 

NUMBER KEYWORDS
2-dimensional shapes
GST
NEMP
Number patterns
Pythagoras theorem
Spatial patterns
TIMSS
addition
algebraic expressions
algorithms
animation
arithmetic operations
arrays
basic facts
breakeven points
calculator
combinations
commutativity
compact form
cubic numbers
cuisenaire rods
decimal places
decimals
discount
division
double number lines
doubling
equal sharing
equivalent fractions
equivalent ratios
estimation
even numbers
expanded form
factors
fractions
fractions as operators
front-end
functional rules
groups
halving
improper fractions
index form
indices
journalling
linear equations
maori numbers
money
multiples
multiplication
negative numbers
number lines
number patterns
numerosity
odd numbers
order of magnitude
order of operations
ordering numbers
part whole fractions
partitioning
percentages
place value
powers
prime numbers
problem solving
proportions
quotition
ratios
remainders
rounding
scale
sets
significant figures
simplest form
square numbers
square roots
standard form
story problems
strategies
substitution
subtraction
time
venn diagrams
weight
whole numbers
 

 

GEOMETRY KEYWORDS
2-dimensional shapes
3-dimensional objects
3-dimensional shapes
NEMP
PISA
Pythagoras theorem
Pythagoras? theorem
acute
adjacent angles
alternate angles
angle bisectors
angle of rotation
angle properties
angles
animation
anticlockwise
arc
area
centre of enlargement
centre of rotation
circles
circumcentre
circumference
clockwise
co-interior angles
co-ordinates
compass
compass bearings
corners
cosine
cross-sections
cubes
cylinders
diameter
direction
distortion
edges
enlargement
equilateral
exterior angles
faces
grid references
grids
hexagonal prisms
horizontal
interior angles
invariant properties
isometric drawings
isosceles
left
length
line segments
lines
location
locus
maps
model construction
model drawings
models
nets
obtuse
opposite angles
order of symmetry
parallel lines
parallelograms
perpendicular
perpendicular bisectors
plans
polygons
prisms
pyramids
quadrilaterals
radius
ratios
rectangular prisms
reflection
reflex
regular polygons
right
right angle triangles
right angles
rotation
scale
scale factors
scalene
sectors
shortest paths
sides
similar triangles
sine
slopes
straight
symmetry
tangents
tangrams
tessellations
tetrahedrons
transformations
translation
triangle
triangular prisms
trigonometry
vectors
vertical
vertices
views
volume

  

  
Science keywords

Science Bank
  

Material World    Physical World    Living World    Planet Earth & Beyond
 

MATERIAL WORLD KEYWORDS

NEMP
Nature of matter
PISA
TIMSS
acid rain
acid-base reactions
acids
air
alkalis
aluminium
animation
atomic number
atomic structure
atoms
bacteria
baking soda
balls
bases
boiling point
bunsen burner
burning
butter
carbon dioxide
carbonates
cells
change of state
changes
chart interpretation
chemical change
chemical formulae
chemical properties
chemical reactions
chemical sprays
chemical symbols
chemicals
chlorination
chlorine
classification
clothing
collection methods
combustion
compounds
concentration
condensation
convection
cooking
copper
copper sulphate
cornflour
corrosion
cottage cheese
cotton
crystals
data gathering
data interpretation
decomposition
density
design
detergents
diagrams
diffusion
dissolving
effects of burning
elements
emulsion
energy
energy sources
environmental issues
enzymes
evaluation
evaporation
evidence
expansion
experimental design
fabrics
fair test
filtration
flexibility
flotation
flowcharts
food
food preservation
formula
freezing
freezing technology
fuels
gas
gases
glass
graph
graph construction
graph interpretation
group assessment
hangi
hardness
hazardous substances
heat
heating
hokey pokey
household chemicals
household technology
hydrocarbons
ice
indicators
insecticides
instructions
insulation
interpretation
investigation
ions
iron
key
key competencies
laboratory equipment
lead levels
liquid
liquids
material use
materials
measurement
melting
melting point
metals
milk
milo
mixtures
models
molecular models
molecules
natural gas
nature of science
neutralisation
nitrates
non-metals
non-renewable energy
nylon
observations
opaque
oxygen
pH scale
paint
paper
paper making
paper towel
particle nature of matter
particle size
particles
pasteurisation
peer assessment
periodic table
permanent change
petrol
physical change
physical properties
plastics
pollution
popcorn
precipitates
properties
properties and changes of matter
pure substances
rainforests
rates of reactions
recycling
refrigeration
renewable energy
rennet
rockets
rubbish
rust
rust prevention
safety
salts
sand
sandpit
saturated solution
self assessment
senses
separation of mixtures
sinking
smell
soil type
solar energy
solid
solids
solubility
solutions
solvents
state
student self-assessment
sugar
surface area
surfaces
survey
suspension
table construction
table interpretation
technology
temperature
temporary change
test
tests
toxicity