Advice for planning a Year 4 TA interview vocabulary activity

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I have my first TA interview soon and have been tasked with planning and implementing a 20-minute activity on the use of interesting vocabulary to make writing more interesting to read with adjectives/adverbs. It's for a group of Year 4 children so i'm conflicted on the difficulty level of the activity as it's not an age group i'm familiar with.
Some advice or ideas would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Aren’t T As paid minimum wage?
I think they are expecting you to create a mini lesson like a teacher but on half the money!

I agree that sounds like a lot for a ta interview. At my school it's usually bring in a story and read it to a group. They just want to see how you interact with the children. This task sounds like teaching!

Still I think if it was me I'd get a nice stimulus image and give them some bare bones sentences such as 'the man walked up the mountain ' and then get them to generate adverbs (how he was walking), a more interesting verb, and an adjective to describe the noun (huge, treacherous etc) or something like that! You could get them to pair and share, or write their own words on coloured strips to add into the sentence.

Just to add - I'd be wary they are going to expect you to teach. If that bothers you, ask if covering is part of the role, and ask if planning is provided. If no planning, run.
Good luck!

Look at Pobble for some ideas

Leading a short activity with a small group to develop vocab isn't teaching and is completely appropriate for a TA interview. It's essential for support staff to have decent subject knowledge, be able to give clear explanations, know how to get them to think, and keep trying.

I would ask for details of ability or need and also check the national curriculum / writing framework for expectations at that level. Have one simple aim and a range of ways to guide or prompt them towards it, with a good example, but without giving answers.