Presented By: Miss.N.Naidoo

Pitlochry Primary School Educator

LESSON 12

ENGLISH

GRADE 5

Instructions

-Answer all questions in the space provide or on an exam pad page.

-Write neatly and legibly.

-Use the headings provided.

Listening and Speaking

Ask a parent or friend to read the following extracts from a novel called “Skellig” by David Almond.

Before you listen.

1.Imagine the drawing below is the cover of a novel,

predict what kind of story it may be.

2. What do you think you will find inside the garage?

3. How do you imagine it will smell?

Listening Listen to the following extract provided and answer all the questions in full sentences.

TEXT 1 – Extract from the novel Skellig by David Almond

QUESTIONS- TEXT 1

1. When Michael find the creature in the garage he is alone. Where is everyone else?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Describe what the creature looks like.

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3. How do you think Michael felt when he saw him?

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4. Write down three adjectives to describe the garage.

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5. What evidence is there that the old man, Ernie Myers, lived on his own?

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6. Do you think that society has a responsibility to take care of the elderly? Discuss your ideas.

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7. How do you think Michael feels about the estate agent, Mr Stone?

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8. Can you work out why the baby was ill?

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Listening Listen to the following extract provided and answer all the questions in full sentences.

TEXT 2 – Extract from the novel Skellig by David Almond

QUESTIONS- TEXT 2

1. Read from: ‘I didn’t have time to dare myself’ (line 2) to the end of the second paragraph. List

four things we learn about setting.

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2. Focus on the whole extract. How does the writer use language to create atmosphere and tension?

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3. Complete the grid to show how the text is structured. Put it in the correct sequence.

4. From paragraph 2 to the end of the extract, the character seems on edge and scared.

4.1.How does the writer show that the character is on edge and scared?

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4.2.How does the writer make the reader feel sympathy for the character?

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Speaking

- Talk about a time when you or someone you know in your family

was really ill. Describe the illness in detail. Describe who the

person that was ill and what happened. Focus on how you felt

during that time.

Reading and ViewingRead the following text carefully and answer the questions.

Text 3

Text 3 – Questions

1. Who is the author of the book?______________________________________________________________________________________________2. What is the title of the book?______________________________________________________________________________________________3. Who were the main characters of the book?______________________________________________________________________________________________4. What is another term for describing words?______________________________________________________________________________________________5. Who was this review done by?______________________________________________________________________________________________6. Who was the reviewer’s favourite character?______________________________________________________________________________________________7. What rating did the reviewer give this story?______________________________________________________________________________________________

Writing and presenting

Write TWO book reviews on books that you have already read using the format provided on the next page.

Remember a book review communicates your thoughts and feelings about a book; it gives the reviewer’s personal

viewpoint.

Book reviewTitle :___________________________________________________Author: ________________________________________________Setting:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Summary of the story:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Main characters:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Main idea/theme: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Highlights:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Recommendations and rating ( /10)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Language structures and conventions.

Relative pronouns

A relative pronoun is one which is used torefer to nouns mentioned previously, whether they are people, places, things, animals, or ideas. Relative pronounscan be used to join two sentences. There are only a few relative pronouns in the English language. The most common are which, that, whose, whoever, whomever, who, and whom.In some situations, the words what, when,and where can also function as relative pronouns.Because there are only a few of them, there are also just a few rules for using relative pronouns.

Activity 1 – fill in the following sentences using relative pronouns.

1.The cyclist ________ won the race trained hard.

2.The pants _______ I bought yesterday are already stained.

3.The four team leaders, _________ the committee selects, will be at

tomorrow’s meeting.

4.Spaghetti, _________ we eat at least twice a week, is one of my

family’s favourite meals.

5.Where did you buy the dress ________ you wore last week?

6.The book, ________ it was finally returned, was torn and stained.

7. The store on the corner, _________ we usually buy all of our art supplies, burned to the ground.

Reflexive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns are words

like myself, yourself, himself,

herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves

and themselves. They refer back to

a person or thing.

We often use reflexive pronouns

when the subject and the object of

a verb are the same.

Activity 2- Fill in the blanks using reflexive pronouns.

1. I cut _______ when I was making dinner last night.

2. I hope you enjoy ______________ at the party tonight!

3. He wants to pass his driving test so that he can drive________ to

work.

4. She broke her arm, so she couldn't wash _________ very easily.

Interjections

An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction.An interjection is a part of speech that demonstrates the emotion or feeling of the author. These words or phrases can stand alone, or be placed before or after a sentence. Many times, as within the examples of interjections below, you'll notice many interjections are followed by an exclamation point.

e.g. 1.Ahh, that feels wonderful.2.Alas! I'm lost in the wilderness.3.Bah! That was a total waste of time.

Activity 3- use the following interjections and create your own sentences.

1. Eww _____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Hmm ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. Jeez_______________________________________________________________________________________

4. Ooh-la-la ________________________________________________________________________________

5. Oops _____________________________________________________________________________________

6. Phew_____________________________________________________________________________________

7. Whoa ____________________________________________________________________________________

Concord

Subject-verb concord is when the subject of a sentence and

the verb of a sentence agree. Simply, if the subject of the sentence is singular, the

verb must be singular. If the subject of a sentence is plural, the verb must be

plural.

e.g. 1

1. The page (subject) is (verb) held together by a staple.

2. The pages (subject) are (verb) held together by a staple

Activity 4- Choose the correct concord in brackets.

1. The animals (were/was) afraid of the lightening.

2. The elephant (eats/eat) the food.

3. The shop keeper’s wife (cook/cooks) the food.

4. Those boys (are/is) in deep, deep trouble.

5. My dog (were/was) involved in a terrible fight this morning.

Proverbs

A proverb is a simple, concrete, traditional

saying that expresses a perceived

truth based on common sense or experience.

Look at the examples given.

Can you identify any that you may have heard?

Activity 5 – Write at least three other proverbs you may know and write the meanings as well.

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Idiom

An idiom is an expression where the meaning is not predictable from the usual

meaning of the words.

e.g.

1. Kick the bucket. (means that someone has died.)

Learn the list on the side and be prepared

for a idiom pop quiz when we get back!

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