Title Y4 English 4025b VR4008a - 2024 Week 28 Notes.pdf ✅

Year 4 English 4025b -Term 4, Week 1 - Homework Practice Booklet: 4025b - Year 5 Vocabulary Skills textbook, It Takes All Kinds, pages 32-33 - Learn your spelling test works that are on page 2 in the Vocabulary section of this week’s Homework Practice Booklet - Read every night for at least 30 minutes - Continue your vocabulary list and add at least 10 words – use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words from the Homework Practice Booklet and personal reading. - Record definitions. - Continue with your Reading Log Warm-up: Rules: • A letter of the alphabet is randomly selected • Students have 3 minutes to write down in their exercise book a word that fits each of the 10 categories (refer to the table) • All answers must start with the designated letter • Students should try to come up with unique words • When the time is up, the answers are shared. Those with unique, valid answers for a category receive a point • The students with the most points are declared the winner. 1 Found in a bakery 2 A way to cool off on a hot day 3 Something in a kitchen 4 An item you fold 5 A thing with windows 6 A piece of furniture 7 Something you recycle 8 Something that is round 9 A colour 10 An item in the classroom
SPELLING! multiple Multiple water spouts have developed over the Pacific Ocean. currently We are currently inside a classroom. notably There are a number of deserts in Australia, notably the Great Victoria Desert. similarly Bats are nocturnal; similarly, possums hunt for food at night. considering I am considering which book I have enjoyed reading the most this year. finally The Under 14 cricket team finally won a match. rapidly Artificial intelligence is developing rapidly. shrink Climate change is causing some icebergs to shrink. innocent The teenager was accused of stealing money, but he insisted that he was innocent. shabby The houses near the lake look quite shabby and weather-beaten. Next week’s spelling test words (page 2 of the Homework Practice Booklet) diverse terrain cuisine tradition commercial indigestion glacier elevator twelfth dresser Word of the Week: indigestion meaning: a person’s stomach feels uncomfortable, often after eating too fast, too quickly or too much at one time synonyms: stomachache; stomach upset; stomach discomfort; belly ache opposite: no stomach discomfort sentence: The young boy gobbled down so many potato chips he had indigestion. Task 1: Dictionary definitions The teacher to demonstrate how to complete this exercise o The first two vocabulary words could be done together. o Answers need to be short, simple and concise. For example – diverse –varied. terrain – the landscape o The remaining words on page 2of the Homework booklet are to be completed for homework Task 2: Sentences with errors o Teachers could ask students to edit the first two sentences o Students then volunteer to read out their sentences and the teacher writes the correct answers on the board o The rest of the sentences on pages 3 and 4 needto be completed for homework.
Reading comprehension strategies Generally, there are two main types of comprehension questions: o those that require students to retrieve a piece of information directly from a text or from an infographic o inference type questions, where the information is not directly stated and the student is required to interpret the information Focus comprehension questions: o Passage 1: Q’s 3 & 4 o Passage 2: Q’s 2 & 5 o Cloze passage – (2) (3) & (4) Passage 1: India minced meat stuffing meat that is chopped up very finely, with added spices, and used as a filling British tradition an English custom that has been followed for generations elaborately embroidered very detailed designs on cloth a two-piece tunic a loose, thigh-length top that is worn with trousers western type clothes typical fashion of people who live in North America or Europe non-violent resistance achieving political goals through protest, without using violence the most spectacular feature the most impressive part theory an idea that is not proven player on the offence the person who tries to score points for the team Comprehension questions: Q3. As used in the passage, what is the meaning of the word ‘replica?’ a. a reply b. a statement that is repeated c. an exact copy of something d. an original Students need to determine the meaning of the word ‘replica’ by reading the surrounding text. The most spectacular feature of the building (the Taj Mahal) is the 35 metre dome on top. It was.... replaced in the early 1800’s with a bronze replica. It is not known exactly why the dome was replaced, but one theory is that it was stolen. • The word replica is referring to the dome on top of the Taj Mahal. It, therefore, makes no sense to choose option (a) a reply or (b) a statement that is repeated • That leaves either option (c ) or (d)
• The crucial word is ‘replaced.’ This tells the reader that the dome is no longer the original. The theory that the original dome may have been stolen is further evidence that the existing dome is a copy, not the original. Thus (d) is eliminated. • The answer is (c) Q4. True or False True False a) Khabaddi is a non-combat sport b) India is bigger than Australia c) Bollywood is the capital city of India d) Britain ruled India for nearly 90 years e) The dome of the Taj Mahal used to be covered with ivory (a)The answer is false - Khabaddi is a contact sport, played with two teams of seven players (b) The answer is false - refer to the first sentence of the article - India is a vast South Central Asian country covering a land area of 3.387million square kms, compared to Australia’s 7.692 square kms. (c) The answer is false - The Indian movie industry, called Bollywood... (d) The answer is true - The British ruled India for 89 years, from 1858 to 1947 (e) The answer is false - The most spectacular feature is the dome....It was originally made of gold You tube clips: The Story of the Taj Mahal for Kids: Famous World Landmarks for Children - FreeSchool - YouTube (4 minutes) or India's Taj Mahal Is an Enduring Monument to Love | National Geographic - YouTube (annotations, without a voice over – 1 and a half minutes) Passage 2: The Magic Pudding The Magic Pudding, a classic and much-loved Australian story, was written by Norman Lindsay in 1918. The story revolves around the adventures of the Noble Society of Pudding Owners and a gang of pudding thieves. Albert is a cranky pudding that can magically renew itself. He can change into all manner of puddings, including steak and kidney, apple dumpling, a jam roll and a custard pudding. make you crook cause you to feel sick stuff yourself until you burst eat so much that your stomach feels incredibly uncomfortable