Title Y4 English 4027b - 2023 Week 30 Notes.pdf ✅

Year 4 English 4027b - Term 4, Week 3 Warm Up: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain! Winter may be over, but in this picture there are a number of images that rhyme with rain. How many can you find? Answers include: plane, train, weather vane, brain, cane, pain or sprain, chain, crane, window pane, horse’s mane, name, Spain, Great Dane, Wayne and Jane. Word of the week: misconstrued • Meaning: to mistake the meaning of; to misinterpret something • Synonyms: misunderstood; misread • Antonyms: understood; knew • Sentence: Arthur misconstrued the look on his sister’s face, thinking that she was annoyed. Spelling Test words for this week hauled He hauled the heavy branches onto the truck. pleasant The weather today is so pleasant, with a gentle breeze and clear skies. colonising (British spelling) The billionaire, Elon Musk, is very interested in colonising Mars. solemnly “I solemnly declare to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” proceeds The proceeds from the event will go to charity. unsuitable As the land was full of rocks it was unsuitable for farming. agreeable Thomas was most agreeable about meeting his friends at the swimming pool. isolated The mountain village was isolated during the winter months. erected A new monument was erected in Melbourne. inhabited The distant planet was inhabited by aliens. • Homework Practice Booklet: 4027b • Verbal Reasoning Booklet: 4009a • Learn your spelling test works that are on page 3 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. • Bring your completed Reading Log to class next week.
Part 1: Grammar – double negatives Task 1: Rewrite the sentences without double negatives Explain the concept of double negatives. Toothbrushes & Toothpaste Quiz about Our Mighty Planet (slides 28 onwards) 1. The name of a slow moving mass of ice (glacier). 2. A fertile place in a desert (oasis). 3. A mass of snow and ice falling rapidly down a mountainside (avalanche). 4. The blocking of light from the sun by the moon or a planet (eclipse). 5. A huge wave that often follows an undersea earthquake (tsunami). 6. An underground hot spring from which boiling water or steam sometimes shoots into the air (geyser). 7. This often occurs after continuous heavy rain over steep terrain, especially if there has been intensive clearing of trees (landslide/mudslide). 8. A rapidly rotating current of water (whirlpool). 9. This can be caused by strong winds in a desert (sandstorm). 10. A fierce snowstorm accompanied by very high winds (blizzard). Spelling Test Words for next week (Term 4, Week 4) negative necessarily confusing grammar almond confessed sentences comprehension neither expression Part 2: Reading Comprehension – Context clues Toothbrushes and Toothpaste This is a very straightforward passage and students could complete all of it for homework. Passage 2: South Korea peninsula land surrounded on three sides by water wooden plank a piece of hard timber that is flat; usually rectangular in shape launch lift acrobatic moves gymnastics recognized acknowledged; identified equivalent equal to tournaments a series of contests pro-gamer person who plays video games professionally tangy strong sour taste advised recommended to do Forbidden strictly not allowed extra-curricular activities activities done outside of school subjects, such as sport, playing chess, book club Vocational Education learning different work skills – for example, information technology South Korea has abandoned its traditional system of calculating a person’s age. “The Korean age” made people a year old at birth and added a year to their age every January 1, regardless of their birthday. So overnight, South Koreans have become younger!
You tube clips: Korean High School Schedules are CRAZY - YouTube This clip tends to loop back to the start, so the teacher will need to press stop after the student explains how much money South Korean parents spend on tutoring per year. Or South Korean students sit high-stakes university entrance exam as country steps in to help - YouTube Passage 3: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe under her thumb having control over kidnapper a person who holds someone captive lulling it to sleep causing a person to be so relaxed that he or she falls asleep cloven hoofs a hoof spread into two toes You tube clip Lucy Discovers Narnia - Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - YouTube Passage 4: The Rubik cube became a craze turned out to be extremely popular later versions released at later dates October 11, 2023. A 14-year-old Australian speed-cuber broke a world record in the sport by solving a 3-by-3-by-3 Rubik's cube in 12.1 seconds while blindfolded