Title Y4 English 4028b - 2023 Week 31 Notes.pdf ✅

GRADE 4 ENGLISH 4028b – Term 4, Week 4 • Homework Practice Booklet: 4028b • Year 5 Vocabulary Skills textbook pp 41-44 • Learn your spelling test words that are on page 4 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. • Reading Log due today Word of the Week - gregarious • Definition: someone who enjoys being in the company of others; sociable • Synonyms: friendly; sociable • Antonyms: unfriendly; unsociable • Sentence: Lulu was looking forward to seeing her friend Ruby, who had such a gregarious personality. Week 4 Spelling words confusing The map showing the route to the look-out was so confusing. grammar This week’s grammar is about proper and common nouns. almond The pink and white blossom on the almond tree looked so delicate. expression “How’s it going?” is a common everyday expression. neither Neither Tony nor Elizabeth could play the piano. necessarily “I don’t necessarily agree with you,” replied Vera. confessed The teenager confessed to stealing a mobile phone. negative “Stop being so negative about the Australian cricket team,” interrupted James. sentences “Your sentences are too long,” explained the teacher. comprehension The comprehension questions in the exam were not too difficult. Week 5 Spelling words language suburb celebration kookaburra Wednesday construction threatening reign particular common
Part 1: Vocabulary and Grammar Task 1: Fill in the blanks (rain/reign) Teacher to explain the difference between rain and reign. Students to complete the task for homework. Tasks 2 and 3: Proper and common nouns Teacher to go through the information on page 2 of the booklet and check that the students understand the distinction between proper and common nouns Task 3: Change incorrect sentences Change sentences from incorrect to correct sentences by placing in X next to incorrect ones Task 4: Your turn to write Create sentences using nouns provided and ensure you add capital letters for any proper nouns Part 2: Reading Comprehension Passage 1: Harry Potter: The train to Hogwarts barrier an obstacle that prevents people from going through scarlet steam engine a bright red locomotive wrought iron archway iron that has been shaped into a curved structure ticket box a place where tickets are sold chattering crowd a lot of people talking quickly, resulting in a lot of noise owls hooted to each other in a disgruntled sort of way owls communicated with each other in a rather unhappy way babble loud, excited talk blurted said something without thinking about it first fringe hair that covers a person’s forehead eagerly very keen to know something half-moon glasses reading glasses with lenses that are shaped in half circles defeat of the Dark wizard beat the sorcerer who practised bad magic alchemy a very early form of chemistry; for example, changing a metal into gold chamber music instrumental music with only a few people playing ten-pin bowling a game where people try to knock down ten pins by rolling a heavy ball down a long wooden lane astonishment great surprise train compartment a separate, private space in the train for a group of passengers robes long flowing outer garments bossy sort of voice pushy; insistent; spoken in a way that tells others what to do bushy brown hair brown hair that is very thick and a bit untidy background reading reading to get some information on a topic that will be the focus of study
Youtube clips Platform 93⁄4 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - YouTubes Traveling for the first time in Hogwarts Express - YouTube Passage 2: The Terracotta Army after-life life after death; the next world frustrated feeling very annoyed because something is not being achieved slow pace of construction the slow speed at which it is being built peasants poor farmers fragments of terracotta small broken parts of ceramics that were made from reddish-brown clay brick pillows brick pillows were often used in China as people believed they helped cool the mind during sleeping and prevented over- sleeping. rebels those people who rose up against Emperor Qin’s rule corridors long passages sodden mud dirt that is sopping wet pulverised crushed; broken into tiny pieces modelled in clay shaped using a special type of earth that can be moulded when wet and can be dried and baked artefacts objects of special cultural and historical importance painstakingly restored very carefully brought back to their original appearance poses presents a problem TEXTBOOK Year 5 Vocabulary Skills Homework Pages 41-44 READING AT HOME Below is a list of book titles that relate to some of the topics/themes in this week’s Homework booklet The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China by Hou-me Sung Ming’s Adventure with the Terracotta Army by Jian Li The Terracotta Army: China’s First Emperor by John Man Lego everything is awesome by Simon Beecroft Amazing but true: fun facts about the Lego world and our own by Elizabeth Dawsett