Title Y5 English 5012b VR5011a – 2025 Week 13 Notes.pdf ✅

Year 5 English Term 2 – Week 4 (13) Homework: New • English Homework Practice 5012b: all questions • Verbal Reasoning VR5011a • Don’t forget your Vocabulary Skills Year 6 textbook next week! Ongoing • Practise spelling words. • Read every night (at least 30 mins). • Continue your personal vocabulary list – use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words from the homework practices and your personal reading. Record the definitions in your English notebook. (Optional) Warm Up – Language Skills: When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me. What am I? Answer: A secret Spelling Test Words in bold have been included in the lesson slides. 1. dilemma 6. resistance 2. existence 7. siege 3. liaise 8. superseded 4. noticeable 9. surprise 5. publicly 10. Threshold Spelling words for week 7: (Students to write these words in their notebooks.) 1. illiterate 6. issuing 2. irritated 7. immigration 3. establishment 8. itinerary 4. formulated 9. estimation 5. immediacy 10. implement Note: Students to be tested on 3-5 challenging words each week. Students are to write the words in their notebook and check the correct spelling from the whiteboard/slides. (Optional) Warm Up – Language Skills: When you have me, you immediately feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you do not have me. What am I? Answer: A secret. Homework Review: Online students need to hold up signed copies of their completed homework booklets. • Discuss student questions about previous homework to clarify any areas of difficulty or confusion. • (Optional) Discuss books read by students. Remind students to complete their reading record.

Passage 2: Non-fiction text: Kids and Concussion in Sport Making predictions: Based on the title and illustration, make a prediction about the content of the passage. campaign To organise a series of activities to try and achieve something. collides collide: (especially of moving objects) to hit something violently. In this case referring to the brain bouncing against the skull as a result of a head injury. compulsory If something is compulsory you must do it because of a rule or law. concussion Temporary damage to the brain caused by a fall or hit on the head or by violent shaking. Discussion: According to the article, how can you best protect yourself from lasting damage? Possible responses: • wearing protective headgear • recognising that you might be concussed after a knock to the head • seeking medical attention • stopping play and not playing again until at least four weeks after a concussion. Part 3 – Vocabulary: Discuss word meanings and complete several examples. If time permits, students can be nominated to look up words in their dictionaries. contemplated contemplate: think about – to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and quiet way. induction The process of discovering a general principle from a set of facts. In this case ‘induction from the past’ refers to making predictions about the future based on past occurrences. agony Extreme physical or mental pain or suffering. prophet A person who is believed to have a special power that allows them to say what a god wishes to tell people, especially about things that will happen in the future. instinct A natural ability that helps you decide what to do or how to act without thinking. suffice To be enough. prediction A statement about what you think will happen in the future. wondering wonder: to ask yourself questions or express a wish to know about something. Verbal Reasoning Practice 11 – VR5011a: all questions. Discuss some questions and demonstrate how to correctly answer some from different sections. Student verbal reasoning tips: Students to correct their your work using the answer key (available from the Google Drive folder – click on the verbal reasoning file and scroll to the last page). Weekly Quote: