Title Y4 English 4013b ACER 7 Exam Review - 2024 Week 15 Notes.pdf ✅

GRADE 4 ENGLISH Term 2, Week 7 (15) – 4013b Warm Up: WHAT’S THE LINK? (note: the inclusion of ‘friends’ in the list might mystify a few students – an idiom – “friends stick together through thick and thin.” STUDENT WORK AT HOME - Complete English Homework Practice 4013b. - Complete textbook Sets 47-48. - Learn the spelling test words. - Read the teacher notes on the exams.institute website, particularly the definitions for the reading comprehension passages. - Read each night for at least 30 minutes.
Word of the week: haggle (from the passage, Paddington Here and Now) Spelling test words 1. gaggle A gaggle of turkeys was busy looking for thistles and small insects. 2. mob A mob of kangaroos bounded across the golf course. 3. group A group of tourists visited Luna Park at St. Kilda. 4. company Apple is a large company. 5. bed There is a large bed of oysters in Port Phillip Bay. 6. school A Great White shark swam through a school of fish. 7. string The queen of Denmark wore a string of golden pearls. 8. skulk A skulk of foxes attacked the wild rabbits. 9. knot A knot of toads croaked loudly. 10. colony The wooden beams in the house had been eaten by a colony of termites. Next week’s spelling test words (page 2 of the homework booklet) million snail keyhole bone horse centuries never bottomless REVIEW (a) To set the scene and engage students, the teacher may like to show the following short you tube clip, before starting the exam review The Exam | Mr. Bean Official - YouTube ( the first couple of minutes, stopping after Mr. Bean slides back to his seat, just before the ‘fade out’).
(b) General overview questions for the class - • If you found yourself running of time in the Reading Comprehension exam, what did you do and why? • If you found a few of the questions difficult how did you decide on an answer? (c) A summary of the different types of questions that were in the Reading Comprehension exam: • the meaning of a word or phrase • why, what, where, when, who and how questions • general knowledge • identifying the correct grammar • inference • imagery in a poem and what it conveys • synonyms and antonyms • identifying word types e.g. adjectives, nouns and compound words • poetic terminology The teacher could ask students about which of these types of questions they found the most difficult and why. A selection of challenging questions from the exam has been included in the lesson slides. Homework Practice 4013b Part 1: Grammar: Hyperbole (pronounced hy-per-buh-li) Hyperbole is a deliberately exaggerated statement. It is often used for humour and can make an otherwise dull story much more interesting. A common hyperbole is “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.” v Each student in the class reads out one of the hyperbole statements on page 2 of the Homework booklet. It should be read out in an exaggerated and emphatic tone of voice. v The teacher may need to explain why some of the examples are classified as hyperbole. Boastful sentences Students could take turns and exclaim in a boastful sentence, using hyperbole. The aim is to try and outboast the last student. For example: I’m the person who can freeze the moon. But I’m the person who can lift up Mt Everest with one finger. But I’m the person who can jump from Earth to Mars.....
Additional Vocabulary: Adjectives for exceedingly large humungous colossal mammoth gigantic enormous towering massive monstrous titanic proportions/epic proportions gargantuan giant supersized imposing mighty jumbo oversized imposing giant king-size astronomical READING COMPREHENSION This week’s focus – determining the best title for the story o Passage 1 – Q2 o Passage 3 – Q 3 Strategies to work out the best title include elimination, clues from the first and last sentences of the passage, picking up on the key word/s and paying close attention to the ‘gist’ of the text. Passage 1: Caring for injured wildlife. wilderness a natural area far away from people Indiana wilderness orphaned wildlife animals whose parents have died. woods a small forest