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Inside Collection (Course): English Home Language Grade 6
In your writing, like MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, always try to use the best verb you can. From the box below, select the most suitable verbs to replace the word ‘went’ in the sentences that follow. You may use each verb once only.
toddled whirred limped marched sped galloped plunged sneaked waddled
1. The injured rugby player went from the field.
2. The car went through the red lights.
3. The stallion went across the fields.
4. The duck went into the water.
5. The helicopter went across the sky.
6. The small child went into the next room.
7. The thief went out of the room.
8. The diver went into the water.
9. The soldiers went through the city.
What TENSE is indicated by these verbs?
SUITABLE VERBS
Try your hand at inserting suitable verbs into these short sentences. The first one has been done for you.
A mechanic repairs cars.
A detective crimes.
A surgeon operations.
An author books.
A host guests.
A botanist plants.
| LO 4.4.1 |
Instructions
| WORD CHOICE | Specific and accurate; Expressive and appealing | Language is functional, but lacks punch. Writer uses familiar words and phrases. Attempts colourful language. | Writer struggles with limited vocabulary; Words are used incorrectly. |
| ASSESSMENT | |||
| DATE & SIGNATURE: | |||
| LO 4.1.1 | LO 4.3 |
Crime stop
13 crimes have been committed in the sentences below! Be a language detective and “spot” them with your highlighter. Send them to “correctional services” and rewrite the sentences correctly.
1. Cynthia had such a pane in her heal it maid her grown.
2. Fred was so greedy he ate a hole current cake without offering anyone else a peace.
3. Tom had such huge mussels he could lift too cars with his bear hands.
4. The drunkard spent the night in a prison sell and was find for using fowl language.
HOMOPHONES= Words which _____________-the
___________, but are spelt differently.
| LO 4.4.1 |
CRIME BUSTERS
Terminology
| WORDS | DEFINITIONS |
| Alibi | |
| Arrested | |
| Bribe | |
| Classify | |
| Criminal | |
| Criminologist | |
| Customs inspector | |
| Dactyloscopy | |
| Evidence | |
| Gangsterism | |
| Guilty | |
| Homicide |
| Identify | |
| Interpret | |
| Investigator | |
| Jury | |
| Mystery | |
| Narcotics | |
| Suspect | |
| Testify |
| LO 6.2.1 |
Try this if you dare
Mission Impossible?
There are two secret agents, 005 and 007. Each is trying to get his own top scientist out of Slobodia. Agent 005’s man is Dr C. Hoo Dares; 007 is watching Dr B. A. Fraid. To get out of Slobodia secretly they must cross the Purple River, or they will be caught. No one can swim.
A small boat awaits them, hidden along the Slobodian riverbank. The problem is it will carry only two people at a time! To complicate matters, neither scientist dares to be with the other’s agent because science is so hush-hush. (Of course, it is all right when his own agent is there.) For instance, Dr Dares couldn’t possibly row across the river alone with 007.
Your task is to say how the agents managed to get the scientists across the river.
Hint : five crossings from bank to bank should complete the mission.
Let’s see which group is the first to come up with the solution.
| LO 5.4.2 | |
| LO 5.4.3 |
FOOT CASTS
Do this with your partner.
Make a plaster cast of a distinctive shoe print to use as an exhibit in a court case. Write clear instructions for the procedure and demonstrate it to the class.
| LO 4.1.2 |
| LO 4 |
| WRITINGThe learner is able to write different kinds of factual and imaginative texts for a wide range of purposes. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 4.1 writes different kinds of texts for different purposes and audiences: |
| 4.1.1 writes for personal, exploratory, playful, imaginative and creative purposes (e.g. journals, poems, myths, dialogues, argumentative essays); |
| 4.1.2 writes informational texts expressing ideas clearly and logically for different audiences (e.g. research report, letter to the newspaper, technical instructions); |
| 4.3 presents work with attention to neatness and enhanced presentation (e.g. cover, content page, layout, and appropriate illustrations or graphics); |
| 4.4 applies knowledge of language at various levels: |
| 4.4.1 word level; |
| 4.4.2 sentence level; |
| LO 5 |
| THINKING AND REASONINGThe learner is able to use language to think and reason, as well as to access, process and use information for learning. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 5.2 uses language to investigate and explore: |
| 5.2.1 asks critical questions that challenge and seek alternative explanations; |
| 5.4 uses language to think creatively: |
| 5.4.2 invents and describes preferred results or endings; |
| 5.4.3 hypothesises and offers alternatives when trying to solve a problem. |
| LO 6 |
| LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND USEThe learner will know and be able to use the sounds, words and grammar of the language to create and interpret texts. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 6.2 works with sentences: |
| 6.2.1 uses subject-verb concord; |
| 6.2.5 uses punctuation correctly (e.g. comma to separate subordinate clause form main clause). |
Using Better Verbs
Suitable Verbs
A detective solves crimes.
A surgeon performs operations.
An author writes books.
A host entertains guests.
A botanist studies plants.
Crime Stop
1. pain heel made groan
2. whole currant piece
3. muscles two bane
4. cell fined foul
Words which sound the same, but are spelt differently.
Crime Busters
| WORDS | DEFINITIONS |
| Alibi | plea that when the alleged act took place one was elsewhere |
| Arrested | legally seized |
| Bribe | persuade someone to do something dishonest for you |
| Classify | arrange in groups |
| Criminal | person guilty of crime |
| Criminologist | person who studies crime |
| Customs inspector | person who investigates goods |
| Dactyloscopy | study of fingerprints |
| Evidence | facts available as proof |
| Gangsterism | practising violence in a group |
| Guilty | having committed offence |
| Homicide | committing murder |
| Identify | recognise / establish identity |
| Interpret | explain (words or dreams) |
| Investigator | person who inquires or examines |
| Jury | body of persons who give verdict in court |
| Mystery | inexplicable matter |
| Narcotics | drugs |
| Suspect | person believed to be guilty |
| Testify | bear witness |
Try This If You Dare
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