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In the texts1 How many texts are there on pages 76–77? ____________________
2 a What text type is The Friday Quiz? Why do you think so? ____________________
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b On the text of The Friday Quiz
the part that introduces the time, place and people. Done
c Circle the linking words that tell about time. Write them below with a comma
between each one.
Every Friday, usually, _______________________________________________________________
d Underline the action, being and saying verbs. Write them below.
stand up, is, asks, __________________________________________________________________
e Are the verbs in the present, past or future tense? ________________________________
3 The Friday Quiz is in the present tense, to make us feel it is happening now.
But most recounts are in the past tense. Rewrite the following in the past tense
by changing the verbs.
Mrs Temple turns [turned] to me. I know [knew] she is [was] going to ask me
________________] at me. What is [________________] she
waiting for? Finally she speaks [________________]. I try [________________] not to panic.
4 Write yes or no in each box.
a The Friday Quiz tells about what happened to someone.
b An orientation tells who, where and when.
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d We are told how the character feels.
e There are time connectives telling about when.
f There are joining words like and, but.
g There are words that stand in for nouns such as I, me, we,
us, you, he, him, she, her, it, they, them
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5 Sequence these events in story order.
So then I was “out” and very sadly sat down.
My brain got it totally wrong.
But that week I had somehow made it through to the last three.
“Pete, what is 7 times 9?” asked the teacher slowly.
6 Use the sentences above to complete the chart. Don’t fill the coloured boxes.
When or where? Who? What happened? How?
usually in our I did not do very well
made it through to somehow
the last three
waited for the next
asked “Pete, what is
7x 9?”
totally
was “out” and sat down
7 Read Tiddalik the Frog. a Is it a narrative? Why?
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b Who do you think first made up the story of Tiddalik the Frog?
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c Who do you think the story was told to?
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d What do you think the purpose of the story was?
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Read and learn1 Look at the way Tiddalik the Frog is organised. Tick the correct boxes.
a The name of each speaker is in bold in italics underlined.
b After the name of each speaker there is a comma full stop colon.
c The title, the names of characters, and the first word each character says
begin with small letters capital letters.
2 Write yes or no in the box.
a There is a space between each speaker.
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3 Who or what do you think the narrator of Tiddalik the Frog is? Why?
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4 Who does most of the talking in the play? _____________________________________
5 Make a list of all the characters in Tiddalik the Frog.
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6 Was Tiddalik at the meeting of all the animals? __________________
7 How do you think Tiddalik was feeling?
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8 What do you think the animals said at the meeting?
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1 Draw the animals all meeting with Tiddalik.
2 In pairs or groups, read the play again up to where the Narrator says:
And Nabunum began to dance, slowly at first, then faster and faster, wriggling into
all sorts of shapes, knots and twists.
Make up totally different endings for the play and tell them to each other. Done
3 Write your favourite ending here. Set it out correctly.
Narrator: And Nabunum began to dance, slowly at first, then faster and faster,
wriggling into all sorts of shapes, knots and twists.
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Your turn
A narrative tells a story that entertains, guides or teaches. It has a beginning, middle and end. It has:
complications
problem, either good (happy ending) or bad (sad ending).
A naentert
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Sentences
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1 Write some saying and action verbs for the animals in Tiddalik the Frog.
a Saying verbs b Action verbs
growl, lisp, snort, waddle, flap, jump,
2 Write some adjectives and adverbs that describe the animals.
a Adjectives describing b Adverbs describing how the
what the animals look like animals move and speak
fat, hairy, heavy, slowly, high,
3 Read the first column. It describes how to build a great sentence.
The second column gives an example. Write about the frog in column 3.
Start with a subject The eel The frog
Add a saying verb. The eel hissed The frog
Add two The grey, slimy eel
adjectives. hissed
Add an adverb. The grey, slimy eel
hissed slowly
Add a conjunction The grey, slimy eel
(and, but, or, so). hissed slowly and
Add an action The grey, slimy eel hissed
verb. slowly and swam away
Add an adverb. The grey, slimy eel
hissed slowly and
swam away silently.
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Singular or plural
Gender
4 Pronouns (words that stand in for nouns) can be singular or plural.
Write the following pronouns in the correct columns below.
he him she her it you they them
a Singular pronouns b Plural pronouns
I, me, We, us,
5 Read the sentences below. Circle the parts that are different.
a Singular b Plural
The frog is sitting on its leaf. The frogs are sitting on their leaves.
The kookaburra laughs a lot. The kookaburras laugh a lot.
6 Change the following sentences from singular to plural.
Singular Plural
The frog wakes up early. a The ________________________________ up early.
The tree lost its leaves. b The _________________________________________ .
The animal thought it was great. c The _________________________________________ .
7 Male people and animals are masculine gender: boy, man, rooster.
Female people and animals are feminine gender: girl, woman, hen.
Some nouns for people and animals are common gender: lamb, animal.
Everything else is neuter gender: car, TV, milk, book.
Copy these words into the correct column.
bull cow calf table mother father child house
a Masculine (he) b Feminine (she) c Common (he + she) d Neuter (it)
boy girl people books
Books read
poetrycool games
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My stuff
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Diarydrawings
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great websitesMUST SEE CHARACTERS!
plays
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Print your name here:
Use a pencil. DO NOT use a pen. If you make a mistake, rub it out and try again.
Assessment: Units 7 and 8
This is a test to see how well you understand what you have read, and to see what you know about using language, spelling and punctuation. It is also a writing test.
Instructions
another page in this book before answering.
There are three different ways to show your answer:
answer. O
(First name) (Family name)
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Start of test
Read the texts on pages 68 and 69, and answer questions 1 to 5. 1 The text dated Thursday 10
December, 1801 is from a O postcard. O recount. O journal.
2 The text called Matthew Flinders is told by
O a narrator. O Matthew Flinders. O someone who was there.
3 Matthew Flinders was the first person to
O map the southern coastline of Australia. O plan the southern coastline of Australia. O paint the southern coastline of Australia.
4 What did Matthew Flinders not do?
O sail around Australia O discover Australia O make the first map with the name
‘Australia’ on it
5 In what order did these events happen? Write a number from 1 to 3 in each box.
Matthew Flinders went to the island.
Captain Vancouver went to the island.
Vines, water cress and fruit seeds were planted there.
Read The Friday Quiz on page 76, and answer questions 6 to 9. 6 The text The Friday Quiz is a O play. O narrative. O recount.
7 The narrator is O Pete. O the teacher. O the principal.
8 The Friday Quiz is told in the O present tense. O future tense. O past tense.
9 Pete first feels nervous when Mrs Temple
O asks him to stand up. O stares at him over her glasses. O
Read Tiddalik the Frog on page 76 and 77, and answer questions 10 to 13.
10 Tiddalik the Frog is a O poem. O play. O diary entry.
11 The purpose of Tiddalik the Frog is to explain
O why there are giant frogs. O why there was a drought. O how to make a frog laugh.
12 Dreamtime stories O are passed down by older people. O were written by one author. O are modern stories about the past.
13 An orientation O O solves all the problems. O introduces the time, place and people.
The spelling mistakes in these sentences have been circled. Write the correct spelling for each circled word in the box.
14 Flinders sailed southweds to Australia.
15 In northen Australia, the ship leaked badly.
16 The frog gave the other animals a tuff time.
17 Which of the following correctly completes the sentence?
A __________ is a huge mass of land. O continue
O contact O continent O content
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Assessment: Units 7 and 8 18 Which of the following correctly completes the sentence? The frog was so greedy, he drank more than ______________ share of water. O your O his O my
19 The words dance, wriggling, gushed and burst are all O saying verbs. O action verbs. O linking verbs.
20 The words calls, telling, screamed and will ask are all O saying verbs. O action verbs. O thinking verbs.
21 Shade one bubble to show where the missing question mark (?) should go. O O O Do you know what the big surprise was
22 Shade two bubbles to show where the missing quotation marks (“ ”) should go. O O O O
I said, No way could that be true!
Read this text, and answer questions 23 and 24. I ordered the soldiers to march along the beach. The Aboriginals thought the uniforms
and guns looked so strange, they screamed with delight.
23 The word I refers to O an Aboriginal. O Matthew Flinders. O a soldier.
24 The word they refers to the O soldiers. O uniforms. O Aboriginals.
Shade two bubblesO O
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Before you begin
happened that day.
Plan your diary
events in the order they happened, eg
Sun very hot animals and plants dying clouds appeared.
Remember’s date.
‘Talk’ to your diary the way you talk to a person.
punctuation.
when you finish. ’t
make sense.
25 Write a diary entry about the day a drought ended.
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