Language Tree SB 5

Unit 6

3 Copy the words. Underline the prefixes. Write the meaning of each prefix. 1 preview è pre- means before 6 submarine 2 rewrite 7 bicycle 3 coeducation 8 international 4 semicircle 9 antiseptic 5 misunderstand 10 multicoloured 4 Join each prefix to one of the words. Write a definition of each new word. Use your dictionary to help you.

Example: misfortune: bad luck

co- mis- semi- inter- re- dis-

consider final grace fortune operate view

Writing: description Write a description of a familiar place or view.

WB 5 p183

1 Choose the place you want to describe. Make notes about the following points.

• What you can see. • What you can hear. • What you can smell. • How you feel when you are there.

Write a first draft of your description.

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3 Use the checklist below to help you revise it.

Checklist for a description Have I: described what I observed with different senses? used interesting words and phrases? checked the spelling of difficult words in my dictionary? used correct punctuation?

• Writing: You may find it useful to write as a class a description of what you can see through the classroom window. • Encourage students to use present continuous verbs in their descriptions, e.g. Two large birds are sitting in a tree . • Students can use a web to plan their description. See the example on page 173.

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