Unit 7
Word work: syllables
Syllables are parts of words with only one vowel sound. boy (one syllable) moth / er (two syllables) min / i / bus (three syllables)
po / lice / wo / man (four syllables)
1 Copy the table. Write the words in the box in the correct columns.
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accident screech
car
vendor
onlooker
statement
nowhere overtake
driver
collided
ambulance
road
slowly
travelling
One syllable
Two syllables
Three syllables accident
Divide these words into syllables. Example: waiting è wait / ing 1 playing 4 report
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7 traffic
10 silently 11 witness
2 excited 3 nervous
5 advertisement 6 performance
8 happiness 9 spectator
12 disappointed
Writing: report Imagine that you are a policeman or policewoman. You took statements at the scene of an accident. Write a report of the accident.
1 Copy the table and make notes about what happened. Where the accident happened When
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Vehicles involved Cause of accident Details of what happened
2 Use your notes to write the first draft of your report.
Revise your first draft. Have you: • included all the required information? • written in complete sentences? • described what happened in the correct order?
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• Word work: Ask students to read the words aloud and clap to find the number of syllables in each word. • Writing: Remind students that when they write a report of an incident, they should describe what happened in the correct sequence . DA Allow some students to complete the table without writing the report.
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