Language Tree SB 5

Language

Word work

Writing

• Noun types: common, proper, collective and abstract

Noun phrases

• Plan and write a story (writing process) • Pre-writing: getting ideas, planning

• Plural nouns • Noun gender

• Verbs: action, linking, helping • Sentence types • Subject and predicate • Simple present tense: interrogative, negative • Subject–verb agreement • Simple past tense: regular, irregular • Interrogative and negative

Root words

• Student journal • Friendly letter of advice (writing process) • Drafting and revising • Letter of apology (writing process) • Proofreading

Synonyms

Using a dictionary

• Write an autobiography (writing process) • Publishing

Adjectives: comparative and superlative, adjectival phrases

Suffixes

• Review a poem

• Helping verb: to be • Present and past continuous tense • Pronouns: subject–object • Possessive adjectives • Possessive and reflexive pronouns

Prefixes

• Describe a scene • Use a web to structure writing

Syllabication

Report of an incident

• Quotation marks • Apostrophe of possession

Antonyms

Character description

Paragraphing: topic sentences, supporting detail • Conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating • Simple, compound and complex sentences

• Spelling: ie , ei • Frequently confused words

Persuasive composition

Countable and uncountable nouns

• Conduct research • Write expository report

• Prepositions • Prepositional phrases • Filling out forms

Phrasal verbs

Group project

• Adverbs of time, manner and place • Comparative and superlative • Adverbial phrases • Past participle • Present perfect, past perfect tenses

Interjections

Write a poem using writing framework

Homographs

Write story from different perspective

• Instructions • Passive voice

Homophones

Account of a process

Relative pronouns

• Spelling: ph • Silent letters

Persuasive letter

Reported speech

Contractions: its, it’s

Group project

• Capital letters • Abbreviations

Classifying

Write an entry for a class newspaper

• Conditional sentences • Colons, semi-colons • However, therefore

Easily confused words

Design a poster

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