Language Tree SB 3

Unit 5

2 Choose synonyms from this list to replace the underlined words. Example: The students tidied the classroom daily .

began tired loudly came in daily delicious hurt huge

1 The students tidied the classroom each day. 2 There was an enormous pile of garbage in the yard. 3 In the evening it started to rain. 4 After the clean-up day the students were exhausted. 5 Everyone was quiet when the Principal entered. 6 My mother prepared some tasty snacks for us.

7 The students were all talking noisily. 8 I injured my knee when I fell over.

Writing: report Imagine that you had a clean-up day at your school. Write a report. 1 Work in pairs. Before you start to write, discuss these questions. Topic What am I writing about? Purpose Why am I writing? Audience Who am I writing for? Format What type of text am I writing, e.g. a letter, a story?

2 Plan your report. Use these questions to help you. When? Who? Where? What? 3 Write the first draft of your report. 4 Read your reports to one another. Ask each other these questions.

• Are my sentences clear? • How can I make it better? Listen to each other’s suggestions.

5 Make changes to your report to improve it.

• Planning: Encourage students to think about topic , audience , purpose and format each time they plan a new piece of writing. There is a graphic organiser on page 144 you can use with them. • Tell your students to use their imagination to write about clean-up day. They can use the ideas they discussed in the ‘Speaking and listening’ exercise on page 38.

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