Language Tree SB 3

Language

Word work

Writing

Nouns: proper, common, abstract Noun plurals

Irregular plurals

Pre-writing: • getting ideas • write new story ending

Present tense: • subject–verb agreement

Words in context

Write the text of an interview

• am, is, are • have, has

Present tense: • negative, questions • verb endings: - tch , - sh , - x

Dictionary skills Alphabetical order

Write a journal entry

Sentences Sentence punctuation

Collective nouns

Pre-writing: • planning • use story plan to plan own story

Pronouns: subject and object

Synonyms

Drafting: Write first draft of a report

Present continuous Present participle

Features of poems: similes, onomatopoeia

Write a name poem

Simple past tense Regular and irregular verbs

Root words

Describe a story character Revise your first draft Book review

Past tense: • interrogative and negative • was, were Commas in letters and addresses Adjectives: identify Comparative and superlative

Sequencing words

Write a friendly letter giving account of event Proofreading

Suffixes: - y , - ful , - less

Write sensory description

Simple future tense Possessives: my, mine , etc.

Syllables

Write text of email

Articles: • the, a, an • some, any Abbreviations

Spelling tips

Design an advertisement

Prepositions

Prefixes: dis-, un-, im- Prefix: re -

Write your own story Use whole writing process Publishing

Conjunctions: and, but, because Commas in lists

Spelling: silent letters

Write a paragraph: • main idea • supporting detail

Adverbs

Use table of contents and index Classifying

Write and give a presentation

Apostrophes: • contractions: its, it’s • possessive nouns

Opposites

Write a short speech

Quotation marks

Homophones

Plan and write a story about a problem

Instructions

Compound nouns

Write about information presented graphically

Conjunctions: while, before, after Relative pronouns: who, which

Homographs

Write a scene for a play

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