Unit 11
What do you think the word in bold means? 1 The puppies chewed the furniture . 2 Mom was furious with the puppies. 3 The puppies made Alvin laugh. They were very amusing .
Writing: in your journal 1 Invent a new animal. • What does it look like? • What sound does it make? • What does it eat?
• Is it a pet or is it wild? • Is it scary or friendly?
2 Draw a picture of your animal.
3 Write about it.
What will you write? A poem? A story? A description?
• Word work: If pupils cannot read the words in bold, encourage them to sound out the initial letter and guess – basing their guess on what they can see in the picture and on the other words in the sentence. • Writing: Allow pupils the freedom to choose the form of their writing in their journal. • Encourage pupils to write about their thoughts, feelings and ideas in their journals. • Pupils can choose to share their journal entries with the class.
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