Unit 3
Unit 15 What have I learnt?
Can Do Skills
1 R ewrite the conversation using quotation marks. 1 Hello Mom, said Isabel. I had an adventure today. 2 What happened? asked Mom. 3 I met a bear! exclaimed Isabel. He wanted to eat me. 4 Oh no! said Mom. Where is the bear now? 2 Write out the dialogue below using speech marks. Use the words from the box. Use one of the words twice.
replied suggested said asked declared
Example: “Hello little boy,” said… Alligator: Hello little boy. What are you doing? Milo: I want to cross the river, Sir. Alligator: Would you like a ride on my back? Milo: No thank you, Mr. Alligator. Alligator: How will you cross the river? Milo: I will go over the bridge.
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Use alliteration. 1 Brainstorm adjectives and verbs beginning with a . 2 Using alliteration, write a funny sentence about an alligator. 3 Brainstorm adjectives and verbs beginning with b and write a sentence about a bear.
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Which sentence contains a) a metaphor? b) a simile? c) alliteration?
1 The fox stepped slowly and silently. 2 His tail shone like silver in the moonlight. 3 His eyes were two little stars in the dark.
• The poems in this book are on pages 51, 52, 67, 123 and 124. • Have students write regular reports of stories and poems. Display them. Encourage students to read what others have written. Set up discussions between students about what they have read.
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