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2 World Bee Day is a national 12
event during May.
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What type of text is promoting World
4 Bee Day? 14
Information Text
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decide. 1. Non fiction
6 2. Informative and includes visuals 16
3. Has an objective and uses clear language
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2 Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobic 12
3 You have two minutes to write down as many words you can make from 13
this word…
4 Ready, Set, Go….
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Did you know?
6 Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobic means 16
‘Someone with a fear of long words.’
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Reflection 2 Minute
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word? Go!
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2 Find the ‘WHEN’ in these three sentences 12
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The first glint of light in the eastern sky was the observable moment for the
4 fisherman to rise out of bed and throw in the first line of the day. 14
What part of the day is it? ExplainEarly your
in theanswer.
morning
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Imogen had
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for over their before
hours, because
Imogen was she
full no longer recognised
of disappointment thatit.she no
6 longer recognised the small country town. 16
Had Imogen been to this small country town before? Explain your answer.
Summer
7 The large white cockatoos had begun appearing in the enormous old tree,
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accompanied by their screeching voices. As loud as they were, the thought of warm
8 days was promising. This could only mean the start of warmer weather for all. 18
What season is approaching for the writer?
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Punctuating Sentences
2 Of Crowns and Caverns 12
All of the full stops and capital letters have been removed from the extract
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Guster the dragon lay in the mouth of his cave. He itched. His back itched 13
and hisand
of crowns belly itched.
caverns His fingers and his toes itched. Even his eyes and ears
4 and nose itched. It was unbearable.
guster the dragon lay in the mouth of his cave and he itched his back itched and his belly itched 14
his fingers and his toes itched even his eyes and ears and nose itched it was unbearable
Guster felt like this every autumn. While the leaves on the trees flushed
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intofelt likeautumn
their this everyfinery,
autumnGuster’s
while thegreen
leaves summer
on the trees flushed
scales into their
slowly autumntofinery,
changed
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guster’s green summer scales slowly changed to copper this was a mountain dragon trick which
copper. This was a mountain dragon trick which kept them safe from
6 kept them safe from human eyes humans couldn’t spot green scales against the grass, red scales
human
against eyes.leaves
autumn Humans couldn’t
or white scales spot green
against snowscales
guster against the humans
thought that grass, red
must be very
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scales against autumn leaves or white scales against snow. Guster thought
stupid
7 that humans must be very stupid.
guster rolled on the rocky ground he scratched his back and scraped his shoulders his head
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wriggled and his legs flailed it did no good if only there were some way to soothe his scaly skin
8 Guster rolled on the rocky ground. He scratched his back and scraped his 18
shoulders. His head wriggled and his legs flailed. It did no good. If only
there were some way to soothe his scaly skin...
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should be.
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2 The McHive 12
3 The McHive is the world's smallest McDonald's, and it's not even fit for 13
humans. The McHive is a miniature McDonald's replica but instead of a
cash register,Author Title it's just rows
fryer and seating inside, Date
andViewed
rows of
4 honeycombs meant for bees. The project grew out of an unusual feature
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of Swedish McDonald’s.
5 NORB, 2019, McDonalds McHive, NORBB, viewed 4 May 2023, <https://nordddb.com/case/mchive/>
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Research three interesting facts and share them with the class.
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2 Spelling Bee 12
3 The day of the big spelling bee was here. I thought 13
walking to school would help calm my nerves, but I
was wrong. Mum had told me to message her if I
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and grabbed my phone…
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3 1. “Oh, it’s no problem. I’m sure we can accomadate your mother’s 13
1.chihuahua
“Oh, it’sifnoit problem.
really mustI’msleep
sureon
weher
canbed.” I was releived,
accommodate that was
your mother’s
onechihuahua
problem solved.
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was one problem solved.
2. “I can’t beleive you didn’t write it on the calender! You know I can’t
5 2.remeber
“I can’tanything
believe unless it is written
you didn’t write it down,” Lucy sobbed.
on the calendar! You know I
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can’t remember anything unless it is written down,” Lucy sobbed.
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3.insane, butwas
Ursula nevertheless, she was
sure that other going
people to go
would intoshe
think thewas
cemetary at
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Sir David Attenborough 12
Achievements
3 David has received many awards throughout his career, including 32 honorary degrees 13
from various British universities. In 1985, he received a knighthood from Queen
Elizabeth II for his services to broadcasting.
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He has had several species of plants, insects and birds named after him, as well as the
5 British polar research ship, RSS Sir David Attenborough. 15
David is the only person to have won BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television
6 Arts awards) for programmes in black and white, colour, high definition, 3D and 4K 16
resolutions.
7 A 2021 YouGov poll found him to be the most popular person in 17
Britain.
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2 Bush Foods can be found across Australia. 12
3 What type of text is 13
this Bush Foods
4 Poster? 14
Information Text
Name three features
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decide. 2. Informative and includes visuals
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2 Find the ‘WHAT’ in these three sentences 12
When computers were first invented, they were large in size due to the size of
3 the vacuum bulbs that needed to be installed for them to run efficiently. The 13
invention of the transistor meant that computers could undergo a drastic change.
4 What changes did transistors make to computers? 14
The transistors were smaller and made computers smaller.
5 While Lucas strummed a slow and lovely rhythm, the wedding party began to 15
move along the aisle and
Playing the crowd
a guitar as the began to stand.the wedding.
bride entered
6 What was Lucas doing? 16
Excellent, as it could smell its prey before seeing it.
The lion could sense dinner approaching long before dinner could be seen. The
7 scent was overwhelming, making the lion drool.
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What is the lion’s sense of smell like?
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2 floccinaucinihilipilification 12
You have two minutes to write down as many words you can make from
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4 Ready, Set, Go…. 14
5 Did you know? 15
Floccinaucinihilipilification means ‘The
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worthless.’
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2 Minute
Reflection
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2 Adjectives and Adverbs 12
3 An adjective describes a noun (a person, place or thing).
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An adverb describes a verb or modifies other parts of speech.
1. Yesterday I was walking home from school in my thick grey coat,
4 but all
Identify it was extremely
of the hot in
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too warm.
1. Yesterday I was walking home from school in my thick grey coat, but it
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Theextremely hot outside.slammed
person aggressively I had to take my coat
the heavy off as
white I was
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before
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storming
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aggressively slammed the heavy white door before storming
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Tomorrow corridor.
hardworking students will be sitting a really tough
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2 Boggle 12
What
How many words can you findisinyour Boggle score?
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2 Bee Havens 12
How many three letter words can you
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find in the text?
4 How many words start with B?
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5 Step 2 wants you to keep your garden 15
pesticide free. What is the advice in step
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7 What attracts bees to your garden? 17
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Commonly Misspelt Words 12
How many commonly misspelt words
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2 Would you Rather 12
3 Would you rather have a pause button or a rewind button for your life? 13
Explain your reasons.
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2 Find the ‘WHY’ in these three sentences 12
3 As Joshua lined up in the queue with his three children, staring up at the 13
entrance fees, he began to feel the cash in his wallet rapidly disappearing.
4 Why could Joshua feel the cash disappearing from his wallet? 14
The entry fee for the family was expensive
5 After the party, I glanced around the living room, noted the unwashed dishes 15
and yet-to-be-filled rubbish
To avoidbags, and quickly
cleaning up afterdecided to make myself scarce.
the party
Why did the writer make themselves scarce?
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The items in the shop were too expensive
Standing in the empty shop, gaping in horror at the prices, Riley stopped
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Why was the shop empty?
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