Writing Revision Pack

Writing Revision Pack

Writing revision pack

End of Term 1


Writing checklist

Instructions

  • Purpose / name
  • This is the name of what your instructions are trying to make. For example "coconut chocolate balls"
  • Ingredients
  • A list of all of the things you need before you begin. For example 100g of chocolate, 50g of coconut shavings.
  • Steps / Directions.
  • Use full sentences in order to tell the reader what they should do and how they should do it For example 1. Place all of your ingredients into a bowel.
  • Result or diagram
  • This is what you should be left with after following the instructions. For example a yummy dessert

Story writing

  • Describe a place that you know very well and that is real. An example could be home or school.
  • Use interesting adjectives to describe what you can see, hear and feel.
  • Make sure that you use paragraphs for the beginning, middle and end of a story. Remember that a paragraph is normally more than four sentences.
  • When a character in a story speaks we must use speech marks that go around what the person actually says (think like a speech bubble).
  • Remember to always use a comma before opening speech marks
  • Use a capital letter when the character starts speaking
  • Always use a punctuation mark before closing your speech marks
  • For example: Rupert said, "What are you going to do today?"
  • A story must have at least two exciting events that happen in your story

Poems

  • Understand what rhyming words are and be able to find them in a poem and use your own
  • Understand alliteration and be able to find and use examples.

Jane and Peter went on a holiday with their parents by the sea. While they are there, they discover a secret hidden island in the middle of the sea.

  • Describe the island using adjectives.
  • What do you find in the island?
  • What do you do in the island?
  • What happens in the end

Be sure to include dialogue with speech marks.

Your story must include 3 paragraphs and at least 120 words.

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The Giant’s Garden

Beth and Ben were sister and brother. Beth was older than Ben, so whenever they would leave their house to go to school, her mom would tell her, “Watch over Ben while you’re at school!” Every day after school, Beth and Ben used to go and play in the Giant‘s garden in the forest behind the school. The Giant’s garden was hidden away in a secret place between the trees and surrounded by short walls on all sides. The children would jump over the walls to get into the garden.

It was a large, lovely garden, with soft green grass. All over the grass were beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time turned into beautiful blossoms of pink and white, and in the autumn the trees made the biggest peaches the children had ever seen. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them.

“How happy we are here!” Beth and Ben would say to each other while they were playing.

One day, the Giant came back. He had left his garden seven years ago to visit his friend Johnny the Giant in the next country. After the seven years were over, he had gotten very bored of seeing Johnny the Giant every day and he missed his own garden.

When he arrived at his garden, he saw Beth and Ben playing and rolling around in the grass as they laughed.

“What are you doing here?” he asked in a very deep voice.

The Giant was much bigger than the children. He was so tall that his head passed the tops of the peach trees. His skin was green and he had no hair on his head, and his mouth only had three teeth. Beth and Ben were so scared that they tried to run away. The Giant put one huge hand in front of them to stop them.

“It is not very nice to enter someone’s house without asking permission. It’s also not nice to come into someone’s house when they are not home,” he said in his deep voice. “My garden is mine, and no one is allowed to play in it except me. If you had asked me first, I would have let you played, but you decided to come in without me anyway.”

Beth and Ben tried to say sorry to the Giant but he was very upset. He kicked them out of his garden. From that day, he built an even taller wall around his house so that no one would ever be allowed to come in and play. He wished the children had just asked permission to come and play.

Read the passage above carefully and then answer the questions. Remember to write your answers in full sentences, taking care with spelling and punctuation

1. Where was the Giant’s garden?

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2. How did Beth and Ben enter the Giant’s garden?

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3. How did Beth and Ben enter the Giant’s garden?

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4. Describe the garden using three adjectives from the story.

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5. Were the children happy or sad in the garden? How do you know?

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6. Why did the Giant leave his garden?

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7. How did the children feel when the Giant came?

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8. What are each of the characters saying? Write what they are saying in the speech bubble, then change the speech bubble into sentences with speech marks.

  1. Beth and Ben said, ______
  2. The Giant said, ______

Comprehension 2 – Non-Fiction

Penny’s Perfect Pancakes

We are going to learn how to make the fluffiest, perfect pancakes in the world! This recipe usually makes around 8 pancakes, but you can make more if you make the batter (the mix) thinner.

Ingredients: To make the batter to put in the pan, you need:

- 125 grams of flour

- A teaspoon of salt

- 1 egg

- 1 cup of milk

Directions:

  1. Put the flour and salt into a large bowl.
  2. Use a wooden spoon and make a hole in the middle of the flour in the bowl.
  3. Crack the egg and put it into the hole in the flour in the bowl.
  4. Next, pour half of the milk onto the flour.
  5. Stir the egg and milk into the flour quickly with your wooden spoon.
  6. When the batter is smooth like cream, let it sit for 5 minutes. Then, add the rest of the milk and keep stirring.
  7. Add a small amount of cooking oil to a frying pan on the stove. Make sure the frying pan is very hot before we start making our pancakes.
  8. Pour two spoons of batter into the pan and move the pan around so you get a nice circle.
  9. After 1 minute, use a spatula to turn the pancake over so it cooks on the other side.
  10. After 1 more minute, take your pancake off of the pan and put it onto a plate. Serve it hot with syrup, butter, or even whipped cream and fresh strawberries! It’s up to you how you want to eat it!

Pancakes are eaten all around the world, although they might not always use the same ingredients. It is called a "pancake" in English- speaking countries and has thin batter, but in places like Mexico they are called "hotcakes" with thick batter.

In many different places, pancakes are eaten as breakfast or as a dessert, and they are served with sweet sauces or toppings such as maple syrup, jam, or sugar. Pancakes are also served with savory (not sweet) fillings and toppings such as meat.

Read the passage above carefully and then answer the questions. Remember to write your answers in full sentences, taking care with spelling and punctuation

1. What is the purpose of the recipe?

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2. How many pancakes can we make from the recipe? How do we change the amount of pancakes we can make?

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2. What does the recipe say we must make sure of before pouring the batter into the frying pan?

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3. What different ways can we serve our pancakes?

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4. What is the difference between pancakes in English-speaking countries and pancakes in Mexico?

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