3-5 english - uplevelling prompt sheets

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35 - Up-level your literacy skills!

Reading & Thinking

Profiling Characters

What do they look like?

What do they do?

What do they say?

Why might they say and do

these things? What might they

be feeling?

Recalling & Predicting

What has happened so far?

What has been talked about

so far?

What is likely to come next?

What is unlikely to come next?

Comparing

Whats different?

Whats similar?

Can you point to some

examples?

Analysing

Which words or phrases are

most important?

What are the big messages

in the text?

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New Words

listen 1. Hear the word said aloud.

chunk 2. Can you break it down into chunks?

say 3. Say it over and over again! Be a robot!

ask 4. What does it mean? Ask a teacher.

picture 5. What images will help you remember it?

link6. Find out if it has brothers and sisters! Do you

know other words that have a similar

meaning?

practise 7. Go away, do something else, then comeback to it!



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Sentence Building

the dog ran

Angrily,

To get to the bone first,

because he was scared!

but didnt go very far.

as well as barking loudly.

with a mean stare!

build it up

why

why

contrast

extra detail what else

extra detail - how

before jumping over a fence.

after seeing a cat.time and why

time and context



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Organising Writing

Fictio

n

> It all started with

> It was a dark night

> Later that day

> Soon after,

> Next,

> All of a sudden,

> Then

> Quickly,

> Finally,

> It ended with

Fa

ctual

I am writing to

explain

Firstly,

Secondly,

Thirdly,

Furthermore,In addition,

Finally,

In conclusion



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Punctuation

The Basics ALL OF THE TIME!

.full stops

end of sentences The man wore a grey suit.

CAPScapitalletters

beginning of sentences

beginning of names

The woman wore a red dress.

Her name was Rosemary.

The Tricky Ones!

?quesiton

marks

asking a questionI wonder if you know how

angry I am?

!exclamation

marks

to show shouting

to show surprise

Run! Run for you life!

He opened the envelope and

found 50 inside!

,commas

for lists

to add extra info

He bought a hat, walkingstick, map and a compass.

The man, carrying an

umbrella, went to the shop.

!exclamation

marks

to show shouting

to show surprise

Run! Run for you life!

He opened the envelope and

found 50 inside!



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Spelling

Strategy 1

1) Saythe word

to yourself

2) Countthe

syllables.

3) Try to spell out

each syllable.

Strategy 2

look cover Write check!



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Common Words A - M

A aafter again always another any away

about afternoon anything

B bback been before because boy

bye buy by

C c can come could cant came compare

D ddown dont didnt design different

difference diagram discuss decide

E eenough excited explain example

experiment

F ffor fast father first from find

four found forward fruit

G g

go gone get gave girl give going

got green good

H hhere hand have head help home

house how

I i into instead Im its investigate

J j just jump

K k know knew keep

L l last left live look little

M mmore make made much must mother

many morning



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Common Words N - Z

N n new now next name night nothing

O ooff old only our other out over

once open own one

P p perhaps probably people

Q q quite quiet quickly

R r right read round research

S ssome school should soon stop sorry

sometimes something somewhere

T ttheir there these too to two table

turn think

U u under underneath understand

V v very vegetable

W wwould where which when were who

whether wrong write written

X x

Y yZ z year your yesterday



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Power Words

Word Meaning


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